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fasting



NOUN
hunger strike
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During fasting, adrenaline activates HSL and pushes it out of the nucleus so it can help mobilize fat stores.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

In the seventh century, the Catholic Church enforced strict Lenten rules, prohibiting the consumption of all meat, dairy, and eggs throughout the fasting season.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

“I’d eat them at specific times. You go through periods of fasting and through dehydration whenever you had your top off. There was a real science to it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Paltrow has often been ahead of the curve on now-popular practices like intermittent fasting and oil pulling—even, in her telling, yoga.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Yom Kippur was our Day of Atonement, spent in fasting and prayer.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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