Fasting has been a religious and cultural practice for thousands of years, why do people do it? What happens to your body when you fast? The Food Chain speaks to a British family breaking their fast during Ramadan, a woman in India completing a day long fast for Mahashivratri and explores why the practices around Lent have changed over the years. An expert on intermittent fasting talks us through what is happening to our bodies, and why it might have hidden benefits. In this programme, Rumella Dasgupta explores the tradition of religious fasting with what to eat and what not to eat in three major faiths. If you would like to get in touch with the programme, email thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk. Presented by Rumella Dasgupta. (Image: a family in Manchester breaks their fast together with dishes spread out on a cloth on the floor. Credit: BBC)
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You're waking up earlier, before the dawn prayer to eat.
And I, even though I only eat a little bit, it's the actual symbolism of waking up because it's part of the Sunnah, it's the tradition.
It is a little sacrifice for me to give up alcohol, a glass of wine, a beer with a friend, to give up chocolate and crisps.
But it does frustrate and bite a little bit.
You can have dairy products, you can have fruits, you can have basically anything light, and that's something that is not grown underground, so that's kind of not allowed.
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