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'Breatharians' Believe You Can Survive on Air Alone
Followers of the controversial diet believe that humans can survive on cosmic energy from air. Doctors and dietitians beg to differ.
How to Talk to Muslims During Ramadan
What to say and what not to say to your Muslim colleagues and friends during the most important month of their year.
As Food Supplies Dwindle, ISIS Tells Its Fighters to Eat Less
ISIS told its followers to just eat one meal day—and they decided to call it a religious fast, rather than what it really is: a desperate means of coping with increasing food shortages after intense battles in and around Mosul took out large amounts of...
I Tried to Become a Better Person in Seven Days
My approach was simple: try one new mind-body challenge every day for a week. Like any worthy experiment it involved dumpsters, bleach, shame, swordfighting, and diarrhea.
Fasting Muslims Told Us What It's Like to Work with Food During Ramadan
As you'd imagine it can be pretty shitty, especially when the fast is about 17 hours long during summer.
The Unspoken Challenges of Having an Eating Disorder During Ramadan
Muslims are expected to spend the Islamic holy month fasting and abstaining from all food and drink. It's especially difficult for women suffering from eating disorders.
All the Shit You'll Have to Deal with This Ramadan
From Ramadan bros and wildly uninformed colleagues, to the pain of eating and your uncle's bad breath.
These Smartphone Apps Will Help You Get Through Ramadan
These apps help Muslims track everything from prayers to good deeds.
How to Eat in an Egyptian Prison
Surviving an Egyptian prison is never easy, especially when you have to endure the summer heat during Ramadan. Smuggling food, bartering for ice with bribable guards, and exchanging pot-smoke-filled balloons is just the start.
Cairo's Streets Become Charity Restaurants During Ramadan
During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset. Egyptians across the country offer free iftar meals to the underprivileged, and everyone else who wishes to join, in the form of discordant clusters of dinner...
Ramadan Recipes Bring Out the Trolls in France
French recipe site Marmiton got into the season's spirit by posting a series of recipes for the estimated 1.6 billion Muslims on the planet. But it perhaps unsurprising that those recipes brought out hundreds of Islamophobic trolls.
Is the Man Fasting for 55 Days over the Armenian Genocide Risking His Life?
Even though California resident Agasi Vartanyan is experienced at hunger striking and doctors are keeping tabs on him, there's some danger in going almost two months without food.