Yom Kippur & Diabetes

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sarahsmom89
sarahsmom89 Posts: 14
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Do any of the Jewish users who are diabetic have any suggestions for Yom Kippur. I have fasted since I was ten and am now over 60. But I am recently diagnosed diabetic. I know I need to eat, but is there a minimum I can do?:huh:

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  • katemiddletonisawesome
    katemiddletonisawesome Posts: 152 Member
    According to my rabbi, if health reasons require you to break the fast, you can - G-d will understand. Just eat as you usually would - stay healthy.
  • lodro
    lodro Posts: 982 Member
    Break the fast if there's a need.
    Those Who are Exempt from Fasting
    On Yom Kippur, all are obligated to fast, unless fasting may endanger one's life (pikuach nefesh). In such a situation, one should preferably eat or drink in small measurements (shiurim). On the minor ta'aniyot, however, certain people are fundamentally exempt from fasting.
    A sick person, for example, even if his illness does not pose any danger to his life (choleh she-ein bo sakanah), as well as an elderly person who is weak and may become sick if he fasts, should not fast (Mishna Berura 554:11, Chayyei Adam 135:2). A sick person does not need to estimate whether or not his condition will become dangerous; as long as he is sick, he is exempt from fasting (Shulchan Arukh 554:4). Furthermore, one who is recovering from a sickness and fears that fasting may cause him to become sick again or, alternatively, one who fears that by fasting one will become sick may eat and drink. For example, one who suffers from diabetes, severe migraine headaches, or kidney stones may eat or drink in order to prevent the onset of the condition. However, even those who must eat on a minor fast day should not indulge on meat and wine, but rather eat and drink only what is necessary for their health.

    http://vbm-torah.org/archive/moadim69/20-69moed.htm
  • lodro
    lodro Posts: 982 Member
    Do any of the Jewish users who are diabetic have any suggestions for Yom Kippur. I have fasted since I was ten and am now over 60. But I am recently diagnosed diabetic. I know I need to eat, but is there a minimum I can do?:huh:

    so the answer would be: the minimum you need to take for your condition not to become life threatening.
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