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By “no drinking”, do they really mean no drinking plain water? 14 hr stretches are doable but it’s interesting to find your body improving while becoming dehydr
by 404mm 6y ago
By “no drinking”, do they really mean no drinking plain water? 14 hr stretches are doable but it’s interesting to find your body improving while becoming dehydrated.
- millstone 6y agoThe study focused on Muslims observing Ramadan, which does forbid drinking liquids (including water) during the daytime.
- voisin 6y ago“Dry fasting” is a thing, but it seems most people recommend against it. Not sure what the added advantage is for avoiding zero calorie water consumption.
- colinmhayes 6y agoPleasing god. The high you might get from knowing you have the amount of self control necessary to dry fast.
- erklik 6y agoI mean, there's the religious "high". But I think the goal behind it is to allow one to feel how those who are much more unfortunate than us feel on a hot summer's day and so on.
- fyfy18 6y agoI'm not sure how things used to be, but having lived in a Muslim country a decade ago, my experience was during Ramadan daily life carried on as usual with people going to work and school. Instances of car accidents (often fatal) during this time were much higher than other times of the year.