title: What does Islam say about dieting?
abstract: Dieting is very important to maintain a healthy and peaceful life. Today, most of the health problems are related with dieting. Thus, the modern health science recommends a number of suggestions regarding dieting for better health such as learning the five basic food groups (grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and meat); eating three times a day; decreasing the amount of fat; increasing the amount of fruits, vegetables and grains; including an adequate amount of iron; and avoiding excessive rich food, salt, sugar, and fat. Religion can also play a vital role for our good health and lifestyle. The main concern of this paper was to present an analytical justification regarding what Islam as a religion advocates about dieting along with the modern food and nutrition sciences.
authors: College of Economics and Political Science, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 20, 123, Al-Khoud, Muscat, Oman, mzhossain@squ.edu.om.
authors: Mohammad Zakir
authors: MZ
authors: Hossain
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet / Q000379:methods*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D012068:Religion and Medicine