The Daniel Fast

Hopeful146
Hopeful146 Posts: 5 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Has anyone tried The Daniel Fast? If so, what was experience like? Any do's or don'ts?
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  • Nett42
    Nett42 Posts: 6 Member
    I've never heard of this fast, but just looked it and it sounds interesting. My interest has been peeked.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    No
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    A friend of mine tried it and saw Satan. Probably because of the lack of calories.

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  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    I know a Daniel who likes waffles.:heart:
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    I know a Daniel who likes waffles.:heart:

    IN for Waffle


    OUT for unnecessary 'detox' diets
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    If it has "fast" or "detox" in the name, avoid it at all costs.

    Trading one unhealthy habit (overeating) for another (fasting) is the opposite of progress.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    I guess it's a religious fast so that's a whole other argument I won't go into here.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    If it has "fast" or "detox" in the name, avoid it at all costs.

    Trading one unhealthy habit (overeating) for another (fasting) is the opposite of progress.

    This. One of the main reasons why the majority of crash/fad dieters end up regaining all of the weight they lost is because they are not learning the habits that are learned when you eat a moderate, unrestricted diet.

    What is typical of a fast is you severely restrict or eliminate your caloric intake for a period of time. You lose weight primarily in the form of water weight. You begin dehydrating, partially as a result of low sodium intake. This causes your body to excrete water in order to maintain homeostasis between the sodium levels of your ECF and ICF. This is bad. Your body needs water. You also lose some muscle mass, which reduces your bodies overall metabolism due to reduced LBM. And you lose a bit of fat. But then you are just going to likely binge when you end the fast anyway, regaining it all, making it pointless as well as dangerous.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.
  • gregpack
    gregpack Posts: 426 Member
    The Daniel fast is not a fast as thought of by most. It is mainly a plant based diet. It is not necessarily severely calorie restricted.

    No meat, no junk, water only to drink. I've seen worse.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    the website reads like an infomercial.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    The Daniel fast is not a fast as thought of by most. It is mainly a plant based diet. It is not necessarily severely calorie restricted.

    No meat, no junk, water only to drink. I've seen worse.

    Those are the only limitations? Being a vegetarian? It is doable then.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    the website reads like an infomercial.
    True believers don't listen to reason. It's what makes them true believers.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Except that the Daniel Fast is not an important part of Christianity.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Except that the Daniel Fast is not an important part of Christianity.
    Who cares? If it's observed by any christians as part of their faith it's part of christianity.
    No true scotsman...
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Except that the Daniel Fast is not an important part of Christianity.
    Who cares? If it's observed by any christians as part of their faith it's part of christianity.
    No true scotsman...

    I was raised in the protestant church. I have never, ever, not once, heard of someone using that daniel diet as an observance of faith. Never.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Except that the Daniel Fast is not an important part of Christianity.
    Who cares? If it's observed by any christians as part of their faith it's part of christianity.
    No true scotsman...

    I was raised in the protestant church. I have never, ever, not once, heard of someone using that daniel diet as an observance of faith. Never.
    ^this
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    The Daniel fast is not a fast as thought of by most. It is mainly a plant based diet. It is not necessarily severely calorie restricted.

    No meat, no junk, water only to drink. I've seen worse.

    No junk? My husband would be a sad panda.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Real Christians do the Daniel Fast, then follow it with taming hungry lions. Don't halfass it.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Except that the Daniel Fast is not an important part of Christianity.
    Who cares? If it's observed by any christians as part of their faith it's part of christianity.
    No true scotsman...

    I was raised in the protestant church. I have never, ever, not once, heard of someone using that daniel diet as an observance of faith. Never.
    ...and?
    I guarantee you there will be people here on MFP doing it. There were last year.
    Just because you don't observe a certain ritual doesn't mean other people don't.
    I'm not religious, although like you, I was raised in the Protestant faith. I'm not about to judge anyone's religious practices no matter my feelings on them.
    Your argument is an appeal to popularity, a logical fallacy.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I know a Daniel who likes waffles.:heart:

    Oh I'd consider a waffle fast.
  • EricaFaythe
    EricaFaythe Posts: 37 Member
    A friend of mine tried it and saw Satan. Probably because of the lack of calories.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
  • nomeejerome
    nomeejerome Posts: 2,616 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Except that the Daniel Fast is not an important part of Christianity.
    Who cares? If it's observed by any christians as part of their faith it's part of christianity.
    No true scotsman...

