Improves Body Resistance Significantly
Few weeks back, I came across an amazing and informative documentary by BBC where Michael Mosley ambitiously tries to find the way he can naturally live longer than the average without any scientific and/or artificial techniques applying on his body.
Interestingly – at the end – it forced me to think why Fasting has been an integral part of all the faiths since thousands of years. It doesn’t only purify the soul but it significantly increases the body resistance to avoid the very common diseases comes with the package of “growing older”.
Michael was able to find – after an extreme investigation – that fasting two consecutive days every week while eating “all you want“ during rest of the week keeps you in a controlling position over your body.
How do we do?
In Islam, we have one month of daily fasting (29/30 days) during the month of Ramadan. However it is indeed unfortunate to witness that today Ramadan has become a “Food Festival” rather than to be used to cure and purify our body and soul according to its essence.
It is horrible to imagine how much food is wasted during this holy month just because of our greed to eat as much as we can both at the Suhur and at the Iftar, shows either ignorance or reluctance to understand the logical reasons and the hidden treasure for us behind fasting if we follow the true spirit whole month.
A part from the holy month of Ramadan, all the Prophets and pious people have this practice in common to fast frequently throughout the year. Another logic perceived is by postponing the food reserved for you by the nature makes you live longer.
In short, if we keep our eating desires in limit and focus on purifying ourselves rather than celebrating it as a food festival, we can really get the fruits of fasting as witnessed by Michael.
It is a very much recommended documentary to watch.
