Monday, March 31, 2014

Fasting in Solidarity - KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest









Fasting in Solidarity

KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest

Many of the women participating in the fast took part in a protest last November calling for immigration reform. Latino Advocacy. Listen. Activists are standing in solidarity with immigrants who've been staging a hunger strike at the detention center ...








Tried Fasting? Tried Cleanses? Try This: - New Jersey Monthly (blog)









Tried Fasting? Tried Cleanses? Try This:

New Jersey Monthly (blog)

“I have tried cleanses, tried fasting, never liked it,” says Krasner. “I didn't like the idea of mixing together funky, colored-powdered concoctions with water, or mixing maple syrup with lemon juice and cayenne pepper. It all seemed like torture to me ...








Navratris: How Much Fasting Can You Take? - The Indian Republic








The Indian Republic



Navratris: How Much Fasting Can You Take?

The Indian Republic

So he decided to try a more unusual method that has conventionally been discouraged: intermittent fasting, or IF. Crash dieting is usually discouraged, and for good reason. You starve your body of what it's got used to, your brain of the pleasure of ...








Fasting in Solidarity - KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest









Fasting in Solidarity

KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest

Many of the women participating in the fast took part in a protest last November calling for immigration reform. Latino Advocacy. Listen. Activists are standing in solidarity with immigrants who've been staging a hunger strike at the detention center ...








Improvement of both fasting and postprandial glycemic control by the two-step ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)









Improvement of both fasting and postprandial glycemic control by the two-step ...

7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Insulin glargine was titrated to achieve a target fasting glucose level of 70-130 mg/dL as a first step (STEP0). If the 2-hour postprandial glucose level (PBG) was higher than the target of 180 mg/dL, miglitol treatment (150 mg/day) was initiated, with ...








North East Can Holds Three-Day Fasting, Prayers Over Insecurity - Vanguard









North East Can Holds Three-Day Fasting, Prayers Over Insecurity

Vanguard

Bauchi — The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), North-East Zone, on Friday said it would hold a 3-day fasting and prayers to seek God's intervention over the prevailing security challenges affecting the zone. The Chairman of the Association, Rev.








Food Not Always as Beneficial as Fasting - Guardian Liberty Voice








Guardian Liberty Voice



Food Not Always as Beneficial as Fasting

Guardian Liberty Voice

A popular method of fasting is intermittent, where food is eaten one day, and the following is for fasting. The 5:2 diet, where food is eaten for five days and fasting takes place for two, is a popularized from of intermittent fasting made famous by a ...








Friday, March 28, 2014

VALERIE SCHULTZ: Fasting from all fear falls in line with the Gospel message ... - Bakersfield Californian









VALERIE SCHULTZ: Fasting from all fear falls in line with the Gospel message ...

Bakersfield Californian

The spiritual season of Lent sometimes brings out the creativity in people. In fulfilling our Lenten obligations of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, we try to come up with something new, something more meaningful, something that will change our lives. I ...








Bent on Lent: The Truth About Fasting - The Gustavian Weekly (blog)









Bent on Lent: The Truth About Fasting

The Gustavian Weekly (blog)

While it is generally accepted in religious circles that fasting is about repentance of sin, discipline, and a particular, perhaps heightened focusing on God, for the non-religious or less-structured, fasting often means giving up unhealthy foods or ...








Thursday, March 27, 2014

Faith, fasting and a foreign land - CL Charlotte









Faith, fasting and a foreign land

CL Charlotte

It's a beautiful spring Saturday in March — the kind of beautiful that calls for firing up the barbecue grill — and a group of 11 Charlotte women is spending the day fasting at the Sacred Heart Convent, in Belmont. They are students and mothers ...








Monday, March 24, 2014

Scientist praises intermittent fasting diet for longevity, health, weight loss - Examiner.com








Examiner.com



Scientist praises intermittent fasting diet for longevity, health, weight loss

Examiner.com

When it comes to a diet that boosts weight loss and health while extending your life, a group of Australian scientists say they've discovered the answer: Intermittent fasting. The lead scientist of the new study explained the benefits in a March 22 ...








