British

I wouldn’t bring up Dr Michael Mosely if I were you considering that he thought a long walk in extreme heat not carrying a water bottle was a good idea.

Oreo

Also apparently more traffic accidents occur late afternoon due to low blood sugars.

Apparently? Evidence please.

The human body was indeed designed to cope with the famine and the feast but not when carrying out responsible jobs or driving.

Oreo

The human body was indeed designed to cope with the famine and the feast but not when carrying out responsible jobs or driving.

Evidence please

Just reading much info on the Internet Tuliptree but if there is any other fast way of acquiring facts do let me know.😃

Oreo

I wouldn’t bring up Dr Michael Mosely if I were you considering that he thought a long walk in extreme heat not carrying a water bottle was a good idea.

Not a nice comment to post - his death was nothing to do with fasting

Tuliptree

Oreo

The human body was indeed designed to cope with the famine and the feast but not when carrying out responsible jobs or driving.

Evidence please

Are you having a laugh?

Well I'm a Quaker and I think it would be good for everyone, regardless of their occupation, age, gender, ethnicity or sex to experience sitting in silent meditation for an hour a week.

I am being unrealistic but it wouldn't be such a bad thing.

I've just been to Quaker Meeting and feel calm and refreshed and kind towards my fellow humans.

Tuliptree

Oreo

I wouldn’t bring up Dr Michael Mosely if I were you considering that he thought a long walk in extreme heat not carrying a water bottle was a good idea.

Not a nice comment to post - his death was nothing to do with fasting

But it shows not to do anything he recommended.

Grammaretto

Well I'm a Quaker and I think it would be good for everyone, regardless of their occupation, age, gender, ethnicity or sex to experience sitting in silent meditation for an hour a week.

I am being unrealistic but it wouldn't be such a bad thing.

I've just been to Quaker Meeting and feel calm and refreshed and kind towards my fellow humans.

Yes, meditation is good.
All day fasting isn’t.

As Tuliptree says, where's the evidence that people are underperforming? You are more likely to be on a bus or train that crashes because someone who overeats/has a bad diet had had a coronary or stroke at the controls.

Tuliptree is there a reason you haven't demanded evidence of Graphite's statement? She must have evidence of both frequencies to be able to compare the relative risks.

Oreo - what a truly sweepingly unfair comment to make.

Rosie51

^As Tuliptree says, where's the evidence that people are underperforming? You are more likely to be on a bus or train that crashes because someone who overeats/has a bad diet had had a coronary or stroke at the controls.^

Tuliptree is there a reason you haven't demanded evidence of Graphite's statement? She must have evidence of both frequencies to be able to compare the relative risks.

I didn’t need to ask for a source because I’d already read the information on a variety of reputable web sites .

Oh perhaps you could provide the links so we may also read them, thanks.

Oh I think I’ll wait for the evidence I’ve been asking for - after all, I did ask first ( several times) so it’s only fair.

😄What I thought.

Fallingstar

I imagine is voluntary and just for a day, is fine for those fasting to eat before sun up and after sun down so anyone doing this won’t faint away.
Is obvs an initiative to raise awareness of Ramadan and Islam more generally, but not sure it will achieve much except in serving as click bait on forums like this and so being counter productive.
In London near us the local Mosque has open days and invites all the community in to see what a mosque looks like and they operate a collection point for local food banks and have been running free initiatives for all children in a park with games and a bouncy castle. Quite often local Imams, Rabbis, and CofE Reverends get together and organise community projects.
But then these stories don’t get publicised.

Too right!

So maybe stop the everlasting requests for evidence Tuliptree

I've not posted anything that you've asked me to provide the relevant evidence for. You have made a statement and I'm asking for links to your evidence for the first time, so why do you consider it fair to keep me waiting, punishing me for the 'sins' of others? I've asked first in this instance so surely it would by your standards be fair to answer me?

Oreo

So maybe stop the everlasting requests for evidence Tuliptree

Nope - you are stating opinions as facts without any evidence . You are of course perfectly free to do that and I’m perfectly free to ask you for the evidence on which you are basing your opinions.

Last post to Tuliptree

I think the comment about Dr Michael Mosely was extremely unkind and as Tuliptree said , unfair.
Have you ever fasted, Oreo? If you did you would see what effect it had on you, which is probably not quite the same as it could have on me. I am very sure that those who do practise fasting have the experience to to do it safely.Why do you think people should n't drive ?

They were facts garnered from the Internet sources Tuliptree
Just as presumably your facts are.

I used to teach English in (Muslim) Oman, to mostly young men working for various government ministries. TBH lessons (2 hour slots) during Ramadan were always a bit of a nightmare - they would mostly be half asleep because they’d been up half the night eating and drinking.

OTOH the Indian Muslim chap who used to help with housework etc. didn’t apparently ease off at all during Ramadan. I once found him out in the incredibly hot sun washing my car, and said please leave it, it could wait.

But he insisted on carrying on as usual. ‘Habit, this.’

westendgirl

I think the comment about Dr Michael Mosely was extremely unkind and as Tuliptree said , unfair.
Have you ever fasted, Oreo? If you did you would see what effect it had on you, which is probably not quite the same as it could have on me. I am very sure that those who do practise fasting have the experience to to do it safely.Why do you think people should n't drive ?

His death was sad but entirely of his own making.I always thought he had some extraordinary health ideas and wouldn’t have trusted his advice on anything.
No I don’t agree with the silly idea of fasting for ‘religious’ reasons so wouldn’t do it.
Read on Internet sources about more accidents late afternoon when drivers are rushing home to eat and their blood sugars are at their lowest.