Mental and Behavioural Responses to Bahá'í Fasting: Looking behind the Scenes of a Religiously Motivated Intermittent Fast Using a Mixed Methods Approach.
Nutrients February 28, 2022 Raphaela M Ring, Clemens Eisenmann, Farid I Kandil et al.
Background/objective: Historically, fasting has been practiced not only for medical but also for religious reasons. Bahá'ís follow an annual religious intermittent dry fast of 19 days. We inquired into motivation behind and subjective health impacts of Bahá'í fasting. Methods: A convergent parallel mixed methods design was embedded in a clinical single arm observational study. Semi-structured...
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Mindfulness
Humans
Fasting
Motivation
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