What is a "Daniel" fasting?
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The Daniel fast is a fast that is found in the book of Daniel as done by Daniel.  Daniel (in captivity) told his cooks not to bring him any meats, sweats, breads, nor any form of drink other then water.\n\nPeople people believe this means he had ONLY fruits, veggies and water.  However, It is my belief that he also had nuts, figs, etc. \n\nAny type of fasting is a physical way to seek out God's will and guidance.
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It is one of G-d's commandments to the Jewish people only. People have found practical (health) reasons to show this is beneficial. But actually, this is not the reason. The reason is that G-d wanted to take eating and food into the realm of holiness - to elevate this basic appetite (physical) and make it holy in the real world. Many of G-d's laws have this purpose - to take basic needs and appetites, and transform them, elevate them, in order to have spiritual holiness in our lives.
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I've never much understood the point of fasting. It doesn't save starving African children. God wants us to eat. And juice is the same as food.
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of daniel, not fo daniel.\nIt could be true. If devine intervention happened to each of the authors of the Bible, it could happen again today. There needs to be some corrections anyway. I do know that the link below is awesome after 6 months.
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It's in the book of Daniel. The words were written on a wall by a hand that appeared. Daniel was brought in to interpret the words. It is something about your time being up. The king that saw the words written died that night. I don't recall any more off the top of my head. Daniel is a really interesting book. I would highly recommend reading it.
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It is usually like a normal breakfast but we should be health cautious too. A glance at some of the recommended diet for ramadan is as follows:\n\nAVOID:  \n\nFried and fatty foods.  \nFoods containing too much sugar.  \nOver-eating especially at suhoor.  \nToo much tea at suhoor: Tea makes you pass more urine taking with it valuable mineral salts that your body would need during the day.  \nSmoking cigarettes: If you cannot give up smoking, cut down gradually starting a few weeks before Ramadhan. Smoking is unhealthy and one should stop completely.  \n\nEAT:  \n\nComplex carbohydrates at suhoor so that the food lasts longer making you less hungry.  \nDates are excellent source of sugar, fibre, carbohydrates, potassium and magnesium.  \nAlmonds are rich in protein and fibre with less fat.  \nBananas are a good source of potassium, magnesium and carbohydrates.  \n\nDRINK:  \n\nAs much water or fruit juices as possible between iftar and bedtime so that your body may adjust fluid levels in time.
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Fasting, when taken as a sacred vow*, must be approached in a methodical and gradual manner. Here's my personal experience for the last couple of years, which may or may not apply to you:\n\nIdeally, you start with a 24-hour Fast [dusk to dusk] that you do every so often until you can regularize it to coincide with the consecration of each Sabbath, i.e., once a week. The method that I used to "ease" myself into this routine was, first of all, to reduce my daily food intake from three meals to two meals only.\n\nThen you slowly work your way up to a two-day Fast; then the next round you try to make it a three-day Fast; and so on, until you are able to extend your fasting for much longer periods of time.  Personally I saw to it that each Fast would always end after the end of Sabbath [Saturday night], at which point one would relish a 'Thanksgiving' meal.\n\nSIDE EFFECTS: By the third day of your Fast you may begin to feel some metabollic changes: being light on your feet; feeling dizzy, light-headed, and even hallucinate at times. But your body metabolism will normalize once you get past this stage should you decide to proceed further. Another side effect is that you will also emit a certain body odor which are the toxins being expelled by your system during the Fast.\n\nIt is HIGHLY ADVISABLE to drink lots of FRESH WATER throughout the day and night while you Fast in order to avoid dehydration and also to help with your bowel movement. You may substitute water intake with other liquid drinks that will help replenish your spent calories. In other words, Fasting can be done using the Liquid Diet parameters, i.e., NO SOLID FOODS at all.\n\nSo far I have only made it to a seven-day Fast that culminated on my last birthday --the day that I baptized myself into The Brotherhood. That was quite a Thanksgiving meal I truly enjoyed.\n\nPeace be with you!
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If koresh419 was making a joke by telling you to fast for a week, it DEFINITELY was not funny. Fasting will not do anything but make you unhealthy, which is actually moving away from your goal. To purify your mind, body, intellect, and soul is the purpose of religion. It takes a lifetime to achieve. To purify your body you must take care of it and make healthy decisions. DO NOT go overboard with this, eating healhty hearty balanced meals is the key. Your body is a temple of God and you should take care of it out of reverence, not for external beauty. To purify yourself on the inside, which is the most important thing, work on your environment. Obviously, most of your environment is out of your control, however, you should still strive to surround yourself with good thoughts. Everything from the people you talk to the music you listen to has an effect on your mind, whether you want to admit it or not. Do not listen to degrading songs, even if they are catchy. Try to maximize the time you spend around people with similar spiritual goals as you. These are just some tips to help you get started, I hoped they helped!
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there are at least 6 fast days in the Jewish year.\nThe most famous is Yom Kippur- when we fast for atonement\nThere is also Tisha B'Av- when we commemorate the destruction of the Temple\nThree weeks before Tisha B'Av is Shv'assar B'Tammuz- to commemorate when siege was set around Jerusalem\nTzom Gedalya- we commemorate the assassination of one of the leaders of the Jews\nTa'nit Esther- to remember Esther's fast when she was trying to save the Jews in the story of Purim\n\nalso on the day before Passover fist-borns fast to thank G-d for sparing them from The plague of death of the first born\n\nalso there are a few others that the super religious fast
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i hope ur a christian cause if your not then your not fasting.\nyou are just not eating\nfasting is skipping meal so you can spend time to pray to God during the time you would take eating
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During this month all Muslims are to fast from sunrise to sunset, they cannot to eat or drink. One must maintain a clean mind and body by purifying oneself.  This is to atone one self and feel what it is like to do without. If one can not fast for a day they must feed the needy.\n\nAt the end of the month Muslims are to sacrifice a lamb or other animal and it is given to the poor. Many in today’s world have a hard time with fasting because of temptation.
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I don't think people should fast. It's not natural. It screws up your body. Scientists and dieticians have said again and again that the only perfectly healthy diet is eating small, balanced meals (all the food groups in correct proportions) at regular intervals.\n\nI know that some people fast as part of religious beliefs, personally I don't like the idea of any belief that encourages self-denial or self-punishment, but if you really feel you have to do it, then at least break the fast each morning or each night.\n\nIf you are fasting to lose weight, then you are wasting your time; crash diets like that just lead to you gaining weight in the long term.
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Daniel: From the Hebrew, Daniyyel, which has been variously translated "judge of God," "God's judge," one who delivers judgment in the name of the Lord.
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:}\nOne day of fasting from meat,   Friday to recall good Friday on a weekly basis in the same way that a change of the worship day from the sabbath to Sunday recalls the Resurrection on a weekly basis.
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Some people also have found help through fasting. This is when you go without food or water intentially. When I do this, I do it for two meals or twenty-four hours. Before you begin, you pray and explain that you are doing this to show humility and that you want to find the answer to such and such during the time. Then several times throughout the day, pray again about your question. End with prayer again.
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The references I found were in Jeremiah (7:18, 44:17-25)  Seems to be a false god(dess) or idol the Israelites were worshipping.\n\nAnd there is no Daniel 14:12.
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It's still against tradition to eat red meat on Fridays during Lent.\n\nI doubt something that small would doom anyone to hell. I don't think God really cares about the small things, but about the goodness of your soul.