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Fasting for Health.
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February 1, 2004
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Fasting for Health
By Donal P. OMathuna, PhD
Fasting has long been associated with various religious traditions. With recent interest in spirituality and medicine, and the importance of diet being stressed for good health, the role of fasting in promoting health has been receiving attention. While designing controlled studies of any nutritional therapy in disease raises challenges, fasting has been examined in a small number of scientific studies. Although fasting technically means the withholding of all solid food, studies vary in their duration and in ...
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