Bismillah AlRahman AlRaheem Asalam Alaikum Fasting has been a part of peoples’ lives for centuries. It helps you detox and that means reduce spots, increase your will power, help you feel empathy with those living in third world countries and bring you spiritually closer to God. Detoxification is a normal body process which removes or neutralises harmful substances called toxins from your body. Toxins result from biochemical functions through the colon, liver, kidneys, lungs, lymph nodes, and skin. When there is no food eaten, your body can focus on burning fat for energy. This helps the stored chemicals to be released and removed by the body parts mentioned earlier. Fasting also encourages healing because energy is not needed for digestion. Instead it is used in metabolism and immune system. As long as you don’t over-eat when you do it, fasting helps weight loss as your stomach shrinks to its normal size get full quickly and your body starts using fat reserves. Patricia Bragg Ph.D. author of “The Miracle of Fasting” writes “Proven throughout history for physical, mental and spiritual rejuvenation, fasting promotes cleansing and healing; helps normalize weight, blood pressure, cholesterol; rebuilds the immune system; and helps reverse the aging process. If we are to get these poisons out of our bodies we must fast. By fasting we give our bodies a physiological rest. This rest builds Vital Force. The more Vital Force we have, the more toxins are going to be eliminated from …