Fasting definition

Fasting means to not eat food for some period of time. And when you fast, when you stop eating food for a while, your body will actually clean itself. It will get rid of old poisons, old toxins that have been in your body for a while. It will start to eliminate those.

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Fasting. In Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān, edited by Jane Dammen McAuliffe. Accessed on 5 April 2018 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/875-3922_q3_EQCOM_00062>. Washington, DC: Brill.

Fasting glucose test means that the person has had no food or drink, except water, for 8 hours prior to the test.15 A fasting glucose should be done in the morning, as a test done in the afternoon can be as much as 1 mmol/L lower than in the morning,16 which could result in a falsely negative screening result. If the fasting glucose result is

Examples of Fasting in a sentence

• That evaluation will consist of some or all of the following: Cholesterol evaluation Fasting Blood Glucose Blood Pressure Heart rate Height/Weight 3 minute step test Cardiovascular fitness (fire bicycle test) Upper body strength (Fire Bench Press) It is agreed that the plan’s intent is to enhance overall wellness level of the department, to enable individual Command Officers to learn about their general wellness levels, and to educate Command Officers on methods of improving their physical condition.

• Fasting could cause symptoms such as: • Dizziness • Headache • Stomach discomfort • Fainting • Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) The length of time that you may be confined to the CRU may make you feel uncomfortable.

• Fasting plasma glucose is measured after the individual has fasted for at least eight hours; the non-fasted alternative measures random plasma glucose and has the same criterion as measuring glucose 2 hours (2-h) after an oral glucose challenge.

• This involved organizing and implementing Fasting HgbA1c and Lipid Profile Clinics followed by “Diabetic Breakfast‟.

• Fasting plasma glucose was measured by enzymatic colorimetric slide assay (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Clinical Diagnostic Systems, Amersham UK).

• Fasting could cause symptoms such as:  Dizziness  Headache  Stomach discomfort  Fainting  Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) The length of time that you may be confined to the CRU may make you feel uncomfortable.

• No charge for training through Health Education Department or Services that are covered for you What you must pay when you get these services for ADA-certified classes (see Healthy Living catalog for classes) • For persons at risk of diabetes: Fasting plasma glucose tests when medically necessary.

• Fasting blood samples were obtained to determine serum creatinine and cystatin C level.

• Fasting requirement in relation to dosing are described in Section 3.1 and Section 5.2.

• Metabolic parameters Fasting blood glucose is measured in capillary blood using Breeze®2 glucose meters (Bayer Health Care LLC, Basel, Switzerland).

More Definitions of Fasting

Fasting means 8 hours fasting overnight.

Fasting means that, for one hour before receiving Communion, you have to stop eating solid food and drinking all liquids except water.