# RKS: INTERMITTENT FASTING CULT FOR WEIGHT LOSS - A Passerby Or Here-To-Stay
# RKS: INTERMITTENT FASTING CULT FOR WEIGHT LOSS A PASSERBY OR HERE-TO-STAY RKS / 2024-2025 / Ser 6 / Blog 2 1st November 2024 INTERMITTENT FASTING ALL SET TO RULE THE SCIENCE BEHIND Dear Reader, Fasting is the act of refraining from eating, and sometimes drinking. Fasting practices may have first emerged around 1,500 BC in the Vedic, Hindu and Jainism religions. Prophet Adam was the first person to ever fast in human history. It is believed that the first fasting (done by Prophet Adam) was after his descent to earth and God’s acceptance of his prayers and repentance. It is also believed that he fasted 3 days each month during the entire year; they are the 13th, 14th and 15th. Fasting was commonly practiced in earlier times on 'holy' days to reduce the harm to plants and animals caused by harvesting and eating. Fasting has also been used for therapeutic purposes since at least the 5th century BCE. Greek physician Hippocrates recommended that patients with certain symp