Voluntary fasting & health

[The Khan]

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Does voluntary fasting affect your health? I've decided to fast during the 13th, 14th, and 15th of every Islamic month. My trainer at gym told me that fasting too much will destroy my immune system. However, I believe that what he knew was of water fasting, ie, fasting for days without food and only water. He told me to fast only once every 15 days...otherwise I had plans of fasting at least once a week.

[SixTen]

Voluntary fasting doesn't do any favours to your metabolism, but it shouldn't affect you so much if you do a few days to be honest and you should be fine.

[IbnAbdulHakim]

your trainer just spoke without any evidence

what did he base that on?

i never heard it destroying immune system

i mean no one gets ill or critically ill during ramadan do they?


i think his mistaken here bro

[The Khan]

Jazakallah.

He promotes fasting, he himself is Muslim. However, he says that fasting too much results in a weak immune system. I don't question him, but I do beleive his medical sources are regarding water fasting.

As far as I know, Muhammed (SAW) used to fast A LOT.

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[IbnAbdulHakim]

^ indeed if we fast the correct way it can only bring good inshaAllah

[The Khan]

InshaAllah! ^_^

[Snowflake]

, but I do beleive his medical sources are regarding water fasting

I think you should ask the brother to clarify it. If he doesn't mean this, then he can be corrected as no Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh) can bring us harm.

[The Khan]

He told me that it's fasting in general.

My mother told me this:
The prophet (SAW) used to fast a lot, usually 15 days or 3 weeks at a stretch, and his sahaba would copy him. He told them not to do so, for Allah (swt) gives only him all the nourishment he needs. After that, it was recommended that one should fast on the 13th, 14th, and 15th of a lunar month as well as two days in a week only.

From what I understand, food intake in unnecessary, the Sun gives all the nourishment the body needs. However, I get tanned very fast and mainly go out for vitamin D during sunrise.

[SixTen]

The Sun does not give all the nourishment the body needs, we are not plants!

[The Khan]

Oh, I don't know...there was this show on discovery in which this boy in Afghanistan went without eating for years...he would sit under a tree, meditate, and drink only water. They kept a camera there for weeks to make sure he didn't leave the area. Likewise, there's a similar story of a boy from Nepal.

[SixTen]

Oh, I don't know...there was this show on discovery in which this boy in Afghanistan went without eating for years...he would sit under a tree, meditate, and drink only water. They kept a camera there for weeks to make sure he didn't leave the area. Likewise, there's a similar story of a boy from Nepal.

Does thou have a link? I know the body can survive long periods without food (when plenty of water is available), but I do not believe you can live without food for years - due to sunlight.

[The Khan]

No, I'm sorry, I don't have a link...my father told me about this.

[Snowflake]

^it could be jinns providing food or even a miracle. If sunshine provided all the nourishment we needed then people in Africa wouldn't be dying from hunger.

[The Khan]

That's true, you must be right, Okhee. ^^