- present participle of fast.
fasting
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However he explained some were losing weight too quickly by fasting for long periods which was not sustainable.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Physical activity was particularly associated with slower cognitive decline among Hispanic participants, while lower fasting blood glucose levels were linked to slower cognitive decline among non-Hispanic white participants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Among non-Hispanic white participants, fasting glucose readings of 126 milligrams per deciliter or lower were associated with a slower rate of cognitive decline.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
In late 2022, Elon Musk posted that he lost 30 pounds by fasting and taking semaglutide.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Last week she was fasting with a handkerchief,” Zemaye continued.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
He wasted his body with fastings and watching.
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
These priests and religious men used great fastings, of five and ten days together, before any of their great feasts, and they were unto them as our four ember weeks. . . .
Protracted fastings without consequent exhaustion have been common with the mediumistic in all ages.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
And shall not my fastings, vigils, disciplines, prayers be as effectual for their souls?
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
His choice was, to keep secret the names of bewitched actors, the afflictors of the suffering ones, and to strive by prayers, fastings, manipulations, &c., to relieve the unhappy sufferers.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
