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When couples disagree about extended fasting safety and spiritual practice

My husband wants to do a 7-day water fast for spiritual reasons and I'm terrified something will happen to him, but every time I bring up the medical risks he says I don't understand his faith tradition. We're at this impasse where he thinks I'm being unsupportive and I think he's being reckless.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sacred practice and protective love are colliding without space for both truths to coexist.

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“Where Are You with Fasting — all traditions and the evidence?”

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