Fasting

  • 41Claus Fasting — (* 29. Oktober 1746 in Bergen; † 25. Dezember 1791 in Bergen) war ein norwegischer Redakteur, Autor und Kritiker. Seine Eltern waren der Pfarrer Frederik Fasting (1718–1769) und dessen Frau Gerhardine („Gertke“) von Güllich (1716–1770). Er blieb… …

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  • 42Impaired fasting glycaemia — (IFG) is a pre diabetic state of dysglycemia, associated with insulin resistance and increased risk of cardiovascular pathology, although of lesser risk than Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). IFG often progresses to type 2 diabetes mellitus, a… …

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  • 43Mari Fasting — Medal record Mari Fasting (Siggerud 2008) Competitor for  Norway …

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  • 44news fasting — n. The deliberate avoidance of all forms of news media, particularly to relieve stress and relax the mind. Also: newsfasting. news fast, newsfast n. Example Citations: In his bestselling book 8 Weeks to Optimum Health, [Andrew] Weil sets out a… …

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  • 45it’s ill speaking between a full man and a fasting — A hungry man is never on good terms with a well fed man; in quot. 1824, used as an incitation to eat. a 1641 D. FERGUSSON Scottish Proverbs (STS) no. 1349 Thair is nothing betuix a bursten body and a hungered. 1824 SCOTT Redgauntlet I. xi. Ye… …

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  • 46Thomas Fasting — (1769 1841) was a Norwegian temporary councillor of state in 1814, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm for six periods between 1817 1836, and Minister of the Navy in eight periods between 1815 1839, as well as head of the… …

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  • 47Fredrik Fasting Torgersen — Fredrik Ludvig Fasting Torgersen (born October 1, 1934) is a Norwegian convicted murderer.His conviction to life imprisonment for the murder of the 16 year old girl Rigmor Johnsen in 1958 marked the beginning of one of the most controversial… …

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  • 48hand-fasting —    obsolete Scottish trial marriage    What seems innovative in social behaviour is not always so:     It was not until more than twenty years after the Reformation that the custom of hand fasting , which had come down from Celtic times, fell… …

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  • 49Advent (Christmas Fasting) — Throughout the last 30 days (month of Kiahk) certain hymns are chanted in a manner popularly known as seven and four. See Seven and four …

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  • 50intermittent fasting — /ɪntəmɪtnt ˈfastɪŋ/ (say intuhmitnt fahsting) noun a pattern of eating which alternates normal intake for several days with a day of very low intake; used as a weight loss regimen, and thought to be beneficial to general health …