Eat, Fast, Feast, Jay W. Richards
Eat, Fast, Feast, Jay W. Richards
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Eat, Fast, Feast
Heal Your Body While Feeding Your Soul-A Christian Guide to Fasting

Author: Jay W. Richards

Narrator: Derek Shetterly

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/14/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute blends science and religion in this thoughtful guide that teaches modern believes how to use the leading wellness trend today—intermittent fasting—as a means of spiritual awakening, adopting the traditions our Christians ancestors practiced for centuries into daily life.Wellness minded people today are increasingly turning to intermittent fasting to bolster their health. But we aren’t the first people to abstain from eating for a purpose. This routine was a common part of our spiritual ancestors’ lives for 1,500 years. Jay Richards argues that Christians should recover the fasting lifestyle, not only to improve our bodies, but to bolster our spiritual health as well. In Eat, Fast, Feast, he combines forgotten spiritual wisdom on fasting and feasting with the burgeoning literature on ketogenic diets and fasting for improved physical and mental health. Based on his popular series ""Fasting, Body and Soul"" in The Stream, Eat, Fast, Feast explores what it means to substitute our hunger for God for our hunger for food, and what both modern science and the ancient monastics can teach us about this practice.Richards argues that our modern diet—heavy in sugar and refined carbohydrates—locks us into a metabolic trap that makes fasting unfruitful and our feasts devoid of meaning. The good news, he reveals, is that we are beginning to resist the tyranny of processed foods, with millions of people pursuing low carb, ketogenic, paleo, and primal diets. This growing body of experts argue that eating natural fat and fasting is not only safe, but far better than how we eat today. Richards provides a 40-day plan which combines a long-term ""nutritional ketosis"" with spiritual disciplines. The plan can be used any time of the year or be adapted to a penitential season on the Christian calendar, such as Advent or Lent. Synthesizing recent science with ancient wisdom, Eat, Fast, Feast brings together the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of intermittent fasting to help Christians improve their lives and their health, and bring them closer to God.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Jay W. Richards

Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., O.P., is a Research Assistant Professor in the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America, a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, and Executive Editor of The Stream. He is author or editor of more than a dozen books including two New York Times bestsellers. His book Money, Greed, and God was a winner of a 2010 Templeton Enterprise Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ebookwormy1 on October 27, 2022

While I'm hearing a lot about intermittent fasting from the health/ medical field, I'm stunned to not be hearing more about it from Christians, or Jews, who have practiced fasting as spiritual discipline for thousands of years. Into this void writes Jay Richards. The new book summary released Nov 20......more

Goodreads review by Bert on April 23, 2020

I just finished the book and am 10 pounds lighter. I listened to Jay Richards' interview on Bible Answer Man while I was driving home one day and it sounded like a book that I needed to read. I love it and intend to do this the rest of my life because it is not a diet; it is a way of life. I have a......more

Goodreads review by Teri on August 16, 2020

Last year I read Jason Fung's book The Obesity Code and would highly recommend it for a beginner's understanding of the sceince of fasting and the health benefits it presents. Recently I went looking for a book that would highlight some of the spiritual (Christian) connections with fasting while stil......more

Goodreads review by Kharah on October 30, 2023

Split feelings here. In many ways, not a great book. The author can come across as self-righteous. A lot of the science is questionable (the section on natural selection was just confusing). And the material that makes this book unique - the spiritual perspective on fasting - could have been better......more

Goodreads review by Doris on March 14, 2020

Not just intermittent fasting with a religious spin to it, but a promotion of ketogenic diet. Not very helpful with regards to the ketogenic aspect: too many question left unanswered.......more