    I was raised in the protestant church. I have never, ever, not once, heard of someone using that daniel diet as an observance of faith. Never.
    ...and?
    I guarantee you there will be people here on MFP doing it. There were last year.
    Just because you don't observe a certain ritual doesn't mean other people don't.
    I'm not religious, although like you, I was raised in the Protestant faith. I'm not about to judge anyone's religious practices no matter my feelings on them.
    Your argument is an appeal to popularity, a logical fallacy.


    Religion is one thing, promoting a fast to sell books is a whole other story.

    ETA:
    To answer the question in OP....don't.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Except that the Daniel Fast is not an important part of Christianity.
    Who cares? If it's observed by any christians as part of their faith it's part of christianity.
    No true scotsman...

    I was raised in the protestant church. I have never, ever, not once, heard of someone using that daniel diet as an observance of faith. Never.
    ...and?
    I guarantee you there will be people here on MFP doing it. There were last year.
    Just because you don't observe a certain ritual doesn't mean other people don't.
    I'm not religious, although like you, I was raised in the Protestant faith. I'm not about to judge anyone's religious practices no matter my feelings on them.
    Your argument is an appeal to popularity, a logical fallacy.

    lol and you're trying to make this discussion about religion, when it was meant to be about a diet.
  • EricaFaythe
    EricaFaythe Posts: 37 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Except that the Daniel Fast is not an important part of Christianity.
    Who cares? If it's observed by any christians as part of their faith it's part of christianity.
    No true scotsman...

    I was raised in the protestant church. I have never, ever, not once, heard of someone using that daniel diet as an observance of faith. Never.
    ...and?
    I guarantee you there will be people here on MFP doing it. There were last year.
    Just because you don't observe a certain ritual doesn't mean other people don't.
    I'm not religious, although like you, I was raised in the Protestant faith. I'm not about to judge anyone's religious practices no matter my feelings on them.
    Your argument is an appeal to popularity, a logical fallacy.

    You called this a "religious" fast, and then stated it was a tenant of Christianity just because some Christians follow it. I can create a "Bacon for Jesus" movement, and that doesn't make it a part of Christianity; perhaps it is a part of THEIR religious experience, but not to Christianity as a whole. Your overstatement, which appeals to popularity, is a logical fallacy.
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Except that the Daniel Fast is not an important part of Christianity.
    Who cares? If it's observed by any christians as part of their faith it's part of christianity.
    No true scotsman...

    I was raised in the protestant church. I have never, ever, not once, heard of someone using that daniel diet as an observance of faith. Never.
    ...and?
    I guarantee you there will be people here on MFP doing it. There were last year.
    Just because you don't observe a certain ritual doesn't mean other people don't.
    I'm not religious, although like you, I was raised in the Protestant faith. I'm not about to judge anyone's religious practices no matter my feelings on them.
    Your argument is an appeal to popularity, a logical fallacy.

    lol and you're trying to make this discussion about religion, when it was meant to be about a diet.
    No. I personally think they are both silly, but it's not my call if people want to observe their faith any way they want.
    Other religions get a pass on their fasting. If you give a pass to one, you should give a pass to any.
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    the website reads like an infomercial.

    A website/infomercial with quite a few grammatical mistakes.
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member

    No. I personally think they are both silly, but it's not my call if people want to observe their faith any way they want.
    Other religions get a pass on their fasting. If you give a pass to one, you should give a pass to any.

    agreed.
  • Mother_Superior
    Mother_Superior Posts: 1,624 Member
    November 04, 2013 8:03 pm
    I guess it's a religious fast so that's a whole other argument I won't go into here.

    November 04, 2013 8:11 pm
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Just couldn't wait a full 10 minutes, could ya big guy?
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    It's a religious 21 day fast. you may as well heckle people over Ramadan.

    Except that the Daniel Fast is not an important part of Christianity.
    Who cares? If it's observed by any christians as part of their faith it's part of christianity.
    No true scotsman...

    I was raised in the protestant church. I have never, ever, not once, heard of someone using that daniel diet as an observance of faith. Never.
    ...and?
    I guarantee you there will be people here on MFP doing it. There were last year.
    Just because you don't observe a certain ritual doesn't mean other people don't.
    I'm not religious, although like you, I was raised in the Protestant faith. I'm not about to judge anyone's religious practices no matter my feelings on them.
    Your argument is an appeal to popularity, a logical fallacy.

    You called this a "religious" fast, and then stated it was a tenant of Christianity just because some Christians follow it. I can create a "Bacon for Jesus" movement, and that doesn't make it a part of Christianity; perhaps it is a part of THEIR religious experience, but not to Christianity as a whole. Your overstatement, which appeals to popularity, is a logical fallacy.

    I'd convert for that.

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