Useful Tipps For Ramadan
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Salaam
Often when we start fasting for the first few days we experience a headache. That is due to the body burning toxic waste.
So start eating, mainly fresh fruit or vegetables one week before the fast starts to detox your body also adjust your main meal time to the time of breaking the fast. And, Insha?Allah you will not be suffering from the headache when fasting.
Breaking fast with honey or dates would gives your body an instant sugar boost and drinking fluid with that would help your stomach to get going gently to the process of digesting food.
We would be breaking fast around 8 pm and dawn starts around 3.45 here... so not that bad eat
peace
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With all this talk about dates, I am now confused. I have it that Ramadan begins on the 22nd of this month, is that correct? or do I have the date wrong?
21st. Are you asking because you want to fast? That would be great. You should ask your congregation to try it. Jesus and many other prophets and messengers fasted.
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Salaams, Thanks very much for these tips. Good timing, cos I was just wondering what to do about my exercise and fitness regime during Ramadan. Yes doing the exercise just before Iftar sounds like a good idea and I will try it, InshAllah.
First you break your fast with a lot of water. Then you exercise. After the exercise you shold eat a salad, since your stomach is sensitive due to the absence of food. Then you should have a lot of protein and a bit of carbs. Protein after exercise is very good for the body. Carbs help with the process of the protein repairing tissues, etc.
Also note you should generally break your fast with A LOT of water - this rehydrates you and expands your stomach. Then you can eat whatever you want. My advice stay away from junk food.
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First you break your fast with a lot of water. Then you exercise. After the exercise you shold eat a salad, since your stomach is sensitive due to the absence of food. Then you should have a lot of protein and a bit of carbs. Protein after exercise is very good for the body. Carbs help with the process of the protein repairing tissues, etc.
Also note you should generally break your fast with A LOT of water - this rehydrates you and expands your stomach. Then you can eat whatever you want. My advice stay away from junk food.
I try not to eat junk food anyway. The biggest problem I think I will have is the dehydration, the lack of food wont bother me much as I don't eat much and mainly in the evenings. But in this heat, it will be difficult not drinking.
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I try not to eat junk food anyway. The biggest problem I think I will have is the dehydration, the lack of food wont bother me much as I don't eat much and mainly in the evenings. But in this heat, it will be difficult not drinking.
I ate lots of junk food until recently, when I started to exercise! yay
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I try not to eat junk food anyway. The biggest problem I think I will have is the dehydration, the lack of food wont bother me much as I don't eat much and mainly in the evenings. But in this heat, it will be difficult not drinking.
Just switch off the thirst in your mind. Ramadan fasting helps you learn self-control. Keep yourself busy with things and remember God during your fast - it helps. If you drink enough water at night, it shouldnt be a problem.
Also eat soup for your pre-dawn meal - it keeps you full.
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Muslim food traders It?s Ramadan so let?s put the prices up for all food items ...what about the one already marked? Just put the new price on top of the old price, after all it?s the blessed month of Ramadan. hail
Major Supermarkets Our Records that the Month of Ramadan this is the month when Muslims over indulge with food, It starts in two months time so cut the middle man, order 100,000 crates of dates, oriental foods etc direct from the suppliers in the Middle East and put out a special offer jedi
Where do I go to shop?. hmm
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Muslim food traders Its Ramadan so lets put the prices up for all food items ...what about the one already marked? Just put the new price on top of the old price, after all its the blessed month of Ramadan. hail
Major Supermarkets Our Records that the Month of Ramadan this is the month when Muslims over indulge with food, It starts in two months time so cut the middle man, order 100,000 crates of dates, oriental foods etc direct from the suppliers in the Middle East and put out a special offer jedi
Where do I go to shop?. hmm
Any !"Muslim food traders"? Perhaps you mean "Arab food traders"..?
I am boycotting dates - since it is not a requirement and it is starting to be/is an innovation, and they are full of sugar. Why do people have to eat Arab food all the time (especially during Ramadan)? I think that's where the cult syndrome kicks in. Eat healthy - no junk, not too much carbs, etc. and you should be fine. That is best for fasting and in general as well. -
"Muslim food traders"? Perhaps you mean "Arab food traders"..?
