Breaking the fast

Breaking your fast after a therapeutic fast requires a few steps to gently reacquaint yourself with solid meals. Here are some tips and recommendations to follow in the first few days after fasting:

1. Eat slowly and chew thoroughly: It's important to chew your food slowly and carefully to ease the digestive process and not overwhelm your digestion.
2. Avoid food that is difficult to digest: While breaking your fast, avoid foods that are difficult to digest such as red meat, fried foods and fatty foods. Instead, you should focus on easily digestible and well-tolerated meals, such as steamed vegetables, vegetable soups, steamed fish or chicken breast and fresh fruit.
3. Adequate fluid intake: You should also drink plenty of fluids after fasting to hydrate and support the detoxification process. Water, herbal teas and fresh fruit juices are the best choice here.
4. Avoid alcohol and nicotine: Alcohol and nicotine should be avoided as much as possible during fasting and immediately afterwards so as not to put unnecessary strain on the body.

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Breaking your fast on the first day after fasting can also cause some problems and complications, especially if it is not done properly. Here are some possible problems and complications that can occur:

• Overloading the digestive system: If you eat too much too quickly after fasting, this can overload the digestive system and cause discomfort such as bloating, abdominal pain or diarrhea.
• Nausea and vomiting: For some people, breaking the fast can cause nausea and vomiting, especially if too much is eaten too quickly
• Caution with allergies and intolerances: If you are allergic or intolerant to certain foods, you should avoid them. It is important to focus on foods that are easy to digest and tolerate.

Aftercare is just as important as breaking the fast itself. Here are some important aspects you should consider:

• Gentle diet in the first few days: You should get used to eating slowly, eating only small portions at first and choosing foods that are easy to digest. Each bite should be chewed thoroughly.
• Re-introduction to the diet: After a few days, you can start to introduce more foods into your diet, but you should do this slowly and gradually. Start with simple foods such as fruit and vegetables.
• Long-term change in eating habits: Fasting can help break bad eating habits and bring about a long-term change in your eating habits. After breaking the fast, it is important to introduce a balanced and healthy diet so that the positive feeling lasts as long as possible.

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As in Ramadan, the end of the fast is celebrated by breaking the fast. This is a gradual return to a normal diet after a period of eating only liquids or very little food. Therapeutic fasting is a form of fasting where you abstain from solid meals for a certain period of time and only consume liquids such as water, tea, broth or juices in order to detoxify and regenerate the body.

It is an important part of therapeutic fasting, as the body needs to gradually get used to eating solid food after fasting in order to get digestion and metabolism back to normal. The resumption of food should be gradual for the first few days and easily digestible foods should be chosen so as not to overtax the body.

Recommended foods after fasting:

• Fresh fruit and vegetables, preferably light varieties such as apples, pears, bananas, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots and spinach.
• Easily digestible proteins such as fish, lean meat, eggs and pulses (if you tolerate them well).
• Healthy fats such as olive oil, linseed oil and coconut oil.
• Whole grain products such as whole grain bread, brown rice, quinoa and oatmeal for fiber and energy.

Slowly getting used to solid meals is important so as not to overstrain the digestive system. Heavy, fatty or spicy foods should be avoided, while focusing on easily digestible foods.

Here you will find tasty and healthy recipes and more information on a healthy diet on the build-up days.

Tips for eating after breaking the fast:

• Start with small portions, especially on the first day, and gradually increase the amount.
• Eat regularly and choose easily digestible foods such as fruit, vegetables and soups.
• Avoid fatty foods, red meat, fried foods and spicy foods.
• Drink plenty of water and herbal teas.
• Eat in peace and avoid distractions. Take your time and consciously organize your meals to gently accustom yourself to solid meals and facilitate the digestive process.