Sunday, March 23, 2014

Fasting for a cause - Standard Speaker








Standard Speaker



Fasting for a cause

Standard Speaker

Twenty-seven students in the grades seven through 12 fasted from noon Friday until 6 p.m. Saturday for the annual 30-Hour Famine to raise money for World Vision, a Christian humanitarian aid organization. This was the 10th year of the program at the ...








Saturday, March 22, 2014

Savannah women fight excess with fasting - Savannah Morning News









Savannah women fight excess with fasting

Savannah Morning News

They met weekly at Savannah Christian Church to discuss their fasts and announce a new challenge. They first whittled down food and clothing choices to seven items. Then, they gave away seven possessions every day before fasting a week from media.








Friday, March 21, 2014

Week of Fasting, Thanksgiving to Be Instituted - AllAfrica.com









Week of Fasting, Thanksgiving to Be Instituted

AllAfrica.com

A National Week of fasting, prayer and thanksgiving, begins this year. It will be organised by the Christian community, in collaboration with the government. A meeting to discuss the maiden programme took place at the Banquet Hall of the Flagstaff ...








Thursday, March 20, 2014

FASTing for Social Action in Merrimack - Cabinet.com









FASTing for Social Action in Merrimack

Cabinet.com

This year, Saint John Neumann Church in Merrimack will hold its 18th annual FAST for Social Action. The FAST will take place on March 28 and 29. This year's theme is “Love Lights the Way – Jesus is the Way.” Teen and adult participants will consume ...








Do We Really Need a National Week of Fasting - GhanaWeb









Do We Really Need a National Week of Fasting

GhanaWeb

A National Week of fasting, prayer and thanksgiving, will begin this year. It will be organised by the Christian community, in collaboration with the government. This was after a breakfast meeting between the presidency and senior clergymen at the ...








Fast-A-Thon event educates students about fasting, hunger - Daily Nebraskan









Fast-A-Thon event educates students about fasting, hunger

Daily Nebraskan

Amnesty International and Middle Eastern Students Unite (MESU) are hosting the first Fast-A-Thon at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Thursday. The event begins at daybreak, which is when participants will eat one meal before fasting, or not eating ...








Wednesday, March 19, 2014

An Overview of Intermittent Fasting for Fat Loss - The Epoch Times









An Overview of Intermittent Fasting for Fat Loss

The Epoch Times

Like many other “breakout” diets, intermittent fasting (IF) is growing by leaps and bounds; however, unlike most of the other diets, IF is gaining ground despite that the practice challenges many long-help assumptions about nutrition. In fact ...








Fasting Lankan Tamil, Chenthuran, needs medical care, says his lawyer in ... - Times of India









Fasting Lankan Tamil, Chenthuran, needs medical care, says his lawyer in ...

Times of India

CHENNAI: After staving off a deportation threat in July last year, Sri Lankan Tamil R Chenthuran is before the Madras high court yet again, this time for medical treatment and for being released from Central Prison at Vellore. After advocate S ...








Praying and fasting won't solve Ghana's problems! - GhanaWeb









Praying and fasting won't solve Ghana's problems!

GhanaWeb

A “National Week of Fasting, Prayer and Thanksgiving” begins this year. It will be organized by the Christian community, in collaboration with the government. A meeting to discuss the maiden programme took place at the Banquet Hall of the Flagstaff ...








Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Fasting for a better state budget - WBNG-TV








WBNG-TV



Fasting for a better state budget

WBNG-TV

Fasting for a better state budget. By Jillian Marshall. Fasting for a better state budget. March 18, 2014 Updated Mar 18, 2014 at 5:14 PM EDT. Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A local coalition is urging the community to join their movement and fast ...








Think fasting is tough twice a year? Try it every day - CatholicPhilly.com









Think fasting is tough twice a year? Try it every day

CatholicPhilly.com

I was fasting and I was hungry. I was sitting though a 90-minute academic lecture on food insecurity in the United States, and if I were not aware enough of what it was like to be hungry when most of the people around me were not, the people sitting on ...








Advantages Of Fasting To Tone And Lose Weight

By Deborah Singer





Fasting to tone and lose weight is a great idea. It will help you to drop pounds, but this does not mean that all the weight you lose will stay off. You should be aware of the effects of abstinence on your body, and remain committed. This will allow you to keep most of the weight off.



