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Fasting is a part of good health. After days of food, a day of fasting will improve your physical and mental health. Human digestive system keeps on working and it is good for your body if you give them a rest. Fasting reduces cholesterol.
Many people take fasting in different ways some people fast only by drinking water. This helps your stomach to be free for a day when you take fasting. This type of fasting burns the food particles in your stomach and keeps them clean.
For a middle aged man who often eats food without being hungry, this fasting would leave their stomach hungry by the end of the day. By fasting at least once every month will help you to restrain your health and fitness.
Another common method of fasting is by eating only fruits and vegetables. This method fills your body with nutrition and reduces fat in our body. Eating non vegetarian food and other foods increases cholesterol in the body and your intestines keeps on working.
People normally do not include much fruits and vegetables in their diet. So the protein and vitamins a day would boost your strength. Apples are known for increasing our immunity power to fight diseases.
It is said that an apple a day keeps your doctor a week away. If you start fasting once a month you will increase your life span. But if you fast more no of days a month your body will be weak and you will be affected by disease.
Another well known method that is done is one month day time fasting even without water. This type of fasting is, for example, practiced by Islam people. They really believe that thirst and hunger brings positive thoughts for body and our spirit.
Every time our mental health and physical health are interrelated. A month of fasting gives you power and strength may really help you to lead a better life.