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Therefore, from this golden statement which was said more than fourteen centuries ago, it is obvious that fasting has countless health benefits. From improved weight management and healthier blood cell regeneration to better heart function and vascular well-being, fasting has become quite the go-to method of keeping young, fit, and healthy. In addition, fasting throughout the holy month of Ramadan improves mental health by lowering depression, anxiety, and stress levels.

The three fathers of Western Medicine; (Hippocrates, Galen & Paracelsus) prescribed fasting as the greatest remedy and the physician within [2] . Life Magazine in its September 1996 issue considered fasting: the healing revolution. There are more than 500 medical journal articles available on therapeutic fasting on the internet. The outstanding physicians named fasting as being the medicine of the 21st century. They believe the human body is designed to heal itself if only given the opportunity.

Dr. Otto Buchinger; Germany’s great fasting therapist after more than 100,000 fasting cures says: “Fasting is, without doubt, the most effective biological method of treatment.

It is the operation without surgery, it is a cure involving exudation, redirection, loosening up, and purified relaxation [3] .” He furthers therapeutically; fasting cures many of our modern illnesses, including the following: allergies, cardiovascular disease, chronic diseases of the digestive system, degenerative and painfully inflammatory illnesses of the joints, myriad disturbances in one’s eating behaviour, glaucoma, initial malfunction of the kidneys, tension, and migraine headaches, as well as skin diseases.

Preventively, it’s designed to cleanse and regenerate, rejuvenate, and restore a person’s sense of well-being, in body, mind, and soul. As Doctor Buchinger would conclude: “When the body fasts, the soul is hungry; when the body becomes lighter, the soul also craves relief.” Dr.

Joel Fuhrman in Fasting and Eating for Health notes: “Fasting has been repeatedly observed to alleviate neuroses, anxiety, and depression [4] .” Michael Rosenbaum, M.D., Director of the California-based Orthomolecular Health Medicine Medical Society, notes the significance of fasting as a detoxification program: “The hidden cause of many chronic pains, diseases, and illnesses may be invisible toxins, chemicals, heavy metals and parasites that invade our bodies . .