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NEWS ABOUT: fasting

fasting stories: 4 news summaries

Survivor: Days of Fasting Before Sweat Lodge Disaster

Self-help guru James Arthur Ray ignored pleas to help those collapsing

Oct 21, 09 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Participants in the fatal Oct. 8 sweat-lodge ceremony had already been through five days of fasting and sleep deprivation, a survivor says—and the self-help guru leading the proceedings saw their gasping, vomiting and fainting as signs of weakness and urged them to push on through it. No charges have... More »

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drugs • alcohol • Arizona • sleep deprivation • fasting • James Arthur Ray • sweat lodge • Sedona • Angel Valley Retreat Center • Beverley Bunn • sweat lodge survivor

 Blaine Offers 
 Farrow Hunger 
 Strike Tips 

Illusionist's starvation tips help Farrow endure fast for Darfur

Apr 30, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mia Farrow took advice from a pro before going on a hunger strike for Darfur, the New York Daily News reports. Farrow says illusionist David Blaine—who once spent 44 seemingly food-free days sealed inside a Plexiglass case—told her the hunger pangs would stop six days in, and to... More »

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Darfur • Mia Farrow • hunger strike • David Blaine • fasting

 Farrow Will 
 Fast for 
 Darfur 

Actress wants world leaders to turn attention to Sudan's plight after aid groups expelled

Apr 22, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mia Farrow will start a hunger strike on Monday to draw attention to the living conditions of Darfur's millions of refugees, the BBC reports. The actress wants to show solidarity with those whose suffering has increased since the Sudanese government banned aid groups. The actress is asking "human rights... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Mia Farrow • Omar al Bashir • hunger strike • global aid groups • fasting

 To Beat Jet Lag, 
 Skip Airline Food 

Fasting can help reset your internal clock, study says

May 23, 08 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jet lag can be beaten—if passengers avoid airline food, new research suggests. The timing of meals has a profound effect on the body's internal rhythms, and passengers who go without for a while—keeping the body's "food-related clock" in check—can dodge much of the exhausting effects of... More »

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jet lag • time zones • airline food • biological clock • internal clock • long haul flights • Clifford Saper • fasting

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