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EATING

MINDFULLY

IN RAMADAN

Instead of the usual samosas, pakoras and sweet beverages for Iftar,

why not instead try a healthy and balanced diet to make the most of the

month of Ramadan? HEALTH asks Fahmida Jafri, Department Head of

Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics in Ajman how we can make the change for

optimal health and wellbeing.

The Focus

The month of Ramadan, explains

Jafri, is a great opportunity to

focus on bringing back a balanced

and healthy lifestyle into your life.

“Through fasting you begin to

learn how to manage your eating

habits, how to improve self-control

and discipline,” she says as this

month requires you to give the

stomach a break, and by doing so

you are able to break down and

expel the accumulated toxins from

your body.

Gaining Optimal Benefit

According to Jafri, the fasts of

Ramadan can improve a person’s

health, however if the correct diet

is not followed, it can actually

worsen it! “The deciding factor is

not the fast itself, but rather what

is consumed in the non-fasting

hours,” she says as to fully benefit

from fasting, a person should

spend a great deal of thought to

the type and quantity of food they

will indulge in through the blessed

month.

May/June 2015