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Diabetes & Ramadan - Do you still fast?

Do you still fast for Ramadan?

  • Yes

    Votes: 7 33.3%

  • No

    Votes: 14 66.7%
  • Total voters
    21
  • Poll closed .
People with long term medical conditions, pregnant women etc don't have to fast.

If you have a condition that isn't long term but it requires you to take medication, you should do so, and make up the days you missed at a later date.

People with long term conditions who don't fast ''should'' fed a hungry/homeless person (with whatever money they have) for each day of Ramadan.

:)

sources: islamqa, personal experiences
 
Re: Diabetes & Ramadan - Do you still fast?

Yup true Islam mae it easy for people with medical conditions ...bt sometimes inside i feel i can do it and i ve fast for 15 days May Allah cure everyone and give them strength to fast. AMEEN
 
Re: Diabetes & Ramadan - Do you still fast?

Afraah i m proud of yu may Allah gves more strength to follow ur imaan bt one thing i need to say if ur check ur bg before u open your fast then it break ur fast so open ur fast with water and thn u can check ur bg and it wont effect ur fast and ur sugar level
 
Well sorry for my late responce bt as u know it is week days so i rare get the fone before breaking fast was 5.1Mmol n after it was 4.8Mmol wich are both normal levels
 
Yes as of today been fasting, at breaking of fast, plenty of water/juices,dates and the medicines which starts during intake and continues until morning and again before adhan dates water and some slices of bread.Monitoring of sugar morning arround 2Hrs after the close of eating its 150-160,at 3pm 120-110 and before braeking of fast 80-60.(mg/DL)
 
Hi,

This is Abdool Razak Lakhana from South Africa.

I am T2 diabetic on Insulin. Fasting has kept my diabetes stable for the whole month, with adapting my insulin doses.

In recent months, I added Alpha Lipoic Acid as a supplement, together with Biotin, and have seen substantial improvement in my Hba1C....from 8.3 to 6.9 between January and April this year.

Every person is different when it comes to fasting.... for me, it works great
 
Hello,

as a Muslim who is type 2, I used to be able to fast when it was tablet controlled but now I am on insulin I am unable to. I have tried to fast on shorter days but unfortunately had to break my fast due to getting a hypo.

I would be happy to try and see if some other techniques can work in sha Allah (God Willing).
 
Ramadan is superb. We do all the duties easily during fasting. Ramadan do not create difficulties but make us to bear and face all the upcoming problems and difficulties in the Future. Ramadan is a blessing for Muslims and it is just like a schedule of life. It's message is feel problems and difficulties of poor who do not have enough food to eat in the other months. We learn how to control our health problems. Diabetes can be controlled in Ramadan easily. Ramadan helps us to minimize the sugar level to moderate level. We use liquid things in Sehri and Aftari timing.
 
Administrator said:
With Ramadan starting tomorrow (9th July) we're interested to find out if many of you still fast.

If you do, how do you control your levels?
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Hi I am a muslim and have completed the 30 days of ramadan,I am a type 2 and on metformin, I was taking my tablets at night instead of day however my sugars were not very good espcially after eating in the morning just before starting the fast my last HCBA1 was 8.2. I read now read in the news about the Newcastle diet and want to know what is it. I also need help on types of specific foods i.e breakfast , lunch and dinner . Basically I really need the exact content of food type , someone told to eat low calorie but i kindly need help on which foods are these, if I have to eat breakfast , what will I include, what about my lunch, and my dinner. I am working outside the UK and getting a diabetic nurse is difficult here. I hope the forum will help me so that I can stick to these diet. Thank you
 
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