CULTURE
But nooo, i don't believe in fake stories about a fake God that holds you accountable for your actions!! How can I live knowing I read this section??????
Sawm: The fourth pillar of Islam (One of the five pillars): An arabic word used to describe the act of fasting.
Fasting in general is a very religious thing to do, known to cleanse you of your sins and return your long lost purity, empathy and compassion - it is an act to feel like those below us in terms of financial stability. People who have never even been financially or mentally stable are people who starve and sit in extreme hunger and malnourishment for days, weeks.
Muslims get together during Ramadan and fast for the entire month to share the feeling of raw hunger. It creates an air of compassion towards those very less fortunate.
During this sacred time, Allah asks that Muslims, for a month, abstain from their needs and base desires that make up our human selves. (Mainly food, in this case.) Doing so provides Muslims to acquire a sense of control over their needs, desires and distractions.
HEALTH BENEFITS
Fasting provides many op health benefits. Most people adapt to IF lifestyle for the prime objective of controlling blood sugar but have derived many more benefits than just controlling blood sugar. There are many more benefits to IF but let me just mention one more. Once you have done it for a while and have become “fat adapted”, you will no longer get fatigued between meals like you often get from high 5 or 6 high carb meals a day.The proven shit is that intermittent fasting causes the body cell's to change and improve how they function. Timed fasting is thought strongly to have signals sent to cells to push themselves to repair, "refill" their energy supplies and balance body-wide functions.
Some things that intermittent fasting is bound to improve is: blood sugar levels, weight, blood cholestrol, chronic inflammation, insulin sensitivity and blood pressure.
Also, initally glucose is used as the main energy, but if the body is pushed to advocating fat as an energy source, this can make you lose weight and a little more leaner. Gut health also is likely to improve greatly, since good bacteria can be increased in the intestine.
Chronic inflammation can trigger health problems such as cancer, heart disease and rheumatism. The benefits of fasting can help the body reduce the level of C-reactive protein, a protein that, if its level is high, indicates signs of inflammation.
BUT: fasting in general, especially in hot weathers, can cause fatigue, distress/anger, headaches/migraines, (severe) dehydration, increased cortisol levels which can lead to hair loss, and make you very very lethargic, especially if this is something you don't take care in planning, or this is something you don't do often. Please just stay out the hospital, and eat/drink something high in sugars to boost your energy levels. Nothing too high, or you'll feel like shit after the energy wears off again.
INTERMITTENT FASTING IS NOT FOR EVERYONE
If you have an ed, or have previously recovered from an eating disorder (episode), are often at risk of falls, are anemic or generally have low iron levels,
DO NOT DO THIS AND PUT YOUR HEALTH AT RISK. You matter a lot.
TYPES OF FASTING
Since there are many beautiful advantages and health benefits to fasting, and you don't have to participate in Ramadan to do this, doing fasting for a mid-length period will grant you many good things in terms of health at any time of the year.
One example is the 5:2 method. This isn't as extreme as the fasting in Ramadan. For five days, you eat a typical amount of calories. But for those 2 days in the week you choose, you eat very little to nothing. Do not do the 2 day part consecutively. It isn't good to starve yourself two days in a row at all. Don't put yourself into a hospital - 2 days seems little to eat absoloutely nothing but you're starving your brain and your body when doing so.
The next is the 16:8 method. You fast for 16 hours, and have 8 hours to eat. If you're eating whatever you like in those 8 hours, dont expect to lose fat or get leaner because you're most likely not eating healthy or hitting any type of cardio, nor are you in a deficit. All the benefits of fasting tank, too, especially if you're stuffing your face with processed sugars and fried foods. The brutal honesty is out there now. However, if you're getting up everday, and not rotting online, with a substantial mindset, you are definitely going to see results. Hydrate yourself well in those 8 hours. Eat protein filled foods, and I'm not talking about sloppy jewish chocolate yoghurts with 20g of protein, just have Greek yoghurt with a dazzle of raw honey you chimp. But I am talking about fish, poultry, dairy produce, and nuts. Get your fibre intake from a nice selection of fruits, and get some carbs in there for energy.
KEEP IN MIND
1) When you break your intermittent fast, eat slowly - hiccups can be caused by eating too fast and I find hiccups annoying and distressing af.
2) Avoid overeating. Overating can cause stomach discomfort and indigestion, and make you upset and demotivated if you aren't seeing results in terms of your physique and overall health.
