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These healthy meal ideas will give you a varied and balanced diet during Ramadan. They include ingredients from the five major food groups. The meal plan has been written by medical experts in consultation with Islamic scholars. Fluids (water and juices) and dates should be added to each Suhoor (pre-dawn meal) and Iftar (dinner – the meal that ends the day’s fast). The fast is broken with dates, followed by dinner. Suhoor Option 1: a…
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Don’t break your fast with a feast or you may put on weight instead of losing it. If you are not careful, food eaten during the pre-dawn and dusk meals can cause some weight gain. Dr. says feasting during the non-fasting hours can be unhealthy. He recommends approaching the fast with discipline, or an opportunity to lose weight and be healthier could be wasted. “The underlying message behind Ramadan is self-discipline and self-control,” he says….
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The customary prayers of Muslim (Namaz), where physical movements of prayers (Sala’at) have been beautifully conglomerated with spiritual exercise, result to many surprising health and medicinal Benefits. Namaz is the prescription from Allah for better health and fitness who offers it regularly. Thus, it is the natural way to keep oneself healthy. One can get the Benefits of Namaz only if it is offered as they have been ordered by Allah and our Prophet Muhammad…
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Starvation literally means starvation. It doesn’t mean skipping a meal or not eating for 24 hours. Or not eating for three days even. The belief that meal skipping or short-term fasting causes “starvation mode” is so completely ridiculous and absurd that it makes me want to jump out the window. – Martin Berkhan Is it a good thing to ‘starve’ yourself each day, or a few days of the week? Well, a tonne of evidence…
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Water is essential to our survival. We’ve probably also all heard doctors say that drinking roughly eight glasses a day is ideal. However, what most people don’t know is that warm water and hot water have some exclusive benefits of their own that you just can’t get when you drink water cold. Here are 12 benefits of drinking hot water: 1. Weight Loss Hot water is great for maintaining a healthy metabolism, which is what…
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Your bones and your waistline will reap the benefits. Calcium helps you lose weight, studies show. “Really exciting research shows that if you get three servings of dairy daily, you’re not only preventing osteoporosis, but you’re enhancing weight loss,” says Dietitian Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD, LD. However, that research has only involved dairy projects, she adds. “It seems there is a synergistic relationship between protein and calcium. Eating other calcium-rich foods, like collards, won’t do…
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We take the freedom of movement for granted, until it becomes limited. The cause of this for many people comes in the form of arthritis, or the inflammation of one or more of your joints. There are two main kinds, osteo and rheumatoid, both of which affect the joint in different ways. Osteo arthritis is when the cartilage between bones wears down, until bone grates on bone. Rheumatoid is little less straightforward, being caused by…
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Losing belly fat is a hectic job and you would have tried several ways until now. But here are the relatively easy ways to lose belly fat. So let’s get started 1. Air Bicycle Crunches: Lie straight down on the floor in a ways that your legs touch straight to floor. Put palms of both hands under your head and lift them in a way that your right arm elbow touches your left knee and…
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1. Lift and Obey Working hard in the gym is a commandment that should never be broken. But there’s a clear difference between working hard in the gym, thrashing your muscles into submission with no clear strategy, and approaching training like a pro. Here are some great tips that you should add to your routine to see some dramatic results. 2. Volume Is Your Friend Training volume is something that not everyone would advocate. With…
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Salad Ingredients: 2 cups romaine lettuce, torn 2 tomatoes 1 green pepper 2 small cucumbers, peeled 3 green onions, minced 15 mint leaves chopped, or:1 tbsp dried mint 1/4 cup chopped parsley 2 tbsp chopped purslane or chickweed (optional) 1 to 2 cups pita bread, torn into pieces Salad Method: Cut the vegetables into bite sizes. If no dry bread is on hand split loaves of Arab bread by separating the top and bottom of…
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