Christian Orthodox fasting in practice: a comparative evaluation between Greek Orthodox general population fasters and Athonian monks

Previous research [1 –4], has indicated the Mediterranean diet (MD) as an ideal dietary paradigm for the prevention of cardiovascular and degenerative diseases [5–9]. Several studies [10–14] attested emerging roles for a subset of the MD, the Greek Orthodox fasting ritual, which - for religious reasons - is consid ered to be deeply integrated in the dietary behaviour of the Greek population [11–13].

Source: Nutrition - July 24, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Spyridon N. Karras, Theocharis Koufakis, Andrea Petr óczi, Dirk Folkerts, Maria Kypraiou, Hilda Mulrooney, Declan P. Naughton, Angeliki Persynaki, Pantelis Zebekakis, Dimitrios Skoutas, Kalliopi Kotsa Source Type: research