Sperm donors vs human milk donors - another injustice against women

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 Indian culture is ant-women though it is a taboo to talk about this fact. Laws also do not support truly. There is something else written and something else said and done.  Women are usually put on more manual jobs and paid less. They are rarely given leadership jobs though they could have been better leaders of the hurdles in their lives were abolished.  Now coming to sperm donation vs human milk donation. If you see both, and think on those, you will realise that human milk donation is much more valuable and useful. Yet, human milk donors are either not paid or are paid less. But sperm donors are always paid and paid more. Why this difference???? Read: How to eat idlis? Law fails to help these mothers who I would say are exploited in the name of humanity. When sperm donation and surrogacy are compensated, why not human milk donation be compensated at par??? A food for thought!!!
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Water fasting: What it is and reasons for fasting!

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 Fasting is voluntary refraining from eating and/or drinking. It is the state acquired after overnight not eating or after a meal is completely digested and absorbed. Usually after 8-12 hours of a meal, this state is reached. 

Reasons for fasting:

1. Medical reasons: Prior to a procedure, surgery, or GA. Prior to some blood or imaging diagnostic tests also fasting is preferred. 

2. Religious reasons

3. Weight loss. 

4. As a form of political and such protests. It is called hunger strike or fasting undo death. 

The claims that it cleanses the body of toxins in unscientific and lacks evidence. It is quackery. There are no health benefits of fasting. 

Fasting ( Source: Harvard Health)


Types of fasting

1. Fasting can be for particular food items

2. It can be short duration, prolonged or intermittent

3. Water fasting-Except water, everything else is withheld. 

Water fasting

It is not eating food but in fluids only taking water. Those who believe in it do it for spiritual, religious reasons or to lose weight. They feel it aids in their health and mitigation of health issues. 

Though the duration varies, health experts warn against such fasting for more than 3 days. But the young generation is swept by pseudo fads such as water fasting, intermittent fasting, meditation, and such unscientific and unproven ways of happiness and weight loss. 

Ideally for weight loss, people should take healthy less-carbohydrate, less-fat, less sugary foods and exercise more. 

Fasting could be detrimental if prolonged, in elderly, and those with health issues. Better would be a low-calorie diet or intermittent fasting. The latter includes 5:2 fasting in which normal calories are consumed for 5 days a week and for 2 days only a quarter of the calories are eaten. But not much proper studies are available in this direction. 


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