Comment: Are we being a bit masochistic in this fasting fetish? With moderation, of course, what's wrong with religions promoting the theme "eat, drink and be merry! for tomorrow we all die" (with moderation of course! i emphasize :-)...
As an SVD Seminarian we liked the alternative meaning of 'svd': 'Smoke Ve Don't. So Ve Drink." Drinking is healthy. Smoking is not! (for the benefit of cigar-puffing KofCs).