Fasting for Health Benefits

To maintain health, the body should be given the opportunity to rest


Fasting, which is required to not eat, drink, and oxygen-consuming substances in other non-oral is very useful to maintain physical health.
Fasting may prevent the disease arising from excessive eating patterns. Food excessive nutrient not necessarily good for some one's health. Over nutrition lead to obesity which can cause diseases such as degenerative high triglycerides and high cholesterol, coronary heart, diabetes mellitus and others.

The influence of fasting on the mechanisms include health aspects of physical health, among which are:

* Provide the opportunity to rest the tool digestion,

* On the days when not being fast, tool digestion in the body is working hard, because it rightly means of digestion are given rest.
* Clearing the body of poisons and dirt (detoxification). With fasting, the entry limit calories in our bodies so that the enzyme antioxidants that can clean substances-substances that are toxic and carcinogenic and remove it from the body.
* Increasing the number of white blood cell. White blood cell function to prevent the attack of the disease so that with the addition of white blood cell can automatically increase the body's immune system.
* Balance between acid and alkali in the body,
* Improving the hormone functions, rejuvenate the body cells,
* Improve the function of organs


Therefore, the medical recommend to fast periodically for at least 1 month in one year continuously (other than the religion of the majority have also suggested to worship).