The Controversial History of Fasting

A Taste of the Past by Heritage Radio Network

Oct 4, 202300:41:21Arts

Fasting from food is a controversial, dangerous, and yet utterly normal human practice. Christine Baumgarthuber discusses our fascination with restrictive eating in cultural history from her new book, Why Fast? If fastin...

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