Any suggestions for a Daniel fast?

Question

I am going to go on a Daniel fast. Do you have any good recipes for this?? I went on it before and all I ate was raw fruit and veggies.

Okay, I guess I am looking to someone that has been on this type of fast before.


God bless ;)

Answer 1

Sounds like a good plan. I have tons of recipes, as I am an aspiring raw vegan. I would do lots of smoothies, juice, teas, salads, blended soups etc.

Answer 2

If what you are doing is a "fast", that means that you do not eat anything. No protein, no calclium, no caffeine or anything else. No food at all. The only thing allowed is water. I suspect that you are looking at the Daniel Diet, which is talked about in Daniel chapter 1. That is a vegetarian diet. No meat and no drinks other than fruit juices (no added sugar or caffeine) or water. The diet makes no mention of diary products - neither for or against eating them. For protein, look for nuts and many types of beans. For calcium, allow diary products. For meal ideas, check anywhere that has vegetarian meals. Keep in mind that Daniel did NOT choose his diet for health reasons. He choose it for religious reasons because he refused to eat anything that was not kosher or had been offered to an ido (as all meat was in that time.)

Answer 3

Which fast you talking about. some think the diet of pulse and water was a fast, but few remember this one:
Dan 10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
Dan 10:3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

Answer 4

The concept of a Daniel fast comes from Daniel 1:8-14, “But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. Now God had caused the official to show favor and sympathy to Daniel, but the official told Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you." Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, "Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see." So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.”

The background of the “Daniel fast” is that Daniel and his three friends had been “deported” to Babylon when Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians had conquered Judah (2 Kings 24:13-14). Daniel and his three friends were put into the Babylonian court servant “training program.” Part of the program was learning Babylonian customs, beliefs, laws, and practices. The eating habits of the Babylonians were not in complete agreement with the Mosaic law. As a result, Daniel asked if he and his three friends could be excused from eating the meat (which was likely sacrificed to Babylonian false gods and idols).

So, a Daniel fast is eating only fruits and vegetables for a certain amount of time, abstaining from meat products. Some people use a Daniel fast as a dieting method. Some people use a Daniel fast instead of fasting from food entirely. The Bible nowhere commands believers to observe a Daniel fast. As a result, it is a matter of Christian freedom whether to observe a Daniel fast.

Answer 5

Yes. All he ate was vegetables, fruit, no meat,no sweets and no bread. Did this 40 days. Of course, I would add some h2o. You will loose some weight and feel great.

Dan 10:3

Answer 6

Tell those around you to keep you accountable, and keep bad stuff away from you. Even though the "Daniel diet" I believe had an ounce of God in it, so do with it what you will...

Answer 7

It doesn't sound like a fast to me. It sounds like a Better Homes and Garden question.'

Are you doing this to 'feel' holy, or is it that you want to lean on God?

Answer 8

Mmm beet & turnip soup.

Just messing with you, too much juice might lead to watery stool.
So be careful

Answer 9

rebel sounds very healthy. will be be seeing spirits with your meal

Answer 10

ummm..he ate only pulse and drank water....

try that...