Slow Food CNY » sugar http://slowfoodcny.org Growing our food economy, one salt potato at a time! Fri, 18 May 2012 01:37:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Fasting http://slowfoodcny.org/2009/02/fasting/ http://slowfoodcny.org/2009/02/fasting/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000 psm http://slowfoodcny.org/index.php/2009/02/fasting/ Fasting. While this is a blog about food, I want to post about the absence of food. If you think about it, the slowest food possible is the food that never reaches your mouth. ;-) While I am not Catholic, I personally find this time of year a good time to fast. The long of winter is (mostly) behind us, and spring is around the corner. Time to do some internal spring cleaning, I say.

Almost every year, I conduct a carbohydrate fast, or some variety thereof. This year I am trying to fast from wheat, refined sugars, and artificial sugars. The wheat is because I am curious if I have a slight allergy to wheat. The refined sugars are because I want to loose my winter weight. And the artificial sugars are on the list as more of a spiritual objection to the overly sweetened foods we have so readily available to us. I want to cut down on the sweetness. (Sorry, but I am not giving up honey this year.)

Does anyone else around here fast? Do you do it for spiritual reasons or health reasons? (Or both??)

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