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<li>Several physicians advise patients to skip meals, sometimes for a few days, before prescribing them a controlled diet.</li> | <li>Several physicians advise patients to skip meals, sometimes for a few days, before prescribing them a controlled diet.</li> | ||
<li>Fasting is helpful in reducing the symptoms in some psychological disorders like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia etc.</li> | <li>Fasting is helpful in reducing the symptoms in some psychological disorders like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia etc.</li> | ||
<li style="font-weight:bold">Upavasa(fasting) during pandemic: <span style="font-weight:normal">The importance of fasting is described in janapadoddhvamsaneeya vimana adhyaya. Regular practice of fasting was very helpful for COVID-19 patients.Fasting has an added effect to vaccination which strengthen our immune system during the pandemic and after the pandemic also.</span></li></ol> | <li style="font-weight:bold">Upavasa(fasting) during pandemic: <span style="font-weight:normal">The importance of fasting is described in janapadoddhvamsaneeya vimana adhyaya. Regular practice of fasting was very helpful for COVID-19 patients.Fasting has an added effect to vaccination which strengthen our immune system during the pandemic and after the pandemic also.<ref>Horne BD, May HT, Muhlestein JB, et al;Association of periodic fasting with lower severity of COVID-19 outcomes in the SARS-CoV-2 prevaccine era: an observational cohort from the INSPIRE registryBMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health 2022;e000462. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2022-000462</ref></span></li></ol> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||