Fasting

thumb|The Norse religion|Norse god [[Odin or Wōden, in an 18th century Icelandic manuscript, after whom Wednesday is named]]

thumb|A glass of water on an empty plateFasting is the act of refraining from eating, and sometimes drinking. However, from a purely physiological context, "fasting" may refer to the metabolic status of a person who has not eaten overnight (before "breakfast"), or to the metabolic state achieved after complete digestion and absorption of a meal. Metabolic changes in the fasting state begin after absorption of a meal (typically 3–5 hours after eating).

method of non-violent resistance or pressure

a diet that cycles between a period of fasting and non-fasting

German mystic (1898-1962)

alternative medicine treatment

nineteen-day period observed by Bahá'ís, with fasting from sunrise to sunset

382-day fast to lose 276 lb

public health campaign

practice of obstaining from solid foods and consuming only juices

American alternative medic (1837–1904)

diet with very or extremely low daily food energy consumption

Orthopathy (from the Greek ὀρθός orthos 'right' and πάθος pathos 'suffering') or natural hygiene (NH) is a set of alternative medical beliefs and practices originating from the Nature Cure movement. Proponents claim that fasting, dieting, and other lifestyle measures are all that is necessary to prevent and treat disease.

fasting before a surgical procedure to reduce stomach content in order to prevent regurgitation

Claim of special powers

experimentation on the effects of starvation

time period when eating is strongly regulated depending on religion

play written by Thomas Heywood