Guide

Yes, pistachios have calories, so eating them ends a strict fast; a tiny portion can still fit some modified fasting plans.

No, paan usually breaks a fast because its juices and fillings get swallowed while you chew.

It depends on your fast: nuts break any zero-calorie fast, but they fit inside time-restricted eating once your eating window opens.

Yes, you can eat popcorn during intermittent fasting if it stays inside your eating window; during the fast, avoid anything with calories.

Yes, you can eat poha while fasting if your fast allows grains; grain-free or water-only fasts end once you eat poha.

Yes, you can eat sesame while fasting only in fasts that allow calories; any sesame ends a strict fast.

Yes, you can eat petha while fasting if it’s plain ash gourd in sugar syrup and your fast allows sugar; skip flour and additives.

Yes, you can take medicine during intermittent fasting, but follow your label’s food directions and keep dosing steady.

No, eating onion while fasting breaks a calorie-free fast, so keep onions for your eating window unless your fast rules include food.

It depends on your fast: in most religious fasts you wait until the eating window, and in time-restricted fasting any imli with calories ends the fast.