The writer’s neighbour in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sajida Aziz Omar, breaks her daily Ramadan fast at an Iftar buffet. Omar says dry fasting - consuming no food or water for 13-plus hours - gives her more energy. Photo: Lise Floris
What’s it like to fast for Ramadan? A non-Muslim goes 13 hours without food or water to find out, and ponders the health and spiritual benefits
- Lise Poulsen Floris joins her neighbours in Malaysia in fasting from sunrise to sunset, and overcomes weakness and discomfort to make it to the iftar meal
- She finds going without water daunting but a neighbour says dry fasting gives her more energy, and there are suggestions it can lower your ‘bad cholesterol’
