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'''Water fasting''' means only consuming water for a certain period of time.It is practiced for health or religious reasons. Generally,the goal is to reach autophagy which is a condition in which the cells removes waste products. |
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==Religious requirement== |
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===Jainism=== |
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{{main|Fasting in Jainism}} |
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[[Jainism|Jains]] maintain a strict water-only fast for 8 to 10 ( Swetambar & digambar ) days, during the days of [[Paryushan]]. |
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===Roman Catholicism=== |
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{{main|Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church}} |
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[[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]] must engage in the [[eucharistic fast]]<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P39.HTM#AN] Canon 919 §1 of the [[1983 Code of Canon Law|Code of Canon Law]] of the [[Catholic Church]]</ref> before receiving the [[Eucharist]] during the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]. While no nutritional or caloric sustenance is permitted, practitioners may take medicine if required, and those whose health problems impede them from fasting are dispensed of the obligation. |
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Up until the reforms of the [[Second Vatican Council]], this fast was required from the previous midnight, as it is in various Orthodox Churches. However, under Pope [[Paul VI]], the obligatory fast was reduced to only one hour before receiving the [[Eucharist]]. |
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The Catholic Church has also promoted a [[Black Fast]], in which in addition to water, bread is consumed. Typically, this form of fasting was only used by [[monk]]s and other religious individuals who practice mortifications and asceticism, but all Catholics are invited to take part in it with the advice and consent of their [[spiritual director]]. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Juice fasting]] |
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*[[Calorie restriction]] |
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*[[Intermittent fasting]] |
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== References == |
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== Further reading == |
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*{{cite journal |vauthors=Leiper JB, Molla AM, Molla AM |title=Effects on health of fluid restriction during fasting in Ramadan |journal=Eur J Clin Nutr |volume=57 Suppl 2 |issue= |pages=S30–8 |year=2003 |pmid=14681711 |doi=10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601899 |type=Review|doi-access=free }} |
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[[Category:Fasting]] |
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[[Category:Drinking water]] |
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