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        "id": 1197595,
        "msgid": "fasting-and-health-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-02-07 00:00:00",
        "title": "Fasting and health",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Fasting and health Indonesian users of the English language should avoid using the English word \"fasting\" to translate the meaning of the Bahasa Indonesia word puasa. Going without food or drink for 12 hours, is a regular occurrence for many of the city's poor and for those who take a long night's rest. To shift the time of day one eats, from the daylight hours to the darkness, can hardly be referred to as a fast or fasting.",
        "content": "<p>Fasting and health<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian users of the English language should avoid using<br>\nthe English word \"fasting\" to translate the meaning of the Bahasa<br>\nIndonesia word puasa. Going without food or drink for 12 hours,<br>\nis a regular occurrence for many of the city's poor and for those<br>\nwho take a long night's rest. To shift the time of day one eats,<br>\nfrom the daylight hours to the darkness, can hardly be referred<br>\nto as a fast or fasting. What would Mahatma Gandhi's fast have<br>\nbeen if it was known that he, actually, had three square meals<br>\neach night? In plain English: It would have been a 40 day puasa<br>\nand no where near the example of self-denial and risk to life<br>\nthat the word \"fasting\" really means!<\/p>\n<p>Oddly, the word \"fasting\" to the English speaking world<br>\ncarries the connotation of passive resistance and disobedience to<br>\nauthority or law. Here we see it presented as a display of piety<br>\nand a recommended weight loss plan. The puasa does not adversely<br>\neffect one's health condition as is aptly pointed out by Dian<br>\nUtami Soekanto (The Jakarta Post, Sunday, Feb. 5, 1995). In fact,<br>\nthe \"effect\" of puasa can truly be said to be neutral, in all<br>\naspects.<\/p>\n<p>Many practitioners of puasa gain personal satisfaction from<br>\ntheir brief periods of self-denial but please don't try to tell<br>\nus how tough it is!  Or, infinitely worse, don't think of forcing<br>\nthe concept on the general public by the closure of eating places<br>\ncatering to those of different faiths. (See SOEROSO, \"Your<br>\nLetters,\" Sunday, Feb. 5, 1995). There is, definitely, no<br>\ndemocracy in that direction!<\/p>\n<p>LINK LUCKETT<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/fasting-and-health-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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