3) Drink plenty of water - don't starve yourself of your basic needs (hydration).
4) Keep yourself fit, move around and exercise well: don't just sit around all day, you'll just invite tiredness to seep into your bones and eyes.
5) In Ramadan, Suhoor eating is an essential part of the day that should not be overlooked because it allows you to replenish your body's energy reserves before beginning your fast. But this doesn't apply if you're doing the 16:8 or 5:2 method. After 16 hours, it's around 5pm, which is dinnertime for a lot of people. Then, with 8 hours to eat and drink, it'll be 1am, where you must stop eating completely (because your fast begins again). I don't need to explain how it doesn't apply to the 5:2 method (granted you have an average iq of 70).
Now the best part: INSULIN SENSITIVITY
Fasting helps your insulin by lowering the blood inuslin levels. This improves the body's response to insulin - this is called insulin sensitivity. The reduction in insulin can reverse insulin resistance, a condition where cells don't respond well to insulin, which is commin in Type 2 diabetes (having type 1/2 is the fattest nerf in existence - telling people you have type 1 is showcasing your bad jewish genetics, and telling people you have type 2 is just showing you're a fat sugar addicted slave.) If you're more insulin sensitive, when you eat sugar, it'll be easier for glucose to enter the cells and be used for energy.
During a fast, the body uses sources of stored energy, like fat, instead of glucose from food, which lowers your insulin secretion.
Insulin secretion is just the process of where pancreatic beta cells (beta cell meaning a cell in the pancreas, specifically in the islets of Langerhans) produce, stores and releases the hormone insulin.
(Islets of Langerhans are clusters of cells secreting insulin and glucagon)
Fasting for at least 16 hours gives the body a chance to rest and allows blood levels of insulin to drop significantly. Not only does this help burn fat, it can also lower your risk of disease, particularly diabetes and pre-diabetes. Pretty op if you ask me.
Overall, don't starve yourself to death, it's not worth it - it induces an eating disorder and ruins your metabolism, making losing and gaining weight much more difficult. Don't damage your body like that of a slave, take breaks from food in general if needed, but never starve: your body deserves that much.
But nooo, i don't believe in fake stories about a fake God that holds you accountable for your actions!! How can I live knowing I read this section??????
Sawm: The fourth pillar of Islam (One of the five pillars): An arabic word used to describe the act of fasting.
Fasting in general is a very religious thing to do, known to cleanse you of your sins and return your long lost purity, empathy and compassion - it is an act to feel like those below us in terms of financial stability. People who have never even been financially or mentally stable are people who starve and sit in extreme hunger and malnourishment for days, weeks.
Muslims get together during Ramadan and fast for the entire month to share the feeling of raw hunger. It creates an air of compassion towards those very less fortunate.
During this sacred time, Allah asks that Muslims, for a month, abstain from their needs and base desires that make up our human selves. (Mainly food, in this case.) Doing so provides Muslims to acquire a sense of control over their needs, desires and distractions.
HEALTH BENEFITS
Fasting provides many op health benefits. Most people adapt to IF lifestyle for the prime objective of controlling blood sugar but have derived many more benefits than just controlling blood sugar. There are many more benefits to IF but let me just mention one more. Once you have done it for a while and have become “fat adapted”, you will no longer get fatigued between meals like you often get from high 5 or 6 high carb meals a day.The proven shit is that intermittent fasting causes the body cell's to change and improve how they function. Timed fasting is thought strongly to have signals sent to cells to push themselves to repair, "refill" their energy supplies and balance body-wide functions.
Some things that intermittent fasting is bound to improve is: blood sugar levels, weight, blood cholestrol, chronic inflammation, insulin sensitivity and blood pressure.
Also, initally glucose is used as the main energy, but if the body is pushed to advocating fat as an energy source, this can make you lose weight and a little more leaner. Gut health also is likely to improve greatly, since good bacteria can be increased in the intestine.
Chronic inflammation can trigger health problems such as cancer, heart disease and rheumatism. The benefits of fasting can help the body reduce the level of C-reactive protein, a protein that, if its level is high, indicates signs of inflammation.
