We all know this is a fasting period for mañy, below are just some health benefits to help enlighten and encourage those fasting:

1. Fasting Helps Weight Loss:
Fasting can be a safe way to lose
weight as many studies have shown
that intermittent fasting – fasting
that is controlled within a set number
of hours – allows the body to burn
through fat cells more effectively than
just regular dieting.
Intermittent fasting allows the body
to use fat as it’s primary source of
energy instead of sugar.

2. Fasting Improves Insulin
Sensitivity
Fasting has shown to have a positive
effect on insulin sensitivity, allowing
you to tolerate carbohydrates (sugar)
better than if you didn’t fast.
3. Fasting Speeds Up The
Metabolism
Intermittent fasting gives your
digestive system a rest, and this can
energise your metabolism to burn
through calories more efficiently. If
your digestion is poor, this can effect
your ability to metabolise food and
burn fat. Intermittent fasts can
regulate your digestion and promote
healthy bowel function, thus
improving your metabolic function.
4. Fasting Promotes Longevity
Believe it or not, the less you eat the
longer you will live. Studies have
shown how the lifespan of people in
certain cultures increased due to their
diets. However, we don’t need to live
amongst a foreign community to reap
the benefits of fasting. One of the
primary effects of ageing is a slower
metabolism, the younger your body is,
the faster and more efficient your
metabolism. The less you eat, the
less toll it takes on your digestive
system.
5. Fasting Improves Hunger
Just think about this, can you
actually experience real hunger if you
eat a meal every 3-4 hours? Of
course you can’t. In fact, to
experience the true nature of hunger,
this would take anything from 12 to
even 24 hours.
Fasting helps to regulate the
hormones in your body so that you
experience what true hunger is. We
know that obese individuals do not
receive the correct signals
to let them know they are full due
excessive eating patterns.
Think of fasting as a reset button: the
longer you fast, the more your body
can regulate itself to release the
correct hormones , so that you can
experience what real hunger is. Not to
mention, when your hormones are
working correctly, you get full quicker.
6. Fasting Improves Your Eating
Patterns
Fasting can be a helpful practice for
those who suffer with binge eating
disorders, and for those who find it
difficult to establish a correct eating
pattern due to work and other
priorities.
With intermittent fasting going all
afternoon without a meal is okay and
it can allow you to eat at a set time
that fits your lifestyle. Also, for
anyone who wants to prevent binge
eating, you can establish a set time
in where you allow yourself to eat
your daily amount of calories in one
sitting, and then not eat till the
following day.
7. Fasting Improves Your Brain
Function
Fasting has shown to improve brain
function , because it boosts the
production of a protein called brain-
derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF.)
BDNF activates brain stem cells to
convert into new neurons, and
triggers numerous other chemicals
that promote neural health. This
protein also protects your brain cells
from changes associated with
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
8. Fasting Improves Your Immune
System
Intermittent fasting improves the
immune system because it reduces
free radical damage, regulates
inflammatory conditions in the body
and starves off cancer cell formation.
In nature, when animals get sick they
stop eating and instead focus on
resting. This is a primal instinct to
reduce stress on their internal system
so their body can fight off infection.
We humans are the only species who
look for food when we are ill, even
when we do not need it.
9. Fasting Contributes To Self-
Enlightenment
Fasting has helped many people feel
more connected to life during the
practices reading, meditation, yoga
and martial arts etc. With no food in
the digestive system, this makes
room for more energy in the body –
the digestive is one of the most
energy absorbing systems in the
body.
Fasting for self-enlightenment , allows
us to feel better both consciously and
physically. With a lighter body and a
clearer mind we become more aware
and grateful for the things around us.
10. Fasting Helps Clear The Skin And
Prevent Acne
Fasting can help clear the skin
because with the body temporarily
freed from digestion, it’s able to focus
its regenerative energies on other
systems.
Not eating anything for just one day
has shown to help the body clean up
the toxins and regulate the
functioning of other organs of the
body like liver, kidneys and other
parts.
source: the internet

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