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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 period. [1] [2] Methods of intermittent fasting include alternate-day fasting, [3] periodic fasting, such as the 5:2 diet, and daily time-restricted eating. [1] [4]
The Scroll of Fasting should not be confused with the similarly-named "Scroll of Fasts", an obscure work extant in a Babylonian version and a Palestinian one. It is a list of 22–26 days where fasting should be observed, generally due to the death of Biblical figures or sages. It does not appear to have been a very influential work. [48]
Great Lent, or the Great Fast (Greek: Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή, Megali Tessarakosti or Μεγάλη Νηστεία, Megali Nisteia, meaning "Great 40 Days", and "Great Fast", respectively), is the most important fasting season of the church year within many denominations of Eastern Christianity.
16/8 time-restricted eating: This involves fasting for 16 hours each day and restricting eating to an 8-hour window. Eat Stop Eat: This involves fasting for 24 hours once or twice a week.
Researchers say a 5:2 intermittent fasting diet, which involves two non-consecutive days of fasting a week, can help people with type 2 diabetes lose weight and manage blood sugar levels
Zechariah 7 mentions the fasts in the fifth and seventh months, [10] and Zechariah 8 mentions four dates: "the fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth". [11] However, after the Second Temple was built, these fasts ceased to be observed. [12]
[1] [2] Coptic Orthodox fasts have evolved over time to become more lengthy and severe. A lifestyle involving such fasts may have contributed to the pacifist mindset of the Coptic people for centuries. [3] Married couples refrain from sexual relations during Lent "to give themselves time for fasting and prayer". [4]
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