Kammys Musing

• I stumbled upon an interesting video by Dr Pradip Jamnadas, explaining the benefits of fasting.
• As with other proponents of fasting, the effects it has is down to the cellular level.
• Different cultures and religions practices fasting in their on way for thousands of years.
• In modern times, it is presented as IF (Intermittent Fasting).
• For Muslims, fasting means not eating, drinking and performing activities that would break your fast (ie intercourse), from sunrise to sunset.
• The 9th month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadhan is when we would fast for the whole month.
• Growing up as a Malaysian Muslim, I recall vividly how we would wake up around 5am to have breakfast, before start of fasting.
• I am a firm believer of using fasting as a means to control one’s craving and weight loss program. Compared to the craze with pills such as Ozempic.
• Key word is gradual – start with a few hours, and increase it overtime. Water, coffee, tea (without sugar of course) would be your friend.
• “O believers! Fasting is prescribed for you—as it was for those before you—so perhaps you will become mindful ˹of Allah˺.”

Until then, stay hungry, stay sane.