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Ramadan fasting is only during daylight hours, and is not remotely like foregoing food entirely for even 36 hours.
by benwr 12y ago
Ramadan fasting is only during daylight hours, and is not remotely like foregoing food entirely for even 36 hours.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoMy understanding of nutrition regarding both intermittent and long-term (at least 6-10 days) fasting is that as long as your body can properly regulate insulin levels and you have fat reserves, you're not in danger of health issues from it. That's exactly what fat reserves are for. A paper on obese women fasting for 6 days: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9330585 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9330585 Effect of long-term fasting of obese patients on pancreatic exocrine function, gastrointestinal hormones and bicarbonate concentration in plasma (20 days): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6207670 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6207670