Fasting - nutritional advice please

[Tizer]

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the month-long period of abstaining from food and drink (amongst other things) from dawn until dusk each day.

The period from sunrise to sunset today is around 15 hours and as Ramadan moves closer to the summer each year (the Muslim calendar has 11 days fewer than the Gregorian one), the fasts will be getting even more challenging.

Could the experts amongst you please provide any nutritional advice to help ease the slowdown I will no doubt suffer during parts of the day. At the moment, all I can stomach at 4am is a glass of semi-skimmed milk and a few biscuits.

Many thanks.

[Fuzzy Wuzzy]

Tizer said:

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the month-long period of abstaining from food and drink (amongst other things) from dawn until dusk each day.

The period from sunrise to sunset today is around 15 hours and as Ramadan moves closer to the summer each year (the Muslim calendar has 11 days fewer than the Gregorian one), the fasts will be getting even more challenging.

Could the experts amongst you please provide any nutritional advice to help ease the slowdown I will no doubt suffer during parts of the day. At the moment, all I can stomach at 4am is a glass of semi-skimmed milk and a few biscuits.

Many thanks.

Porridge.

[mechsympathy]

Move to Patagonia. That way you'll only have about 8 hours of daylight to get through without food

[R360]

I know how your feeling, i just had some toast and a tea this morning, plus plenty of orange juice, then started work mega early. Only about 7 and a half hours to go before i can eat again....

[BigLepton]

Tizer said:

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the month-long period of abstaining from food and drink (amongst other things) from dawn until dusk each day.

The period from sunrise to sunset today is around 15 hours and as Ramadan moves closer to the summer each year (the Muslim calendar has 11 days fewer than the Gregorian one), the fasts will be getting even more challenging.

Could the experts amongst you please provide any nutritional advice to help ease the slowdown I will no doubt suffer during parts of the day. At the moment, all I can stomach at 4am is a glass of semi-skimmed milk and a few biscuits.

Many thanks.

Surely if you are fasting to honour your deity, he or she will make sure you suffer no ill effects?

[anonymous-user]

Just to help you feel a little bit better Amir Khan the boxer will also be fasting at the moment and he has a commonwealth title fight on Saturday. How he can manage to do all the training required for boxing without being able to eat during the day is beyond me, and probably not very healthy.

You have to think he could have scheduled the fight a bit better though, it's not as though he didn't know in advance when ramadan was going to be

[Yugguy]

Tizer said:

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the month-long period of abstaining from food and drink (amongst other things) from dawn until dusk each day.

The period from sunrise to sunset today is around 15 hours and as Ramadan moves closer to the summer each year (the Muslim calendar has 11 days fewer than the Gregorian one), the fasts will be getting even more challenging.

Could the experts amongst you please provide any nutritional advice to help ease the slowdown I will no doubt suffer during parts of the day. At the moment, all I can stomach at 4am is a glass of semi-skimmed milk and a few biscuits.

Many thanks.

You need to convert to Judaism, they only fast for one day per year.

HTH.

[Funk]

Yugguy said:

Tizer said:

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the month-long period of abstaining from food and drink (amongst other things) from dawn until dusk each day.

The period from sunrise to sunset today is around 15 hours and as Ramadan moves closer to the summer each year (the Muslim calendar has 11 days fewer than the Gregorian one), the fasts will be getting even more challenging.

Could the experts amongst you please provide any nutritional advice to help ease the slowdown I will no doubt suffer during parts of the day. At the moment, all I can stomach at 4am is a glass of semi-skimmed milk and a few biscuits.

Many thanks.

You need to convert to Judaism, they only fast for one day per year.

HTH.

Or atheism, with no fasting required at all.

HTHA.

[sleep envy]

Yugguy said:

Tizer said:

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the month-long period of abstaining from food and drink (amongst other things) from dawn until dusk each day.

The period from sunrise to sunset today is around 15 hours and as Ramadan moves closer to the summer each year (the Muslim calendar has 11 days fewer than the Gregorian one), the fasts will be getting even more challenging.

