Ramadan: How to stay happy and healthy if you're fasting

As Ramadan approaches, here's how to make sure you're taking care of yourself during the festival.

Breaking fast

This year, Ramadan begins from April 2 and lasts up until May 1, based on the ever-changing lunar calendar. This time of reflection, devotion and purification is observed by more than 1.5 billion Muslims the world over. As one of the five pillars of Islam, Ramadan is one of the most vital periods in the religious calendar.

However, not eating between sunrise and sunset, when a family will break their fast with iftar (the evening meal) is difficult mentally and physically, particularly as the lighter nights mean the fasting period will be two hours longer by the end of Ramadan, than it was at the beginning.