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Ramadan and Health

Ramadhan Mubarak everyone! May this Ramadhan be the Best ever for you... I'd like to share this article, hope it will have benefit for you. Take care :-) Ramadan and Health  During Ramadan, our diet should not differ greatly from normal and should be as simple as possible. We should be able to maintain our normal weight, neither losing nor gaining. However, if one is over-weight, Ramadan is an ideal time to lose weight. We should aim to consume slow digesting food including fibre-containing food. Slow-digesting food last up to 8 hours, while fast-digesting food last only 3 to 4 hours. Slow-digesting food are food that contain grains and seeds like brown rice, barley, wheat, oats, semolina, beans, lentils, whole meal flour, etc. (complex carbohydrates). Fast-burning food are food that contain sugar, white flour, etc. (refined carbohydrates). Fibre-containing food are bran-containing food, whole wheat, grains, seeds and ve