Ramadan a time to reflect: Benefits of Fasting

Fasting in the holy month of Ramadan is the fourth of the five pillars of Islam. It helps an individual both spiritually and physically, brings the individial to understand what is hunger and makes him or her humble.

The physical benefits of fasting include healing as fasting allows the system to rehabilitate itself. It flushes out toxic matter that has built up in the body and revives and rejuvenates the millions of cells in the body.