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The '''Daniel Fast''' is based on the [[Bible|Biblical]] [[Book of Daniel]], and refers to a 10 or 21 day avoidance of foods declared unclean by God in the laws of Moses.<ref name=White>{{cite book|last=White|first=Ellen G|title=Counsels on Diet and Foods|year=1938|publisher=Ellen G. White Estate}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Hobbs|first=Caitlin S|title=Three Dimensional Nutrition: Exploring nourishment of spirit, mind, and body during a 28-day Daniel Fast at Southern Adventist University|journal=Senior Research Papers|date=Dec 12, 2012|series=Paper 163|url=http://knowledge.e.southern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=senior_research}}</ref> The passage in Chapter 10:2-3 may refer to a classical fast during a period of mourning, so the modern Daniel Fast is most commonly followed for 21 days.<ref name=Bloomer>{{cite journal|last=Bloomer|first=Richard J|coauthors=Mohammad M Kabir, Robert E Canale, John F Trepanowski, Kate E Marshall, Tyler M Farney, Kelley G Hammond|title=Effect of a 21 day Daniel Fast on metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk factors in men and women|journal=Lipids in Health and Disease|year=2010|doi=10.1186/1476-511X-9-94|url=http://www.lipidworld.com/content/pdf/1476-511X-9-94.pdf}}</ref> |
The '''Daniel Fast''' is based on the [[Bible|Biblical]] [[Book of Daniel]], and refers to a 10 or 21 day avoidance of foods declared unclean by God in the laws of Moses.<ref name=White>{{cite book|last=White|first=Ellen G|title=Counsels on Diet and Foods|year=1938|publisher=Ellen G. White Estate}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=White|first=Ellen G|title=Counsels on Diet and Foods|date=1938|publisher=ePub for the Ellen G. White Estate|url=http://files.meetup.com/3500282/Counsel%20on%20Diet%20and%20Foods.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Hobbs|first=Caitlin S|title=Three Dimensional Nutrition: Exploring nourishment of spirit, mind, and body during a 28-day Daniel Fast at Southern Adventist University|journal=Senior Research Papers|date=Dec 12, 2012|series=Paper 163|url=http://knowledge.e.southern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1166&context=senior_research}}</ref> The passage in Chapter 10:2-3 may refer to a classical fast during a period of mourning, so the modern Daniel Fast is most commonly followed for 21 days.<ref name=Bloomer>{{cite journal|last=Bloomer|first=Richard J|coauthors=Mohammad M Kabir, Robert E Canale, John F Trepanowski, Kate E Marshall, Tyler M Farney, Kelley G Hammond|title=Effect of a 21 day Daniel Fast on metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk factors in men and women|journal=Lipids in Health and Disease|year=2010|doi=10.1186/1476-511X-9-94|url=http://www.lipidworld.com/content/pdf/1476-511X-9-94.pdf}}</ref> |
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According to the passages, one fasts from eating royal foods including specifically meats, pleasant breads, and wine. Instead, the diet consists only of "pulses" and water. "Pulses" in this context may translate roughly to "food grown from seed". "Vegetables" is used instead of "pulses" in some translations.<ref name=Bloomer /> |
According to the passages, one fasts from eating royal foods including specifically meats, pleasant breads, and wine. Instead, the diet consists only of "pulses" and water. "Pulses" in this context may translate roughly to "food grown from seed". "Vegetables" is used instead of "pulses" in some translations.<ref name=Bloomer /> |
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Revision as of 20:48, 6 May 2014
The Daniel Fast is based on the Biblical Book of Daniel, and refers to a 10 or 21 day avoidance of foods declared unclean by God in the laws of Moses.[1][2][3] The passage in Chapter 10:2-3 may refer to a classical fast during a period of mourning, so the modern Daniel Fast is most commonly followed for 21 days.[4]
According to the passages, one fasts from eating royal foods including specifically meats, pleasant breads, and wine. Instead, the diet consists only of "pulses" and water. "Pulses" in this context may translate roughly to "food grown from seed". "Vegetables" is used instead of "pulses" in some translations.[4]
In modern versions of the Daniel Fast, food choices may be limited to whole grains, fruits, vegetables, pulses, nuts, seeds and oil. The Daniel Fast resembles the vegan diet in that it excludes (fasts from) the consumption of foods of animal origin.[4]
According to the passages, health benefits were noted at the end of just ten days fasting, with reports that "their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children, which did eat the portion of the king's meat." After continuing with the diet during three years of training Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah are judged were judged by the king to be mentally superior. "And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm." Ellen G. White notes that the example of Daniel may demonstrate that "a strict compliance with the requirements of God is beneficial to the health of body and mind."[1] Bloomer et al notes the diet could be healthy, consisting of nutrient and fiber rich fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and very little saturated fats or energy dense foods.[5]
References
- ^ a b White, Ellen G (1938). Counsels on Diet and Foods. Ellen G. White Estate.
- ^ White, Ellen G (1938). Counsels on Diet and Foods (PDF). ePub for the Ellen G. White Estate.
- ^ Hobbs, Caitlin S (Dec 12, 2012). "Three Dimensional Nutrition: Exploring nourishment of spirit, mind, and body during a 28-day Daniel Fast at Southern Adventist University". Senior Research Papers. Paper 163.
- ^ a b c Bloomer, Richard J (2010). "Effect of a 21 day Daniel Fast on metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk factors in men and women" (PDF). Lipids in Health and Disease. doi:10.1186/1476-511X-9-94.
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