Deserts and gluttony

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I was wondering/thinking-is it a sin and/or gluttony so eat one desert every day? I like donuts in particular and starbucks. But would eating more than one donut a day be a sin?

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Depends when you eat them I guess. If you ate 3 in one sitting that would be greedy! Enjoyable too I guess 😃
 
I have a vague memory of having the sin of gluttony described as indulging in food so much that you make yourself ill (think Roman feasts where they stuffed themselves so much they couldn’t move). An extra desert doesn’t quite fall into that category, although no doubt someone will be along in a minute with a quote from the catechism stipulating how many mouthfuls we are allowed.
 
There is certainly no Church teaching on how many doughnuts we can eat. For health reasons, we should avoid too much sugar.
 
Jacinto1977sd said:
I was wondering/thinking-is it a sin and/or gluttony so eat one desert every day? I like donuts in particular and starbucks. But would eating more than one donut a day be a sin?

Thanks…
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Not to be picky but I think you mean desserts. Deserts might be too sandy to eat… 😃
 
Daizies said:
Not to be picky but I think you mean desserts. Deserts might be too sandy to eat… 😃
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Funny you should mention that because I always thought the correct spelling had only one “s” yet nowadays everyone uses two. I actually had a very old dictionary (can’t find it now) where it was spelled (spelt?) “desert”. According to one of the online dictionaries, the reason for the double s is that it derives from a French word meaning to clear the table. I’ve cleared many a table in my time… no more than my just deserts.😉
 
The sin of gluttony is the over indulgence of food to the point where you feel like you can’t live without it. Gluttony is when you can’t detach yourself from that desire
 
Mariem2 said:
Funny you should mention that because I always thought the correct spelling had only one “s” yet nowadays everyone uses two. I actually had a very old dictionary (can’t find it now) where it was spelled (spelt?) “desert”. According to one of the online dictionaries, the reason for the double s is that it derives from a French word meaning to clear the table. I’ve cleared many a table in my time… no more than my just deserts.😉
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Maybe it’s one of those Canadian spelling things. I was always taught that one “s” is the one with sand and two “s” is the one you want more of 😉
 
PaulfromIowa said:
There is certainly no Church teaching on how many doughnuts we can eat.
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actually…

Can. 168 §1 Even if a person has the right to eat several donuts, the person can eat a donut only once per every three days.

§2. Unless it it is a Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation.

😉
 
One has to judge. Heath concerns too enter into things. Not sure I would recommend a donut a day…

As does virtue.

1809 Temperance is the moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods. It ensures the will’s mastery over instincts and keeps desires within the limits of what is honorable. The temperate person directs the sensitive appetites toward what is good and maintains a healthy discretion: "Do not follow your inclination and strength, walking according to the desires of your heart."72 Temperance is often praised in the Old Testament: "Do not follow your base desires, but restrain your appetites."73 In the New Testament it is called “moderation” or “sobriety.” We ought "to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world."74

scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c1a7.htm#I
 
Bookcat said:
actually…

Can. 168 §1 Even if a person has the right to eat several donuts, the person can eat a donut only once per every three days.

§2. Unless it it is a Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation.

😉
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I’d be more concerned about eating Starbucks after their CEO told those who are against same-sex marriage not to patronise their stores. Then again it is also an addiction 😛

Gluttony would be gorging yourself in front of someone, saying “I’m eating, look at this food, you cannot have it! It’s all mine! Nomnomnom”.

Gluttony would also be eating until you’re ridiculously full. Go ahead, have ya puddin’, but be sensible.
 
LoyalViews said:
I’d be more concerned about eating Starbucks after their CEO told those who are against same-sex marriage not to patronise their stores. Then again it is also an addiction 😛

Gluttony would be gorging yourself in front of someone, saying “I’m eating, look at this food, you cannot have it! It’s all mine! Nomnomnom”.

Gluttony would also be eating until you’re ridiculously full. Go ahead, have ya puddin’, but be sensible.
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The Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told an individual stockholder (who didn’t agree with Howard’s views) that Starbucks has been doing well and that, if the stockholder found a better company than Starbucks, he could go there instead. Howard Schultz never suggested “those who are against same-sex marriage not to patronise their stores”.
 
Zekariya said:
The Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told an individual stockholder (who didn’t agree with Howard’s views) that Starbucks has been doing well and that, if the stockholder found a better company than Starbucks, he could go there instead. Howard Schultz never suggested “those who are against same-sex marriage not to patronise their stores”.
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I’m on a roll lately with getting things wrong. I don’t know what’s happening 😛

Okay. This makes me happy then. Thanks for correcting me.
 
Ah, gluttony. The favorite fascination of the scrupulous Catholic.
 
Not only gluttony is a sin, but donuts are so so so so harmful for your body. So harmful.

Anyway, you could start baking great muffin with good ingredient in them or buy some organic desert instead? Or even consider to eat a nice juicy fruit on an empty stomach instead.

When you eat whole food such fruit/vegetables you crave less junky food. Every sacrifice that you make to resist temptation, you can offer this to God to save soul.

All the best.
 
Chantal25 said:
Not only gluttony is a sin, but donuts are so so so so harmful for your body. So harmful.

Anyway, you could start baking great muffin with good ingredient in them or buy some organic desert instead? Or even consider to eat a nice juicy fruit on an empty stomach instead.

When you eat whole food such fruit/vegetables you crave less junky food. Every sacrifice that you make to resist temptation, you can offer this to God to save soul.

All the best.
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I highly doubt that the doughnut has been proclaimed as harmful by the Catholic Church. 😃 If that is really the case, I’d say that, as long as there is a higher percentage of good ingredients to bad ingredients, the double effect applies here. 😉
 
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