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'''Water fasting''' is a type of [[fasting]] in which the practitioner consumes only water. One may water fast for a variety of reasons, including medical{{cn|date=September 2019}} and religious requirements. |
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==Religious== |
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===Jainism=== |
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{{main|Fasting in Jainism}} |
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Fasting is very popular among Jains and as a part of festivals. Most Jains fast at special times such as birthdays, anniversaries, during festivals, and on holy days. [[Jainism|Jains]] maintain a strict water-only fast for 8 to 10 days, during the days of [[Paryushan]].{{cn|date=November 2020}} |
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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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===Buddhism=== |
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{{main|Fasting in Buddhism}} |
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[[Buddhism]] has many attitudes about different forms of fasting. The Buddha is known to follow the extreme forms of fasting that emaciation him. However, different forms of fasting are practiced in different Buddhist traditions. |
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Traditionally, Buddhist monastics follow the [[Pratimokṣa|prātimokṣa]] rules outlined in the various [[Vinaya|Vinayas]] all which specify that one must not eat after the noon meal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khantipalo|first=Bhikkhu|date=|title="The Buddhist Monk's Discipline: Some Points Explained for Laypeople"|url=https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/khantipalo/wheel130.html#food|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=23 August 2010|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Accesstoinsight.org}}</ref> |
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In Theravada Buddhist monasticism, there are various optional ascetic practices named [[Dhutanga|''dhutaṅga'']] (literally "means of shaking off" or "shaking up", as in to "invigorate") which are popular with Thai forest monks, several of them have to do with food<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tiyavanich|first=Kamala|title=Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand|publisher=University of Hawaii Press Honolulu|year=1997|isbn=|location=|pages=301}}</ref>. One practice is called "one-sessioner's practice" (ekāsanikanga) which refers to eating only one meal a day.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thepyanmongkol|first=Phra|title=A Study Guide for Right Practice of the Three Trainings|publisher=The National Coordination Center of Provincial Meditation Institutes of Thailand|year=2010|isbn=978-974-401-378-1|location=|pages=56}}</ref> |
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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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