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I am wondering how much is too much food on a fasting day. The rules are kind of vague so I wonder how to really know. For example I didn’t eat breakfast my lunch was a bowl of oatmeal with peanut butter and a banana. For a snack I had peanut butter and jelly sandwich and for supper I had a fish sandwich and fries. I guess my meals were not a whole lot smaller than usual but I did not have snacks in between, which I am a big snacker. So in that sense I did eat less. I do tend to get hypoglycemic I get shakey, headaches, dizzy etc… (not officially diagnosed by a doctor, just through the nurse) I didn’t feel hungry very much because I ate so much protein, because I was trying to avoid low blood sugar since I couldn’t snack. Anyway I guess I am asking if I did alright on the fasting or did I commit a sin by eating too much.
 
Are you asking for Catholic teaching on fasting? Or spiritual, personal fasting and prayer?
 
Kayla123: you didnt eat too much.but you said you ate a lot of protein so you would experience your hypoglycemia.(thats wouldnt)I’ve never heard that before.Are you sure you got your facts right?to reduce hypoglycemia one needs to eat sugar
 
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Kayla123: you didnt eat too much.but you said you ate a lot of protein so you would experience your hypoglycemia.(thats wouldnt)I’ve never heard that before.Are you sure you got your facts right?to reduce hypoglycemia one needs to eat sugar
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Eating a lot of protein keeps blood sugar levels steady so that one does not experience the wild ups and downs which cause the symptoms.
 
you are asking medical advice which we are not allowed to give. Ask the doctor for a diet which addresses your condition and stick to it, and don’t fast unless he gives the okay, but you should not be having symptoms for the two days of fasting the Church requires simply by skipping snacks. See your doctor. People who cannot fast due to medical reasons are not bound by the fast in any case, and never were.
 
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