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"Dawn to Sunset" laughs nervously in Scandinavian So we can't eat anything in the summer, as the sun doesn't really go down? :) On the other hand, we can gorge ourselves during winter.
By “no drinking”, do they really mean no drinking plain water? 14 hr stretches are doable but it’s interesting to find your body improving while becoming dehydrated.
“Dry fasting” is a thing, but it seems most people recommend against it. Not sure what the added advantage is for avoiding zero calorie water consumption.
My experience with Spain et al is that they are hot during the day and locals tend to eat a lot late at night and very little during the day.
Welcome to Ramadan!
This is not just pertinent to Ramadan. Every 2 days in the month , there is this Hindu thing of Ekadasi ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekadashi ). Each of these depending on the month have a presiding deity! The rules are simple , the day before should be a light meal , on Ekadasi dawn to next day dawn (about 36 hours in all) fasting. On Dwadasi , break this fast by first having water , meditation and then a light m…
- Anticancer - Anti-diabetes - Anti-aging - Reduction in body mass index, waist circumference - Improvement in blood pressure
It makes sense to fast temporarily in order to "jolt" the body into action (reduced external input activates internal compensation processes) as our genetics have ancient embedded protocols developed to push through resource restrictions. If not for your listed reasons - do it to knock the rust off of safely stored emergency equipment. I've noticed that once you get past the first "hump" of hunger pangs, famish subsi…
I haven't personally fasted as such in this manner but was always quite fascinated and am quite fascinated by how various Muslim colleagues and friends are able to do it during the summer with 45 degree heat and so on. All of them say that the first two days are the toughest while the rest of the month of Ramadan seems basically the same as the rest of their lives. It does put into perspective as to how much of our "hunger" is psychological than resource needs.
The "research" is politically motivated, it is thus garbage. Especially considering that it would be dangerous to publish the result if it were to show the other way, not that they would want to publish it. Besides, not having even a drop of water for longer than 12 hours during summer is dangerous, not only to fasting people themselves but to the society as a whole since they drive cars and they have higher rate of…
It's clear that many in the world do exactly that. It might be interesting to see a study similar to above as to whether accident rates increase during Ramadan.
Welcome to Ramadan!
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Drip coffee is horrible, so I understand wanting sugar. I moved to black by buying a mocha pot and aeropress. It's a whole different coffee experience, milk and sugar not necessary.
I have every coffee making gimmick from the chemex to the aeropress and I guarantee you would fail a blind test on which one is which, or if the cups of coffee are even different. I mean, what exactly is the mechanical difference of putting hot water through coffee grounds and a filter that differs when you do it in an aeropress vs. a dripper? And you think you're tasting enough of a difference to say one is horrible…
If you start out with mediocre beans, they'll tend to taste more or less the same as other mediocre beans, no matter how they're ground and brewed.
If you take good beans, grind them within a few days of roasting, and brew them within a few hours of grinding, you will start to notice a very significant difference in taste, regardless of brewing method.