3 Ways Fasting Changes How Your Body Works

Ramadan is here! For Muslims, this month involves going without food and water from dawn to dusk as well as practising more charity in the hope of getting closer to God. The spiritual benefits aside, how exactly does fasting affect your physical body? We have some answers: While fasting, the body starts to tap energy […]

What You Need To Know About Fasting – Benefits & Risks

What you need to know about fasting

As Muslims start the holy month of fasting at Ramadan, this post from Hygeia HMO,  your friendly neighborhood HMO helps to clarify the health benefits of fasting as Islam recommends and the corresponding risks as well. A number of studies have concluded that intermittent fasting – abstaining from food and drink intake periodically – can […]