Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of…
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Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy,and Balance Hormones
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This is the ancient secret. This is the cycle of life. Fasting follows feasting. Feasting follows fasting. Diets must be intermittent, not steady. Food is a celebration of life.
Jason Fung • The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss (The Wellness Code)
Since in India, more than in any other part of the world, food has been invested with meaning as a marker of identity. The corollary of “You are what you eat” is “You eat what you are”
Buddhists, Jains, Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims and those adhering to other religions have their own food prescriptions and proscriptions. Feasts to celebrate festivals and
... See moreThe Spiritual Side of Fasting Many different religions, including Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, consider adult fasting a way to reach a deeper spiritual level. There also seems to be a natural connection between controlled fasting and becoming less materialistic. During a fast, material in the body is turned into energy, and I believe
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During Lent, or upon the weekly fasting days of Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, the next foods would be fish. The medical profession, acknowledging that this was both your Christian and patriotic duty, grudgingly accepted that fish had to be eaten at this point, but grumbled that it was not as healthy as meat – the medical ideas, after all,
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