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Many people suffer from bad headaches during the first days of Ramadan before and after iftar.
But, they can prevent such illness by having enough sleep, eating healthy food, drinking much water and avoiding sugar-rich liquids.
According to a well-known Saudi doctor, the headache is mainly caused by high summer temperatures, fatigue and lack of glucose in the blood because of fasting.
Coffee-addicted people also suffer from headache due to shortage in caffeine, which also leads to stress and poor concentration, says Dr Abdul Aziz Al Ajaji, a nutrition specialist and a family doctor based in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
He said some people also suffer from headache after having a big iftar meal, leading to the pumping of large amounts of blood to the brain.
“Unfortunately, with the advent of Ramadan, the daily lifestyle and system of our society changes radically as it leads to sleeping problems and irregularities as well as changes in the timing and quality of meals.
“All this upsets our biological clock,” he said, quoted by the Saudi Arabic language daily ‘Sabq’.
He said that the best way to avert having a headache is to avoid going to bed late in the first days of Ramadan, have enough sleep and adapt to regular sleeping time.
Fasting people should also have suhour (dawn meal) as late as possible and it should be a balanced meal that includes vegetables and other fibre-rich foods, he said.
“Muslims should not have a big iftar meal. It is preferred that they divide it into small meals to be eaten between evening and dawn.
“They should also avoid fatty food and have little amounts of coffee, tea or soft-drinks. They can also delay exercises for one or two hours after iftar,” he said.
Dr Abdul Aziz said many people have the wrong habit of having a large amount of juices and other sugar-rich liquids after iftar.
“This is wrong. They should have water and other liquids which contain less sugar. They should avoid drinking sugar-rich liquids between iftar and suhour.
“They should not neglect having vegetable and fibre-rich foods and avoid eating high-calorie meals like fries, sweets and pastry which lead to fatigue and increase weight."
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