BUT: fasting in general, especially in hot weathers, can cause fatigue, distress/anger, headaches/migraines, (severe) dehydration, increased cortisol levels which can lead to hair loss, and make you very very lethargic, especially if this is something you don't take care in planning, or this is something you don't do often. Please just stay out the hospital, and eat/drink something high in sugars to boost your energy levels. Nothing too high, or you'll feel like shit after the energy wears off again.
INTERMITTENT FASTING IS NOT FOR EVERYONE
If you have an ed, or have previously recovered from an eating disorder (episode), are often at risk of falls, are anemic or generally have low iron levels,
DO NOT DO THIS AND PUT YOUR HEALTH AT RISK. You matter a lot.
TYPES OF FASTING
Since there are many beautiful advantages and health benefits to fasting, and you don't have to participate in Ramadan to do this, doing fasting for a mid-length period will grant you many good things in terms of health at any time of the year.
One example is the 5:2 method. This isn't as extreme as the fasting in Ramadan. For five days, you eat a typical amount of calories. But for those 2 days in the week you choose, you eat very little to nothing. Do not do the 2 day part consecutively. It isn't good to starve yourself two days in a row at all. Don't put yourself into a hospital - 2 days seems little to eat absoloutely nothing but you're starving your brain and your body when doing so.
The next is the 16:8 method. You fast for 16 hours, and have 8 hours to eat. If you're eating whatever you like in those 8 hours, dont expect to lose fat or get leaner because you're most likely not eating healthy or hitting any type of cardio, nor are you in a deficit. All the benefits of fasting tank, too, especially if you're stuffing your face with processed sugars and fried foods. The brutal honesty is out there now. However, if you're getting up everday, and not rotting online, with a substantial mindset, you are definitely going to see results. Hydrate yourself well in those 8 hours. Eat protein filled foods, and I'm not talking about sloppy jewish chocolate yoghurts with 20g of protein, just have Greek yoghurt with a dazzle of raw honey you chimp. But I am talking about fish, poultry, dairy produce, and nuts. Get your fibre intake from a nice selection of fruits, and get some carbs in there for energy.
KEEP IN MIND
1) When you break your intermittent fast, eat slowly - hiccups can be caused by eating too fast and I find hiccups annoying and distressing af.
2) Avoid overeating. Overating can cause stomach discomfort and indigestion, and make you upset and demotivated if you aren't seeing results in terms of your physique and overall health.
3) Drink plenty of water - don't starve yourself of your basic needs (hydration).
4) Keep yourself fit, move around and exercise well: don't just sit around all day, you'll just invite tiredness to seep into your bones and eyes.
5) In Ramadan, Suhoor eating is an essential part of the day that should not be overlooked because it allows you to replenish your body's energy reserves before beginning your fast. But this doesn't apply if you're doing the 16:8 or 5:2 method. After 16 hours, it's around 5pm, which is dinnertime for a lot of people. Then, with 8 hours to eat and drink, it'll be 1am, where you must stop eating completely (because your fast begins again). I don't need to explain how it doesn't apply to the 5:2 method (granted you have an average iq of 70).
Now the best part: INSULIN SENSITIVITY
Fasting helps your insulin by lowering the blood inuslin levels. This improves the body's response to insulin - this is called insulin sensitivity. The reduction in insulin can reverse insulin resistance, a condition where cells don't respond well to insulin, which is commin in Type 2 diabetes (having type 1/2 is the fattest nerf in existence - telling people you have type 1 is showcasing your bad jewish genetics, and telling people you have type 2 is just showing you're a fat sugar addicted slave.) If you're more insulin sensitive, when you eat sugar, it'll be easier for glucose to enter the cells and be used for energy.
During a fast, the body uses sources of stored energy, like fat, instead of glucose from food, which lowers your insulin secretion.
Insulin secretion is just the process of where pancreatic beta cells (beta cell meaning a cell in the pancreas, specifically in the islets of Langerhans) produce, stores and releases the hormone insulin.
(Islets of Langerhans are clusters of cells secreting insulin and glucagon)
Fasting for at least 16 hours gives the body a chance to rest and allows blood levels of insulin to drop significantly. Not only does this help burn fat, it can also lower your risk of disease, particularly diabetes and pre-diabetes. Pretty op if you ask me.
Overall, don't starve yourself to death, it's not worth it - it induces an eating disorder and ruins your metabolism, making losing and gaining weight much more difficult. Don't damage your body like that of a slave, take breaks from food in general if needed, but never starve: your body deserves that much.