It is necessary to change your mental and emotional attitudes to reverse the effects of your normal diet on your body. Abstinence is viewed as a 'start-over' method which benefits your taste buds. Your body will get rid of all the chemicals and impurities found in food and allow your taste buds to do its job. You have the option of different fasting methods.



The type of fast you choose is dependent on your lifestyle, goals, body chemistry and health issues. You may choose one method today and find it appropriate, however, you may opt for a different one tomorrow. The dry method is also known as Hebrew Fast, Black Fast and Absolute Fast. This is the most extreme method of abstinence. It comes from a spiritual base and is undertaken by foregoing water and food for short periods of time. Although this method is not always the recommended first choice, it is an interesting choice.



When you choose a liquid fast, it means that you will only consume liquids for a stipulated time period. Water fasts are the simplest in this category. It offers you physical therapeutic advantages over a short period of time. This method initiates detoxification very rapidly. You should bear in mind that this method can be very restrictive for beginners to fasting.



A popular liquid method is juicing. It offers the individual a natural and pure form of detoxification. The Lemonade and Master Cleanse diets have become very popular in recent years. Calories are gained from the pure maple syrup that is added to the diet. It is also said to be important for intestinal cleansing.



An alternative is a partial method which still includes a certain amount of solid food. This diet does not place importance on the amount of food you consume. The exclusion or limitation of certain food types is the reason why it is called a partial method. One of the partial fasting methods is the rice diet.



The length of time you set aside for your fast is important. Three day fasts have proven popular as it can be done over a weekend. If you are a newcomer to abstinence, you should consider an easy to accomplish one day fast. This will give you the opportunity to learn how your body reacts to this change. Your total abstinence period should include the initial transition period when you are moving away from your normal diet. It should also include the period after the actual fast when you slowly return to a normal diet.



The different methods offer you an opportunity for healthy weight loss. Toning your body once you have lost the weight will require suitable daily exercise. You may not have sufficient energy during your fasting period to do these exercises, but this will depend on how your body reacts to the fasting method.









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Monday, March 17, 2014

Why Fasting Can Be Beneficial - PsychCentral.com (blog)








PsychCentral.com (blog)



Why Fasting Can Be Beneficial

PsychCentral.com (blog)

Fasting is an act of willing abstinence or reduction from certain foods or drinks, or both for a certain period of time. We've all done it, whether we've realized it or not. Many of us have had a horrible morning with a vicious hangover and have ...








Sunday, March 16, 2014

Week of prayer and fasting for Indigenous justice underway - ChristianToday









Week of prayer and fasting for Indigenous justice underway

ChristianToday

Members of the Uniting Church in Australia begin a week of prayer and fasting for justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders today. The week includes a public prayer vigil on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra at 10.30am tomorrow ...








Saturday, March 15, 2014

Baby makes Six: Fasting a chance to learn and to teach - Times Colonist








Times Colonist



Baby makes Six: Fasting a chance to learn and to teach

Times Colonist

I am a fasting wimp. I cannot get through a day on a complete fast; I've been unable to do so since I became pregnant with my first child. I sometimes get dizzy, but more often I get very sick to my stomach. Even a mild fast, where I eat the equivalent ...








Friday, March 14, 2014

Guantanamo Hunger Strikes Now Called 'Long Term Non-Religious Fasts' - Firedoglake









Guantanamo Hunger Strikes Now Called 'Long Term Non-Religious Fasts'

Firedoglake

No one does Orwellian wordplay better than the US national security state. According to a new report from Vice officials at the Guantanamo Bay “enhanced interrogation” camp have relabeled hunger strikes as “long term non-religious fasts.” They have ...








Fasting forces me out of comfort zone - Guelph Mercury









Fasting forces me out of comfort zone

Guelph Mercury

The reasons for fasting, the foundational thrust of it, is difficult to explain. It's quite out of the ordinary to engage in such a practice, and it doesn't make a lot of sense to do it in a fast-paced profession, in an easy-gratification culture, or ...








Fasting priest calls on government to end poverty in the UK - Nottingham Post








Nottingham Post



Fasting priest calls on government to end poverty in the UK

Nottingham Post

Reverend Keith Hebden - who is fasting for Lent - has called on the government to create a welfare system that supports the government, an introduction of a living wage and to put people before profits in the food industry. The Reverend Dr Hebden made ...








