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There are no restrictions on what nuns can eat, other than the reminder that gluttony is a cardinal sin. Having said that, though, nuns living in a convent are likely to eat communal meals that are homemade. They probably don't eat out much.

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Most nuns (as opposed to sisters, who are religious women out in the world) belong to one of the Benedictine Orders, or its offshoots: the Cistercians or others. The Rule of Saint Benedict spends quite a lot of time speaking about their diet. In The Rule, St. Benedict specifies that the healthy should eat no meat that comes from an animal with four feet (beet, pork, etc.), although such meat may be given to the sick. He also has a little dissertation on the consumption of wine, which he sincerely hopes that they abstain from, but concedes that if not they may have half a hinna a day (about half a liter). But, of course, whether a particular monastery of nuns actually goes by St. Benedict's rules depends entirely on their congregation and their charter. There are nuns of the Carthusian Order, although they are technically hermits, they are only permitted one meal a day, and no meat ever.

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Leilani Cremin

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