When people refrain from eating, it can be due to various reasons, including dietary choices, health concerns, or religious practices. Some may skip meals to lose weight or detoxify, while others might fast for spiritual or cultural reasons. Additionally, factors like stress or lack of access to food can also lead to reduced eating. Understanding the underlying motivations is essential for addressing the effects of not eating on physical and mental health.
It is to abstain from eating meat.
Yes, they can. Vegetarians are defined as people who refrain from eating red meat, foul/poultry, gelatin, and fish.
Fast is both a verb meaning to stop eating (or refrain from eating) and an adjective meaning "quickly"
If the fast is completely against meat, then yes, because fish is considered a meat.
refrain
The Eight Precepts are: # To refrain from taking life # To refrain from taking that which is not freely given (stealing) # To refrain from sexual misconduct (improper sexual behavior) # To refrain from lying and deceiving # To refrain from intoxicants which lead to loss of mindfulness. # To refrain from eating at the wrong time (by only eating from sunrise to noon, one ensures that all food eaten in a day is digested before nightfall) # To refrain from all entertainments and decorations (e.g., dancing, wearing jewelry, watching movies, going to shows, etc. This especially includes entertainments that bring the viewer's mind to sexual imagery) # To refrain from using a high, luxurious bed, or beds that provide extraneous softness or comfort
Some synonyms of not eating would be diet, not eating and go hungry. Not eating is a way to refrain from consuming food and nutrient for religious, personal or medical reasons.
Since the woman is on a diet, she must refrain from eating fried foods.
To fast is to refrain from eating; having intercourse does not constitute a violation of a fast.
Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan. During this time, they refrain from eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset.
Simple things such as eating right, staying active, and refrain from tobacco products.
Many are vegetarians and all are taught to refrain from eating from the list of unclean meats found in the Bible.