polite_gandalf wrote on May 23^rd, 2018 at 3:45pm:

actually its opposite your Metabolism actually goes up, if u don't eat for a few days and everything slowed down you would never eat again. Survival mode kicks in everything goes into overdrive so u can catch food again, that's the whole ketosis thing .
Fat is our perfect food , we make it for when we don't eat and our brain and bodies love it.
Starvation mode will finally kick in when u use up all the body fat (body builders still about 9%)

Gordon wrote on May 23^rd, 2018 at 3:47pm:


Do you know? I have never been to Pattaya.

You?

Mattyfisk wrote on May 23^rd, 2018 at 7:32pm:


Didn't you go there for R&R and poon during the war?

My first time in Thailand I caught the public bus from Bangkok to Rayong (to get the ferry to Ko Samet) and it went thru Pattaya, but only to the bus station on the egde of town.

I was young and tender then and knew nothing about what goes on in a place like that.

Yuck

miketrees wrote on May 23^rd, 2018 at 7:45pm:


Not at all, Mike, they're age-old techniques to purify one's body and let go of the ego. Charity is also a function of Ramadan. Be nice to others, your family, animals, yourself, everyone.

What could possibly be ritualistic about that?

freediver wrote on May 23^rd, 2018 at 9:19pm:
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https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/intermittent-fasting-metabolismShort-Term Fasts Boost Metabolism by up to 14%
Many people believe that skipping meals will cause your body to adapt by lowering its metabolic rate to save energy.
It's well established that very long periods without food can cause a drop in metabolism (28, 29).
However, studies have shown that fasting for short periods can actually increase your metabolism, not slow it down (30, 31).
One study in 11 healthy men found that a 3-day fast actually increased their metabolism by an impressive 14% (26).

Personally just not eating breakfast while working (plus loosing 10kg) I work the same in the morning but in the afternoon around 2 always felt down (run of of glucogen and hit a wall) now I work all afternoon never get tired.
Almost all I heard about fasting was wrong, I always thought if I didn't eat I would loose muscle mass as well, not happened ..I surprise myself now when I take off my shirt I feel like a old man but look like a young one
Jason Fung is the man to track down, a amazing guy.

Middle East studies show many people tend to gain weight during Ramadan.

egyptindependent.com/five-tips-avoid-weight-gain-ramadan/

gulfnews.com/gn-focus/special-reports/ramadan/how-to-lose-weight-during-ramadan-
1.1853399

Actually every religion/culture has their version & purpose of fasting but no one makes a big showcase of it like Muslims , partly because in many Muslim countries its not out of freewill where in some places those caught eating in Ramadan are punished etc. Now look at the verse of the Quran giving instructions on fasting time.

It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them. Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allah has decreed for you. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the sunset. And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques. These are the limits [set by] Allah, so do not approach them. Thus does Allah make clear His ordinances to the people that they may become righteous. (Quran 2 187)

So the All Knowing Allah didn't know about Alaska or Southern Chile where sun doesn't rise or set for months? Either the Muslims there can't start Ramadan fast or end up dying of starvation. The solution is , Muslims had to rectify Allah's mistake and make innovation like follow another/Mecca time zone etc. This just show Allah & the God (if any)who created the earth are not the same.