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What intermittent fasting is, how it works, and why it might make you happier (E43)

The Adam Ragusea Podcast

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Religious Fasting Is Not Just About Fasting

religious fasting was originally a way for a Priestly ruling class to make the ruled class feel okay about not having enough food Your suffering is sacred. You should all be happy about it The priest said as he retreated to the temple where he was hoarding all the food It's for a sacrifice. I'm totally not eating it myself. Religious fasting historically was probably about all of the above to one extent or another. If you've never starved yourself like I have before you may have absolutely no idea what fasting feels like. Being fasted for a day is not the same thing as being fasted for two or three days People generally divide fasting into like four or five different Different states or stages though

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