Wednesday, December 31, 2014

The Essential Key to Fasting Is Not Denial - Charisma News









The Essential Key to Fasting Is Not Denial

Charisma News

If I were to poll every person on the face of the earth asking what fasting means, a large percentage would define it with one word—denial. Some believe that it is the denial of food, while others explain it as a spiritual discipline or abstaining ...








10 Tips for Healthy Fasting - Charisma News









10 Tips for Healthy Fasting

Charisma News

Many people think about fasting in January for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you need to renew your body and soul. Did you gain weight during the holiday season? Maybe you're feeling sluggish or toxic and need to cleanse your body in short order.








UCZ to hold prayers and fasting on January 4th, 2015 ahead of the Presidential ... - Lusaka Times









UCZ to hold prayers and fasting on January 4th, 2015 ahead of the Presidential ...

Lusaka Times

The United Church of Zambia (UCZ ) has advised its clergy to involve civic, community and traditional leaders during its prayer and fasting set for January 4, 2015 ahead of the January 20th, 2015 Presidential By-elections. Luapula Province United ...








Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Experts: Children are the fastest growing group of people experiencing ... - ABC2 News








ABC2 News



Experts: Children are the fastest growing group of people experiencing ...

ABC2 News

As homelessness continues to be a problem, how children are affected by the lack of stable housing. WMAR. As homelessness continues to be a problem, how children are affected by the lack of stable housing. WMAR. Show Caption Hide Caption. Previous








Can A 3-Day Fast Reset Your Immune System? - Forbes








Forbes



Can A 3-Day Fast Reset Your Immune System?

Forbes

I've been hearing new reports lately that sound an awful lot like pseudoscience: that fasting for an extended time, two days or longer, can reset your immune system and provide other health benefits. I first heard about this when a friend and colleague ...








President Koroma to Declare 7-Day National Prayer and Fasting - AllAfrica.com









President Koroma to Declare 7-Day National Prayer and Fasting

AllAfrica.com

The president also expressed firm belief that "We must crown all of our efforts with some amount of prayer and fasting especially as the country prepares for the New Year". He furthered that Sierra Leoneans should start the New Year by committing the ...








Intermittent fasting: Should you exercise on empty? - CNN








CNN



Intermittent fasting: Should you exercise on empty?

CNN

(Life by DailyBurn) -- Food is fuel. So what would happen to your exercise regimen if you weren't eating your standard three meals (plus snacks) per day? Intermittent fasting, which can involve anything from fasting for 14 hours at a time to forgoing ...








Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Significance of the Hindu Vaars Days of the Week and Fasting - Indo American News








Indo American News



Significance of the Hindu Vaars Days of the Week and Fasting

Indo American News

In Indian culture, each day of the week is dedicated to a particular God or Goddess, with a special significance and many people perform daily tasks according to the added power which the relationship to the day would give. It is believed that those ...








Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The Wolverine Diet: I gorged on bacon without gaining weight (but maybe hurt ... - Vox









The Wolverine Diet: I gorged on bacon without gaining weight (but maybe hurt ...

Vox

Bare chest-enthusiast and professional comic book hero Hugh Jackman is also a fan of calorie- and carb-heavy diets after a prolonged period of fasting. He told Oprah that to get in shape for Wolverine, he ate an astounding 6,000 calories per day. In ...








Young children with fasting insulin at risk of adult diabetes - Diabetes.co.uk









Young children with fasting insulin at risk of adult diabetes

Diabetes.co.uk

A study shows children aged three to six with elevated fasting insulin levels could be at risk of developing type 2 diabetes as adults. The study, published online in Pediatrics, was conducted at the Centre for Hormone Research, Murdoch Children's ...








How Fasting Keeps You Young - Business Insider Australia









How Fasting Keeps You Young

Business Insider Australia

The so called fast diet, which involves eating normally for five days and fasting for two, is currently popular. In the latest study, Harvard School of Public Health researchers demonstrated that one week of dietary restriction increased antioxidant ...








Monday, December 22, 2014

Fans to go on fasting to press for Rajini's political entry? - Kolly Talk









Fans to go on fasting to press for Rajini's political entry?

Kolly Talk

Reports say that superstar Rajinikanth's fans have decided to go on indefinite fasting to press for their Thalaivar's entry into politics. Rajini's fans met at an emergency meeting during when they held consultations about the ways to be adapted to ...








Thursday, December 18, 2014

Mediterranean-Style Intervention Benefits Pre-Diabetic Fasting Glucose - Diabetes News Journal








Diabetes News Journal



Mediterranean-Style Intervention Benefits Pre-Diabetic Fasting Glucose

Diabetes News Journal

Pre-Diabetic Fasting Glucose Symptoms of type 2 diabetes onset may be prevented, or at least slowed, by consuming a Mediterranean diet, according to research from a group in Brazil led by Dr. Camila Risso de Barros and Dr. Sandra Roberta Ferreira.








Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Short-Term Fasting Made Mice Healthier - Scientific American









Short-Term Fasting Made Mice Healthier

Scientific American

Short-Term Fasting Made Mice Healthier. Mice that ate their entire food for the day in an 8-to-12-hour window had better markers for health than did mice free to eat whenever they wanted. Steve Mirsky reports. December 17, 2014 |By Steve Mirsky ...








Saturday, December 13, 2014

Chaldean Patriarch Calls for Fasting on Christmas Eve for Refugees' Return to ... - AINA (press release)








AINA (press release)



Chaldean Patriarch Calls for Fasting on Christmas Eve for Refugees' Return to ...

