Healthy Nutritional Recommendations for Ramadan

Ramadan is not only great for excellent spiritual cleansing, it also exert detoxifying effects on the body such as detoxification of the body organs and exclusion of harmful toxins from the body. During fasting, no meal is consumed for a specific time duration, due to which digestive system is in rest throughout the day which results in the detoxification of the body and its organs.   During fasting, detrimental toxins are eliminated from the body. Fat deposits that are present in the body contain harmful toxins, which exert negative impact on the health. When body starts utilizing stored fat deposits to produce energy during fasting, size of the fat deposits starts decreasing and harmful toxins are removed from the body. During Ramadan, metabolism is boosted which in turn increase the absorption of essential nutrients in the body leading to the improved health. This positive change in the body during fasting is due to the increase produced of ‘‘adiponectin’’ a hormo...

  We all are aware of the positive physical results of fasting in Ramadan but during fasting many healthy changes are also taking place in the body, one of which is the decrease in serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Cholesterol increased concentrations are harmful for the body and have a negative impact on the ones health and well-being. High levels of cholesterol not only increase the inflammation in the body but also play an important role in the plaque formation in the arteries which results in the development of cardiovascular disease such as hypertension, cardiomyopathy, stroke, heart failure.                                In UAE, an epidemiological research was conducted by the cardiologists for many years to evaluate the effect of fasting on the serum lipid profile and the results revealed fasting has posit...