Suggestions For Fasting From The Chairman Of PB IDI, Anything? Read This!

Illustration, still control the portion of eating during breaking and sahur hours. (Pexels)

JAKARTA - General Chairperson of the Indonesian Doctors Association (PB IDI) dr. Adib Khumaidi SpOT said that people who fast can undergo activities as usual as long as they get enough rest so that they can still benefit from fasting for the body.

"We have to be able to manage our sufficient rest, so that enough rest is our part to really get a real health when we fast," Adib said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, March 25.

He said, during the month of Ramadan, many physical activities were carried out at night such as tarawih prayers, and woke up in a third of the night to perform sunnah or suhoor prayers.

Because of this activity, Muslims must be able to manage their rest well so that they can still carry out daily activities without reducing the benefits of fasting itself.

In addition, he also reminded to continue to control the portion of eating during breaking hours and sahur hours, and continue to apply a balanced nutrition diet to keep the body healthy and not exposed to diseases such as cholesterol and sugar.

"Homonologically, actually fasting for 12 hours will control the hormone insulin, that's where we will actually manage nutrition in our metabolism, so that then we will not have easy cholesterol, sugar and so on can be well controlled when we fast," Adib explained.

In addition, Adib also advised to continue to do small sports activities so that the body remains fit and does not weakness easily when fasting.

He suggests exercising at hours after dawn or dawn prayers, and in the afternoon before breaking the fast.

"So don't exercise during the day, we still do sports activities, but in the post-sahur period or before breaking the fast," he suggested.

Regarding the circulation of news that oral consumption can delay hunger and replace body fluids, he straightened out that IDI does not require people to drink oralite as a necessity.

He emphasized that when fasting the body will not lose much fluids if you consume enough water and eat nutritious food at the time of breaking the fast or suhoor in the amount as needed.