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Fasting tips

Date: 29 Aug 2008, 4:15 pm / Mood: blank


FASTING TIPS

• Start eating more high in fibre foods before a few days before Ramadan


starts. This will aid in detoxification and cleansing of your body, as well as



preventing problems of constipation during your fast.

• You will be eating less, so spend the grocery money on quality fresh fruits.


Living primarily on junk food will only make you sick and sabotage the rest



of your fasts. Remember- you are accountable to Allah for the



consequences of your actions.

• In the morning particularly, eat fruits, vegetables, and complex


carbohydrate foods e.g. wheat, whole meal cereals and yogurts. These



will sustain you through out the day, and maintain regular blood sugar



levels.

• Stay hydrated. Drink unsweetened juice (not juice drinks with sugar) tea


with honey (not sugar)., and ALOT of water.Fluids are more essential to



your body than food. Also keep a couple of large bottles of water near



your bed. Drink just before you go to sleep and anytime you wake up



during the night.

• Limit salt/sodium intake. That includes crackers, chips, pretzels, salted


nuts, popcorn and the like.

• Limit sweets (i.e. sugar) to night time meal. Eating sugar in the morning


means you will have a more rapid and severe peak and dip in your blood



sugar during the day. You will be more prone to dizziness, irritability.



Sugar also increases dehydration.

• Eat one meal's worth of food, not three. If you gain weight while fasting,


you're doing it wrong.

• Don't eat all night and sleep all day. That is not the sunnah. Fasting does


not mean all work and activity ust come to a stand still!

• If your meal is going to be spicy, try to eat some fruit or bread first. Some


stomchas can be sensitive- especially after being empty for most of the



day.

• Be patient- getting your body used to the routine of Ramadan will take


some time, but eventually you will adjust.



Destined_2_Shine (29 Aug 2008, 9:47 pm):

Asalaamu alaykum,

Jazakallah khair for sharing, that was very informative, mashallah.


ibelieve88 (29 Aug 2008, 4:51 pm):

JazakAllahu Khairan sis.

And aslo, one should start breaking their fast with dates. Not only is it sunnah but good for digestion.


moin1 (29 Aug 2008, 4:45 pm):