Mental and Behavioural Responses to Bahá'í Fasting: Looking behind the Scenes of a Religiously Motivated Intermittent Fast Using a Mixed Methods Approach.
Raphaela M RingClemens EisenmannFarid I KandilNico SteckhanSarah DemmrichCaroline KlatteChristian S KesslerMichael JeitlerMichael BoschmannAndreas MichalsenSarah B BlakesleeDr Med Barbara StöckigtWiebke StritterDaniela A Koppold-LiebscherPublished in: Nutrients (2022)
Bahá'í fasting seems to enhance participants' mindfulness and well-being, lowering stress levels and reducing fatigue. Some of these effects lasted more than three months after fasting.