I am boycotting dates - since it is not a requirement and it is starting to be/is an innovation, and they are full of sugar. Why do people have to eat Arab food all the time (especially during Ramadan)? I think that's where the cult syndrome kicks in. Eat healthy - no junk, not too much carbs, etc. and you should be fine. That is best for fasting and in general as well.Peace
are dates naturally high in sugar? or does sugar get added as part of the drying/packaging process? i was thinking they were healthy cos they are a natural fruit, and supposedly high in iron, and it's what Mary got when she shook the tree while she was heavily pregnant.
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Can't imagine dates (natural ones anyway) would be considered junk if God gave them to Mary.peace and best wishes
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if u are not bothered about high carbs and fat, try this get the dates and fry them til they are mushy and then serve with dessicated coconut on top, yummy! eat -
Peace
are dates naturally high in sugar? or does sugar get added as part of the drying/packaging process? i was thinking they were healthy cos they are a natural fruit, and supposedly high in iron, and it's what Mary got when she shook the tree while she was heavily pregnant.
1920-1925
Can't imagine dates (natural ones anyway) would be considered junk if God gave them to Mary.peace and best wishes
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if u are not bothered about high carbs and fat, try this get the dates and fry them til they are mushy and then serve with dessicated coconut on top, yummy! eatI never claimed that dates were junk. Where did you get that from? Please read more carefully next time. Also, I would never eat them fried - unhealthy. I only pointed out that it is a so-called Sunna and so I want to kind of boycott it - doesnt mean that they are prohibited, of course. However, I read some BS from an 'Islamic' website like us havinbg to break our fast with dates and that it should be our first choice and that we must look for dates first for breaking out fast, and only break our fast with water if we dont find dates. I guess the Sunnis/Shias would turn red if you were to break your fast with, say, Fanta.
And your coconut idea and frying is unhealthier than a fresh date - although 'unhealthier' might not be the right choice of word, since a date isnt really unhealthy - it's just high in sugar, that's all. It doesnt mean that we can't/shouldnt consume them. I was a bit opposed to it because most people consider it a 'sunna'.
Have a nice Ramadan.
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Peace
are dates naturally high in sugar? or does sugar get added as part of the drying/packaging process? i was thinking they were healthy cos they are a natural fruit, and supposedly high in iron, and it's what Mary got when she shook the tree while she was heavily pregnant.
1920-1925
Can't imagine dates (natural ones anyway) would be considered junk if God gave them to Mary.peace and best wishes
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if u are not bothered about high carbs and fat, try this get the dates and fry them til they are mushy and then serve with dessicated coconut on top, yummy! eatSalaam
I am glad you mentioned dates in relation to Maryum. I too belevie all the food mentioned in the Quran, like honey, olives, pomograntes, grapes and of course meat has special benefits, so why not include dates? If it was good for the pregnant Mariyam it's good for us and, as you said, even better if it's fresh. It is good if we get rid of this paranoia about hadiths and just use our common sense.
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Salaam
I am glad you mentioned dates in relation to Maryum. I too belevie all the food mentioned in the Quran, like honey, olives, pomograntes, grapes and of course meat has special benefits, so why not include dates? If it was good for the pregnant Mariyam it's good for us and, as you said, even better if it's fresh. It is good if we get rid of this paranoia about hadiths and just use our common sense.
peaceTrue.. as long as we dont see it as a requirement or 'sunna' its OK.
Peace
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Peace
When younger I was always encouraged to break my fast with olives. Is that a mediterranean thing? I think it might even be healthier that dates.
Peace
Hope
bravo thats 1000X better!
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As-Salamu Alaikum my brothers! Happy Ramadan...I have missed the fast because for physical issues. I plan to fast next month, insha'Allah. Pray for me as you are in my prayers. The doctor found a spot on my lung on an X-Ray. I am not sure where this medical revelation will take me, but I am assured fo God's mercy and compassion. I worry less for me than for my wife and children. My pulminologist appointment is 9.8.2009. I am sure that I will be undergoing tests ans such...perhaps my plans for a fast next month is not realistic, but they are my plans none-the-less. May God's peace be upon you all.