AINA (press release)

Assyrian refugees in Ankawa, Iraq. The Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad Raphael Louis Sako calls on Iraqi Christians to fast on Christmas Eve in order to implore the Lord for the return of refugees in Mosul and the Nineveh plains. At the same time, he ...








Weight Loss: Intermittent Fasting Aids In Weight Loss, Has Anti-aging Effects - Youth Health Magzine









Weight Loss: Intermittent Fasting Aids In Weight Loss, Has Anti-aging Effects

Youth Health Magzine

It prevents the appearance of premature signs of aging. Many celebrities are using this diet plan to lose weight and maintain a healthy body. In fact, Actor Hugh Jackman credited intermittent fasting for helping him achieve his rippling Wolverine body ...








Chaldean Patriarch calls for fasting on Christmas Eve for refugees' return to ... - AsiaNews.it









Chaldean Patriarch calls for fasting on Christmas Eve for refugees' return to ...

AsiaNews.it

Mar Louis Sako calls on the faithful not to celebrate Christmas and New Year in a "worldly" fashion, with pomp and abundance, out of solidarity with the people who fled the Nineveh plains, persecuted by the Islamic Army. AsiaNews is joining the fast ...








Monday, December 8, 2014

Malawi President appeals for prayers, fasting of good rains - Nyasa Times









Malawi President appeals for prayers, fasting of good rains

Nyasa Times

Malawian President Peter Mutharika says he has noted with great concern that most parts of the country which by now should have received the first rains have not yet received the rains. President Mutharika: Let us pray. The President is therefore ...








Alternate Day Fasting- The Best of Both Worlds - Good4Utah








Good4Utah



Alternate Day Fasting- The Best of Both Worlds

Good4Utah

The balance of our cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and even resident bacteria in our gut depends on us running on empty from time to time. Some of the health benefits associated with regular fasting include: Lower cholesterol levels. Lower risk of ...








Get Healthwise with Danny: Fasting, Yay or Nay? - LaPorteCountyLife.com









Get Healthwise with Danny: Fasting, Yay or Nay?

LaPorteCountyLife.com

Danny G.: Just to be clear, by fasting we mean no food and no water. Research actually shows that fasting and crash diets, such as cleanses and binges, often do more harm than good. Often this lead to temporarily getting better sleep, which is what ...








Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Does Intermittent Fasting Have Benefits? Science Suggests Yes - Yahoo News









Does Intermittent Fasting Have Benefits? Science Suggests Yes

Yahoo News

Instead of eating three square meals a day, an eating schedule that involves "intermittent fasting" could help fight not just obesity but many related diseases of modern life, such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's, researchers say ...








Lori Goldstein Talks Fasting and Going to the Eiffel Tower With Angelina Jolie - Style.com








Style.com



Lori Goldstein Talks Fasting and Going to the Eiffel Tower With Angelina Jolie

Style.com

Stylist Lori Goldstein is up there with the most legendary icons in fashion, collaborating throughout her career with the likes of Annie Leibovitz, Steven Meisel, and Donatella Versace. What we love most, though, about Goldstein is her constant ...








Fasting? Find Out If It Is Good Or Bad For You - Food World News








Food World News



Fasting? Find Out If It Is Good Or Bad For You

Food World News

Joel Fuhrman MD, author of Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Plan for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss and Fasting and Eating for Health says that fasting is not a weight loss tool because it slows down the metabolic rate that makes losing weight harder.








Feasting and fasting - Meridian Star









Feasting and fasting

Meridian Star

I can recommend fasting to you because I have practiced it. It always resulted in profound changes in my life. Early in my walk with Christ, I would fast both breakfast and lunch on Wednesdays and Fridays until mid afternoon. John Wesley would not ...








Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Fasting? Find Out If It Is Good Or Bad For You - Food World News








Food World News



Fasting? Find Out If It Is Good Or Bad For You

Food World News

Joel Fuhrman MD, author of Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Plan for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss and Fasting and Eating for Health says that fasting is not a weight loss tool because it slows down the metabolic rate that makes losing weight harder.








Don't be too quick to judge fasting - Global Times








Global Times



Don't be too quick to judge fasting

Global Times

I've added another item to my long list of things I should keep to myself until I'm completely finished with them: fasting. I could never have predicted the number of misconceptions people would have about fasting, but admittedly, it's a tricky issue ...








Monday, December 1, 2014

Fast for the Climate holds 24 hour fasting - Peru this Week








Peru this Week



Fast for the Climate holds 24 hour fasting

Peru this Week

Fast for the Climate began its 24 hour fasting as participants made their pledge at COP 20 in Lima today. All over the world individuals, organizations and an entire country made the pledge to fast 24 hours in solidarity for communities hardest hit by ...








Inermittent fasting, the weight-losing alternative to three meals a day - Washington Post









Inermittent fasting, the weight-losing alternative to three meals a day

Washington Post

Instead of eating three square meals a day, intermittent fasting might help fight not just obesity but also such ailments as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's, researchers say. The advice given on fighting obesity usually focuses on ...








Science suggests intermittent fasting may have health benefits - Fox News









Science suggests intermittent fasting may have health benefits

Fox News

Instead of eating three square meals a day, an eating schedule that involves "intermittent fasting" could help fight not just obesity but many related diseases of modern life, such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's, researchers say ...