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Fasting is the act of
refraining from eating, and
sometimes drinking. However, from a
purely physiological context, "
fasting" may
refer to the metabolic...
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Intermittent fasting is any of
various meal
timing schedules that
cycle between voluntary fasting (or
reduced calorie intake) and non-
fasting over a given...
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fast "during the six days of
fasting each
month and the
three months of
fasting each year".
Members of the Baháʼí
Faith observe a Nineteen-Day
Fast from...
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observed fasts to
appease their gods.
Former nations such as ****yrians and
Babylonians observed fasting as a form of penance. Jews
observe fasting as a form...
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Dopamine fasting is the
general practice of "
fasting" or
abstaining from any
impulsive and
behavioral addictions in
order to cope with such addictions...
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historically observes the
disciplines of
fasting and
abstinence (from meat) at
various times each year. For Catholics,
fasting is the
reduction of one's intake...
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spiritual rewards (thawab) of
fasting are
believed to be
multiplied during Ramadan. Accordingly,
during the
hours of
fasting,
Muslims refrain not only from...
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Numerous cases of
fasting girls were
reported in the late 19th century.
Believers regarded such
cases as miraculous. In some cases, the
fasting girls also exhibited...
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often used to
diagnose illnesses and such
methods include fasting blood sugar (FBS),
fasting plasma glucose (FPG): 10–16
hours after eating glucose tolerance...
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Black Fast,
which enjoins fasting from food and liquids, with the
allowance of one
vegetarian meal
after sunset. This form of
fasting continues in...
