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religious fasting

NOUN
hunger strike
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It may also help people manage blood sugar without rigid calorie counting, fits easily with cultural or religious fasting practices, and is simple to follow.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2025

Scholars have drawn parallels between dopamine fasting and religious fasting.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2020

Across the border, Pakistan is increasing its hospital capacity, digging more graves and consulting clerics about religious fasting guidelines as it, too, braces for another possible deadly heatwave.

From The Guardian May 20, 2016

Good news for farmers, Mr Micheale says, especially as the local dairy market collapses for months during religious fasting, when Ethiopian Orthodox Christians do not consume animal products.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2014

But as Ramadan ended, the religious fasting in large parts of Indonesia had become full-scale famine.

From Time Magazine Archive




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