So today I went to a supermarket, bought an oatie type yoghurt thingy, then was going to have it until I chickened out. After feeling so tried and mentally drained this evening, that's it: tomorrow morning, I'm eating it. I will just rinse my mouth out by brushing my teeth when I get home.
Fasting such long hours in England, 14 hours of no food and water, leaves on angry, irritated, mentally confused and drained, hinders their communication skills, leaves them exhausted & tired, demotivated, burnt out, unhappy and seems to suck the daily life out of them.
To compensate the body tries to be all lethargic and tries to sleep longer. Metabolism goes down. One can’t reach high levels of concentration and focus when studying which results in increased procrastination. 60-70% of your body is water can you can’t drink. I really think fasting over 10 hours a day is not healthy. Then to repeat it for an entire month is worse. Especially when women are pregnant or a person has reached old age. I hate even more the way this memeplex forces parents to force their kids through such hunger torture. The kids aren’t free to eat, the parents aren't free to eat (they are indoctrinated by fear). The whole process then develops even more faith in the people since they will not want to think all their hard work and self-inflicted torture has gone to waste.
In fact, I find the whole practice repugnant in the modern 21st century where people need food to have high energy levels and get through the working day.
Sorry. Just venting. One shouldn't write when they are upset. :-/ But this needs writing to the world.
Totally agree with you, I always hated fasting and really felt it was bad for me. I've heard all manner of bollocks about the benefits of fasting over the years (mainly lifted from trendy 'detox' diets), but none of them stand up to scrutiny:
1/ You lose weight.
The body mass you lose is almost all water due to dehydration. After a few days your metabolism slows, you get sluggish and your body really starts wanting to hold onto the calories. When you come out the other end and start eating normally again it's not unusual to put on a couple of pounds due to this (the yo-yo diet effect).
2/ You expel toxins from your body.
I'm no doctor, but afaik it's your liver that processes toxins and despatches them through bodily excretions. The only way you'd be lowering your toxin levels are if your liver was seriously backed up with toxins to begin with, and the lower intake of new toxins would allow your system to recover. Simply cutting down on ingesting toxins (alcohol, smoking, shit food) would have the same effect. Also bear in mind that dehydration doesn't make your liver work any more effectively.
3/ <Insert magical health benefit>
This one is totally true: Constipation, headaches, increased stress levels and gastric acid regulation issues are all wonderful potential benefits.
Allah knows best, my arse.
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