Could the experts amongst you please provide any nutritional advice to help ease the slowdown I will no doubt suffer during parts of the day. At the moment, all I can stomach at 4am is a glass of semi-skimmed milk and a few biscuits.

Many thanks.

You need to convert to Judaism, they only fast for one day per year.

HTH.

christians only fast for 2 days a year but all that means is you can't eat meat

[drivin_me_nuts]

sleep envy said:

Yugguy said:

Tizer said:

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the month-long period of abstaining from food and drink (amongst other things) from dawn until dusk each day.

The period from sunrise to sunset today is around 15 hours and as Ramadan moves closer to the summer each year (the Muslim calendar has 11 days fewer than the Gregorian one), the fasts will be getting even more challenging.

Could the experts amongst you please provide any nutritional advice to help ease the slowdown I will no doubt suffer during parts of the day. At the moment, all I can stomach at 4am is a glass of semi-skimmed milk and a few biscuits.

Many thanks.

You need to convert to Judaism, they only fast for one day per year.

HTH.

christians only fast for 2 days a year but all that means is you can't eat meat

.. is that what your wife tells you?

[stainless_steve]

Ham sandwich

[filski666]

work the night shift?

[walm]

sleep envy said:

Yugguy said:

Tizer said:

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the month-long period of abstaining from food and drink (amongst other things) from dawn until dusk each day.

The period from sunrise to sunset today is around 15 hours and as Ramadan moves closer to the summer each year (the Muslim calendar has 11 days fewer than the Gregorian one), the fasts will be getting even more challenging.

Could the experts amongst you please provide any nutritional advice to help ease the slowdown I will no doubt suffer during parts of the day. At the moment, all I can stomach at 4am is a glass of semi-skimmed milk and a few biscuits.

Many thanks.

You need to convert to Judaism, they only fast for one day per year.

HTH.

christians only fast for 2 days a year but all that means is you can't eat meat

Really? I didn't know about this. What days are those?

I googled it and all it said was "There are very few rules when it comes to fasting. What you do is really between you and the Lord."

[R360]

stainless_steve said:

Ham sandwich

Haha not sure about Ham but got a few guys in the office taunting me by putting lots of food on my desk and commenting on how amazing there sandwiches are!

[Don]

When Ramadan reaches the height of summer practicing Muslims will have to get up in the middle of the night to drink and eat.

Or move closer to the equator.

Or simply rely on Allah being merciful.

I wonder if any Muslims live inside the Arctic Circle?

Tricky.

[dave_s13]

I don't know how anyone can do this fasting business.

Doesn't matter what I ate in the morning - porridge, full english brekky, loaf of toast etc...I would still be ravenous by noon and be ready to kill somebody by 3pm if went un-fed.

It's not natural.

Christ (or Allah) knows how the hell Kahn is training to fight without eating all day? Suppose he must really pack it in at night time and adjust his sleep patterns maybe?

[R360]

Don said:

When Ramadan reaches the height of summer practicing Muslims will have to get up in the middle of the night to drink and eat.

Or move closer to the equator.

Or simply rely on Allah being merciful.

I wonder if any Muslims live inside the Arctic Circle?

Tricky.

I have a mate who lives in Findland, he always says i should move there when ramadan is in the winter as they only get a few hours of sunlight.

[eldudereno]

Yes, Porridge is a slow release food which should be ideal.

[Geronimo]

Yugguy said:

Tizer said:

Today is the first day of Ramadan, the month-long period of abstaining from food and drink (amongst other things) from dawn until dusk each day.

The period from sunrise to sunset today is around 15 hours and as Ramadan moves closer to the summer each year (the Muslim calendar has 11 days fewer than the Gregorian one), the fasts will be getting even more challenging.

Could the experts amongst you please provide any nutritional advice to help ease the slowdown I will no doubt suffer during parts of the day. At the moment, all I can stomach at 4am is a glass of semi-skimmed milk and a few biscuits.

Many thanks.

You need to convert to Judaism, they only fast for one day per year.

HTH.

Yeah but then you have to have the end of your knob cut off.

[Muntu]

Wake up at 3 am, then by 4am you will be able to eat like a pig, as opposed to waking up at 4am and trying to stuff your face ?