Food Shortages and Fasting

Yesterday, some RI gov't official remarked that we don't need to worry about a food shortage in Jakarta during Ramadan. Hmmmmm a food shortage during a month when everyone is supposed to be fasting during the day? How does this happen? Well, the old-timers in the office point out that in order to compensate for not eating during daylight hours, fasters gorge themselves in the morning and at night, thus actually their daily consumption of food is higher than usual. As Paul says " Ramadan isn't the fasting month, it's the FEASTing month."


I was looking for the article mentioned above when I found this very interesting information about fasting.
http://www.anti-aging-guide.com/31humanstudies.php