Intermittent fasting

methods. Moreover, many religious sects associate dietary and food preparation practices with rituals involving aspects of their faith that are now long standing practices from their past history. These practices include venues such as abstinence and fasting. Abstinence, which prohibits individuals from consuming certain foods or drinks, takes many forms such as totally restricting the consumption of specific items to limiting the consumption these foods and drinks to certain holy days, while still other

The patient, Chloe Malloy, was admitted for an emergency appendectomy following a diagnosis of appendicitis in the emergency room. Appendicitis can be described simply as inflammation of the appendix. The symptoms, like in the case of Chloe, can sometimes be initially overlooked as they can present as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, constipation or diarrhea. In many cases the cause is not clear, but it can lead to serious complications if left untreated. Within this assignment, Chloe’s pain assessment

in which his narratives constitutes a normal world with elements of fantasy. “ A Fasting-Artist is one of the stories in the collection by Kafka which pertains the pain of the artists, specially relating it to the contemporary artistically starving performance artists. It is a story that represents the artist's time-line from being popular in the Amphitheater to being unknown before his death in the cirque. “A Fasting-Artist” is a story that is narrated by a pansophical third person

knew, what no other initiate knew, how easy it was to fast. It was the easiest thing in the world” (Kafka 270). Artistry cannot be attributed to a hunger “artist” who regards his art as simple. He is not an artist because he considers his “art of fasting” as easy, therefore it is not impressive. Artists must be professional and attempt various types of art in order to be successful. The hunger artist begins his time in a circus, but he does not have enough respect for his art to ensure that he has

in which his narratives constitutes a normal world with elements of fantasy. “ A Fasting-Artist is one of the stories in the collection by Kafka which pertains the pain of the artists, specially relating it to the contemporary artistically starving performance artists. It is a story that represents the artist's time-line from being popular in the Amphitheater to being unknown before his death in the cirque. “A Fasting-Artist” is a story that is narrated by a pansophical third person

The Development of Female Ascetics in the Early Church This paper will explore the development of female ascetics during the early Church and show how these practices affect the 21st century Churches outlook on woman. We will explore many aspects of asceticism such as the scriptural examples, spiritual motivations, reasons for choosing this lifestyle and the overall implications upon church history. Asceticism, along with monasticism, are two spiritual disciplines encouraging and focusing on

exactly ascetics chose to do what they did, either in terms of individual motives for leading an ascetic life or in terms of invented or imitated ascetic practice. Some texts (for instance, the Life and Teachings of Syncletica) explain the purpose of fasting, discarding fine clothes, renouncing wealth; others merely admire or give an instruction. This is

salvation. Therefore, ascetic christians imposed suffering on their bodies and renounced pleasure in order to draw closer to the divine nature of God by strengthening the soul. These sufferings included abstaining from sex, giving up material goods, and fasting. Different levels of sufferings were experienced by ascetic christians and the audience of the works factored into the levels suffering described in our readings. The suffering of christians written for ascetic christians that were wealthy was vastly

and compassion by resting with God, renewing ourselves, and loving others. During the season of lent we reflect on the passion, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Lent is a source of mercy and compassion in a way that we practice fasting and abstinence and as much as possible drink water. Water has a chemical formula of H2O which means, H for Honesty, H for Humility, for being humble enough to admit your mistakes, and O for Obedience, for obeying the people in authority like our parents

exclaimed the newscaster. The news report was continuing to inform listeners of the differing dates for the start of the holy month. I questioned eagerly, “Mom, can I please fast?” I’m nine years old now. “Honey, fasting is a day-long commitment. Also, it is more than not eating or drinking anything.” It took a long time for me to satisfy my mom; however, I was allowed to start my first fast. Furthermore, my first Ramadan experience