Ohio Man Gives Up Food For Lent. He'll Survive On Beer Del Hall is on a 46 day beer-only fast. On his Day 3 weigh-in, he tweeted that he was doing well and had lost seven pounds. Hall says he won't eat solid food until Easter Sunday. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. An Ohio man, named Del Hall, has decided for Lent to give up all food. He'll survive for 46 days on a diet of only beer. Well, or liquid bread, as 17th-century monks called it when they did this. Mr. Hall told KDKA TV in Pittsburgh that he has tackled physical challenges before, like running a marathon and serving in the Army, but this one makes him nervous. On his Day 3 weigh-in, he told Twitter he was doing well and had lost seven pounds. Copyright © 2019 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.<doc-sep>Man giving up food entirely for Lent, will only drink beer While many opt to give up alcohol entirely for the season of Lent, for 46 days, Del Hall is drinking only beer.WKRC reports Hall is giving up food entirely until Easter Sunday. “I’m going to have all styles of beer,” Hall said, admitted he's a bit nervous. He claims his diet is modeled after one practiced by monks in the 1600s. “Being master brewers, they decided they would take a popular style of beer in Germany, bock beer, make it extra hearty and that would be their liquid bread, and that’s what they call it,” Hall said. “So the monks in Bavaria, they would call doppelbock 'liquid bread,' and basically it would sustain them through the 46 days of Lent.”Hall, who works in a brewery, previously did a four-day water fast and isn't intimidated by his newest challenge. “I'm an Army veteran, I was number one in my class in the Army, I've run a full marathon before, 26.2 miles, I've done big challenges, but this seems very daunting,” Hall said. “So I'm just curious if I'm up to the challenge, if I'm going to be able to do it or not.”Hall has committed to also drinking water during the fast and will be checking in with a doctor. He is documenting his journey on social media. While many opt to give up alcohol entirely for the season of Lent, for 46 days, Del Hall is drinking only beer. WKRC reports Hall is giving up food entirely until Easter Sunday. Advertisement Related Content 25 meatless dinner ideas the whole family will enjoy “I’m going to have all styles of beer,” Hall said, admitted he's a bit nervous. He claims his diet is modeled after one practiced by monks in the 1600s. “Being master brewers, they decided they would take a popular style of beer in Germany, bock beer, make it extra hearty and that would be their liquid bread, and that’s what they call it,” Hall said. “So the monks in Bavaria, they would call doppelbock 'liquid bread,' and basically it would sustain them through the 46 days of Lent.” Hall, who works in a brewery, previously did a four-day water fast and isn't intimidated by his newest challenge. “I'm an Army veteran, I was number one in my class in the Army, I've run a full marathon before, 26.2 miles, I've done big challenges, but this seems very daunting,” Hall said. “So I'm just curious if I'm up to the challenge, if I'm going to be able to do it or not.” Hall has committed to also drinking water during the fast and will be checking in with a doctor. He is documenting his journey on social media.<doc-sep>
The Lenten season is a time Christians give up certain luxuries, including specific types of food to commemorate the sacrifices of Jesus Christ. A man in Ohio is giving up food during the 46-day Lenten season this year but his fast comes with an ironic twist. Beer Only Diet For Lent Del Hall, an employee at Fifty West Brewing Company in Cincinnati, said he will consume only beer during Lent. He is giving up all kinds of solid food and will consume only beer and water until Easter Sunday. Hall said he is inspired by the German monks in the 1600s who would fast during lent and only drank bock-style beer. Hall, an Army veteran, has done four-day water fast before, but he acknowledged that consuming only beer for several weeks can be challenging. "I'm just curious if I'm up to the challenge, if I'm going to be able to do it or not," he said. Hall is so far consuming between two and five beers per day. He is apparently aware of the potential dangers of subsisting only on beer for the entire length of the Lenten season, so he is taking a vitamin daily and will be checking in with a doctor. Hall is documenting his lent diet on social media and is tracking his weight. On March 8, he tweeted he lost 7.2 pounds on his day 3 weigh-in. Homebrewer And Author J. Wilson's Beer-Only Fast In 2011, homebrewer and "Diary of a Part-Time Monk" author J. Wilson also embarked on a beer only fast for the 46-day duration of Lent. He lost 25.5 pounds, but he claimed he gained so much more from the experience. "The experience proved that the origin story of monks fasting on doppelbock was not only possible, but probable. It left me with the realization that the monks must have been keenly aware of their own humanity and imperfections," he wrote of his experience. ⓒ 2021 TECHTIMES.com All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.