[fast5] Re: Ramadan & water

I just googled "health benefits of ramadan fasting" there are bunches of sites, no surprise!

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "tamaratornado" <tamaratornado@...> wrote:
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> I was thinking about the similarity of Fast-5 to Ramadan. Actually Fast-5 has helped me to respect Ramadan, as when I first learned about Ramadan, the one month fast in Islam, I thought it was crazy and unhealthy. Now I know better: Just think, millions of people do something like Fast-5 once a year for an entire month! I wonder if anyone has done studies of health benefits from this.
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> One thing about Ramadan, during the day, you are not allowed to eat, smoke, or drink anything, you can't even drink water. I wonder about not drinking water, I don't know if I could do that, or if that would be good. Yet Ramadan is over a thousand years old, maybe older, maybe it has more ancient roots than Islam... is there some traditional wisdom in not drinking? I don't know, I am just speculating.
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> It's particuarly puzzling, as Islam developed in a hot, dry climate. No water all day. Yet it works well enough for most Muslims... Hmmmm.
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> I am thinking about a conversation we had here about drinking too much water, sometimes I am drinking water and herb tea all day and I can feel I've had too much....
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> Hmmm, Just thinking about it.
>
> - T
>

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