9 Health Benefits and Tips for Beneficial Ramadan (and Otherwise) Fasting

9. Fasting Can Help You Feel Good

Wonder why you feel so good during Ramadan? Of course, it has a lot to do with you being on a spiritual high, but the biochemical basis may be because fasting causes our natural endorphins to kick in. Endorphins are associated with feeling of euphoria and help boosts our immunity.

In 1994 the first International Congress on “Health and Ramadan”, held in Casablanca, entered 50 extensive studies on the medical ethics of fasting. While improvement in many medical conditions was noted; however, fasting did not worsen any patients’ health or their baseline medical condition.

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