In a fast, the body tears down its defective parts and then builds

In a fast, the body tears down its defective parts and then builds anew when eating is resumed. – Herbert M. Shelton

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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. – English Proverb

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Eating three times a day means taking on, almost without respite, the work of assimilation. – Adalbert de Vogüé, To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience

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I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency. – Plato

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People said that man had changed: the weakness of people’s health no longer allows us to fast. Was it true? – Adalbert de Vogüé, To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience

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