Time without food

Raymond Mgadzah considers the experience of fasting

Fasting is defined as ‘the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink or both, for a period of time.’ | Photo: theilr / flickr CC

My stomach is grumbling. It is lunchtime on Wednesday. Nothing unusual about that except that, for the past few weeks, I have been fasting: once a week with no food between 6am and 5pm. Only water permitted. I have to push back my thoughts of eating lunch again.

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