Fasting month is coming...Selamat Berpuasa

Health issue during fasting month

Selamat menyambut ramadhan for fellow Muslims friends and clients

I want to take this time to address a few issues during this coming fasting month

1. For those who are on medication, kindly visit your doctor to get some advice on specific issue regarding your health and medication that you are taking....Some medication may need to be adjusted especially if you are diabetics...Please do not adjust your self before you talk to your doctor OK..

2. For those who have gastritis problem...Perform the ibadah at your own pace...there are a few things you can do to improve the success of your puasa despite having gastric problem;
a. Do not missed your sahur
b. Avoid taking spicy, sour, strong coffee or acidic foods
c. Take regular medication if you are prescribed some by doctor
d. After heavy iftar or sahur, do not lie flat immediately...this is to prevent another type of gastric problem that is reflux of acid (oesophagitis)

3. Dehydration is an issue for some people with certain medical problem...so again talk to your doctor about water intake issue...and if you are advised to avoid dehydration...so kindly make sure you drink a lot of plain water, avoid condition or situation that involves excessive sweating if possible and consider yourself uzur for this time and replace the puasa later once you are well.

4. Niat puasa adalah sangat penting....Dengan berniat puasa keesokan harinya...we are somehow telling ourselves and preparing our body to ‘switch to puasa mode’...believe it or not....

Do not underestimate what your brain or mindset can do for you...By berniat or switching to puasa mode...your body will use or utilize the energy storage and water differently...meaning that you will burn more energy from fat, not the muscle....so you are getting rid of unwanted fat as the end product. Your metabolism will be improved and you’ll shed extra pounds healthily.

Maybe you can see the difference before...mungkin sebelum ini semasa berpuasa sunat, kita berniat puasa agak akhir mungkin sekitar 11 am selepas mengetahui kita belum makan apa apa lagi, dan pengalaman berpuasa pada hari tersebut sangat mencabar kan! Tidak semasa bulan puasa...terasa senang hingga ke akhir...

Have you ever wonder why after missing lunch in the afternoon, we felt so hungry and wanting to eat everything nice at dinner after that....but during fasting month it is much more easier to handle the hunger....(this may not apply to everybody...ha..ha...)

It is our normal defence mechanism of our body to crave heavily for food if we are not eating on time or missing meal, because the body always want to stay at the same level every day. This explains why obese people with food craving issue find it so hard to change something they are used to it for long time...so niat is the answer. Talk to your brain, tell them to regulate energy differently....sound easy ya! But I also quite puzzled of how easy it is to do that during fasting month...just by niat...think about it. God is Great.


Stay healthy...
For your info...I discover a trend that during fasting month....I see fewer patients in the clinic compared to other months....but during and after raya...the number of illness rise again and even to higher level....mmmmmm... Think about it.

Take care
Redduan.