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Nope ... didn't see much about that, but my focus was on fasting.
World Vision hosts the 30-Hour Famine each year, in which teens fast for 30 hours to raise awareness of world hunger. Do you believe the medical advice you got would make this program a huge mistake?
Yes, Sue, I do. I doubt you will find many medical doctors recommending young adults to dip into fasting for that long.
I don't think that the program is a "huge mistake" - in fact I think that it has been a good program overall.
Having said that I must admit that we did not let our daughter, who was always a light eater and on the low weight end for her height, fast for 30 hours - we wouldn't let her go unless she had dinner first (making the "fast" somewhat less than 24 hours).
Is there a medical consensus on this? There does not seem to be a consensus on limiting everyone to 12 hour fasts. It seems like this needs to be on a case by case basis.
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