WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF FASTING ? The amazing health facts of fasting you want know!

"What are the health benefits of fasting?", "How does fasting affect the body?", "Is fasting healthy?" Questions like Ramadan are still a matter of curiosity. Experts state that non-stop working muscles, digestive organs and liver need rest, and say fasting is a great opportunity for the body to rest"

'What are the health benefits of fasting?' The question was answered by experts. Fasting relaxes the body and acts as a detox. Stating that fasting is very beneficial for health, experts say that fasting is a good opportunity for the body.

WHAT ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF FASTING?

The non-stop working muscles, digestive organs and liver need rest. Fasting is also a great opportunity for the body to rest. During this time, digestive organs, muscles and liver regenerate. Worn-out cells are repaired, toxins are removed from the body, tissues are renewed. However, wrong and irregular nutrition during Ramadan can harm the body rather than benefit.

POSITIVELY AFFECTS PSYCHOLOGY

It was stated that fasting contributed positively to psychology as well as the physical health of the person. Psychiatrist Uzm. Dr Burak Toprak said that fasting is important for human psychology because of its spiritual feelings and psychosocial effects.According to the news of AA (

Anadolu Agency

); Stating that fasting has important effects on the psychology of individuals and society, Dr Burak Toprak said, "In this sense, Ramadan is a month in which a person begins to come to terms with his own self and starts looking for existential meanings. He tries to get away, "he said.

Referring to the psychological benefits of fasting to people, Dr Burak Toprak said: "People take control of their instinctive impulses such as eating, drinking and sexuality with Ramadan and begin to question the meaning of life and themselves. In fact, even though this questioning is painful, it makes people heal and peacefully confronting this pain. In this month, we can realize many habits that we routinely do for 11 months and take steps to change them. Three weeks are needed. One month of fasting is an opportunity to change some of our behaviour. 

 

PREVENTS ATTENTION PROBLEM DISEASE

Dr Burak Toprak said that fasting affects psychology positively. Stating that there are studies in this direction, Dr Burak Toprak made the following evaluations: "It has been determined in studies that fasting reduces stress, anxiety and depression levels contrary to what is expected. Our other organs are resting during Ramadan and our most working organ is the brain. There is an increase in nerve growth factors in the brain of fasting people. Brain growth factors are known to be protective against depression, anxiety disorders and stress. At the same time, hunger hormones secreted from the hungry stomach positively affect the learning and memory part of the brain. It has been determined that developing new nerve cells prevent the development of diseases such as attention problems, dementia and Parkinson's.

Stating that fasting, which is protective for humans, also develops a defence mechanism for the brain, Dr. Burak Toprak noted that Ramadan is an opportunity to control the negative aspects inherent in human nature.

FASTING HELPS US MAINTAIN OUR ANGER

"Fasting helps us maintain our anger control" Stating that the fasting person will take an important step to recover when he becomes aware of the behaviours that may harm him and his environment, Dr Burak Toprak said, "Fasting helps us to control our anger. The person becomes aware of his behaviours repeatedly for 11 months and takes steps to change the vicious cycle and more. It can turn into a positive person. While drinking water for 11 months, we see that we do not realize its value and understand how meaningful life is. It can be seen that the level of stress decreases, anger control can be achieved, and communication problems are improved with fasting when people learn to set limits on themselves. "

Dr Burak Toprak emphasized that by balancing the excesses in people's personalities with the worship of fasting, they can look at people and events more sensitive, respectful, patient, forgiving and compassionate with a different perspective.

Stating that if he takes steps that can raise the awareness of the person due to worship, Dr Burak Toprak said, "Thanks to fasting, the person sets limits to himself and learns to keep them under control. an increase is observed, "he said.

ACTIVATES THE SOCIAL CONSIDER

 Dr Burak Toprak pointed out that as people's gratitude levels increase, the rate of enjoying life and being happy also increases, and continued his words as follows: "Thank God, it causes people to appreciate the moment they live by getting rid of the regrets of the past and the worries of the future, and to become more positive, harmonious people. It has been determined that people are less affected by stressful events and they solve the problems they experience more effectively and quickly. transforming. "

Emphasizing that while worshipping fasting provides individual awareness, acceptance and peace, it also causes an increase in social awareness, "Those who worship fasting while trying to change their own internal dynamics, at the same time start to strive for the well-being of other people. Aids to the development of our feelings of help cause our feelings of tolerance to increase. Fasting stimulates the social conscience,” he said.