Yeb Sano: Fasting makes me a better negotiator - Responding to Climate Change








Responding to Climate Change



Yeb Sano: Fasting makes me a better negotiator

Responding to Climate Change

But Yeb Sano, the lead negotiator from the Philippines, is the only one makes his point through fasting. It is an unusual approach, but Sano believes it is effective, making him a better operator when it comes to driving forward progress on the UN's ...








Thursday, March 13, 2014

The truth about juice fasting - Daily Life








Daily Life



The truth about juice fasting

Daily Life

Sales of home juicers are booming, juice bars are popping up like cupcakes, and, in the cafes of Sydney and Melbourne, the health-conscious are forsaking their lattes for $10 green juices in jam jars. Doing a "juice fast" – where nothing but fruit or ...








UK students fasting for charity - UK The Kentucky Kernel









UK students fasting for charity

UK The Kentucky Kernel

“(The hunger) reminds you of the person you are fasting for,” Pauley said. “I'm skipping this one meal for someone in need.” Since its formation two years ago, $5 Fast has raised about $20,000 for people in need. A CSF student with mental disabilities ...








Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Montgomery County Christians praying, fasting to end abortion - Your Houston News









Montgomery County Christians praying, fasting to end abortion

Your Houston News

“The mission of the campaign is to bring together the body of Christ in a spirit of unity during a 40-day campaign of prayer, fasting and peaceful activism, with the purpose of repentance, to seek God's favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of ...








My Lenten Prayer and Fasting Amidst California's Drought - Patheos (blog)









My Lenten Prayer and Fasting Amidst California's Drought

Patheos (blog)

My Lenten prayer and fasting this year has included a new focus since the March 7th release of the following press release from Sacramento's Bishop Jaime Soto. While the rest of the country has been struck by the “polar vortex”, we here in the Central ...








Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Pope Francis: Fasting 'chips away at our security and, as a consequence ... - Catholic Online









Pope Francis: Fasting 'chips away at our security and, as a consequence ...

Catholic Online

"Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us cultivate the style of the good Samaritan, who bent down to his brother in need and took care of him," he said. Fasting should ...








Dairy Distress - Fasting Period Slows Dairy Production - AllAfrica.com









Dairy Distress - Fasting Period Slows Dairy Production

AllAfrica.com

For MB Plc, a dairy products company, the first two weeks of the almost two month long lent period has seen its production reduced by half, from 20,000lt to 10,000. Hailu Eshetu, its general manager, says the fasting season is tough on business. That ...








Monday, March 10, 2014

Compulsory fasting - Times of Malta









Compulsory fasting

Times of Malta

On my way to work, I often walk into this local confectionery to buy a ham sandwich for my lunch break but, this time, the proprietor said he was not selling ham sandwiches, because it was Ash Wednesday, but only tuna or chicken sandwiches. That tuna ...








Friday, March 7, 2014

Faith Conversations: Faith fasts generate ambivalence, receptivity - In-Forum









Faith Conversations: Faith fasts generate ambivalence, receptivity

In-Forum

Woyen, a Lutheran, didn't grow up fasting for spiritual purposes, but says over time he has gradually entered into fasting and abstaining from meat. The fish deals around town make it fairly easy. “It's like buying hams after Christmas – it's all on ...








Thursday, March 6, 2014

Bishop fasting in solidarity with hungry Brits - ChristianToday








ChristianToday



Bishop fasting in solidarity with hungry Brits

ChristianToday

The Bishop of Taunton is one of many Christians who have responded to the call to fast during Lent in solidarity with Brits going hungry. Bishop Peter Maurice will be fasting every Wednesday throughout Lent as part of the End Hunger Fast campaign.








Does Intermittent Fasting Really Work? - Daily Beast









Does Intermittent Fasting Really Work?

Daily Beast

There's a new trend in dieting these days—not eating. Yup, “fasting” became a popular trend in the U.K. with The Fast Diet by Dr. Michael Mosley and has trickled over to the states in several variations, including The 8-Hour Diet by David Zinczenko ...