Sentences with phrase «people abstain from»

Vegetarianism is a diet where people abstain from eating animal meat (red meat, poultry, seafood and the flesh of any other animal) and, for some, animal bi-products.

In fact, on this day, most people abstain from meat or fast completely or prepare a feast to eat just after midnight.

Let non-religious people abstain from worship.

Just like it sounds, a full day fast is when a person abstains from eating for a full 24 hours.

In predominately meat eating populations when you find very few people abstaining from meat, and not going in for regular doctors visits, it could be that they are «ethical» vegetarians.

One person abstained from voting, according to the meeting minutes.

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On Wednesday, people across United States will partake in «A Day Without A Woman «-- a national strike that encourages women to take off from paid or unpaid labor, abstain from shopping, and wear red in solidarity.

In this current economy where people are struggling to make ends meet the catholic church wants a husband and wife to abstain from intimacy because that is the only form of brith control they approve of.

(14) So unto this (religion of Islâm alone and this Qur» ân) then invite (people)(O Muhammad SAW), and stand firm [on Islâmic Monotheism by performing all that is ordained by Allâh (good deeds), and by abstaining from all that is forbidden by Allâh (sins and evil deeds)-RSB-, as you are commanded, and follow not their desires but say: «I believe in whatsoever Allâh has sent down of the Book [all the holy Books, — this Qur» ân and the Books of the old from the Taurât (Torah), or the Injeel (Gospel) or the Pages of Ibrâhîm (Abraham)-RSB- and I am commanded to do justice among you.

I have to respect the people that DO believe in this, but until I find a church that is more spiritual and less about literal myths, I'm going to abstain from the whole process.

(Note: I recently decided to abstain from asking people what they intend to «give up» (specifically) for Lent and also from sharing (specifically) how I intend to observe the season.

A person may prolong his life by eating right, good exercise, good habits, moral attributes that strengthen the mind, abstaining from harmful habits, resisting desires to go to clubs, parties, socials, etc, that includes mischief making mankind, etal.

In the age of AIDS, only two choices are really open to Christian gay people in conformity with Christian values: abstaining from all sexual activity — a response which the majority find impossible - or entering a monogamous relationship.

Lacking such a relation, people are apt to feel that their lives are lacking a basic good, and it therefore makes no sense to most of them to say that, because they are not married, can not marry, or ought not to marry, that they ought also to abstain from sexual relations.

Abstaining from sex in not an option for most people.

Gresh encourages young people to abstain from sex because of her religious values but also presented a neuroscientific case against casual sex:

I know of a few people in my life who love Christ and want to abstain from sin, but they are struggling with sexual sin or sinful desires.

What I'm saying is that if we expect that people are able to overcome their biological needs with regards to drugs and just not acting on every urge we have, why is it unrealistic to expect people to abstain from s - ex?

Most persons would agree that individuals employed as drug counselors should abstain from the use of hallucinogenic drugs and that Oregon acted properly when it denied unemployment benefits to persons discharged for unlawful drug use.

@Kermit The argument you give is that people should abstain from se.x until they're ready to have a baby.

And I do hereby request all the People to abstain on that day from their ordinary secular pursuits, and to unite, at their several places of public worship and their respective homes, in keeping the day holy to the Lord, and devoted to the humble discharge of the religious duties proper to that solemn occasion.

---------------------------- 1But The Spirit speaks plainly that in the last time they shall depart one by one from the faith and they shall go after deceiving spirits and after the teachings of demons, 2These persons who deceive by false appearances and speak lies and sear their consciences; 3And they forbid to be married and they abstain from foods which God has created for use and thanksgiving for those who believe and know the truth.

«They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods,» said Paul, «which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth» (I Timothy 4:1 - 5).

Delegate Al Quie, the former governor of Minnesota, had offered a resolution earlier in the day: «Rostered leadership of this church who are homosexual in their self understanding are expected to abstain from homosexual sexual relations and practicing homosexual persons are precluded from rostered leadership in this church.»

The presbyters must be tenderhearted, merciful toward all, turning back [the sheep] who have gone astray, visiting the sick, not neglecting widow or orphan or poor man, abstaining from all anger, respect of persons, unrighteous judgment, being far from all love of money, not hastily believing [anything] against any one, not stern in judgment, knowing that we are all debtors because of sin.7

Points of interest: 84 people with corpulence and sort 2 diabetes were randomized to a low - carb, ketogenic abstain from food or a calorie confined low - glycemic consume less calories.

Lent is a time of reflection, when many people give up certain vices, abstain from eating meat on Fridays and prepare themselves for the Easter celebration.

Just to be fair should you not be telling people to abstain from meat and even dairy due to all the health problems associated with cholesterol and connection with heart disease and cancer?

«I presume some people have gotten the message and abstained from engaging in criminal activity,» Bharara said.

«Sharing the view that the launch undermines regional peace and stability, we call on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to abstain from further launches using ballistic missile technology or other actions which aggravate the situation on the Korean peninsula,» the G8 ministers said.

Out of 77 people who voted at that meeting, 70 voted for the suspension to be upheld, six abstained from voting, while one voted for him to be reinstated.

She, therefore, urged candidates to obey instructions, desist from seeking help from people and abstain from importing foreign materials into the examination halls.

Six months after quitting, only about one in four people still abstained from smoking — regardless of whether they used a nicotine patch, twice daily varenicline (a pill that cuts cravings) or a combo nicotine lozenge and patch to quit, researchers report in the Jan. 26 JAMA.

While the first guideline recommendation is to abstain from cannabis use to avoid all risks, the remaining recommendations address the elevated potential of risks related to initiating use at a young age, high potency products, alternative delivery systems, heavy use and driving, as well as identifying people at higher risk of problems — with concrete recommendations for risk reduction in each case.

«For example, ziprasidone needs to be taken twice a day with a meal of 500 calories, whereas asenapine must absolutely melt under the tongue, and the patient must abstain from swallowing it, drinking, eating or smoking for 10 minutes afterward,» Vincent said «This is a major challenge since more than one half of people with psychotic disorders do not take their medication as prescribed.

«Many people have felt that abstaining from coffee is associated with being healthy, but this meta - analysis shows this is not necessarilytrue,» said Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, director of Women's Heart Health at Lenox Hill Hospital, in New York City.

People participate by abstaining from drinking in order to raise awareness to drinking culture.

People can abstain from many things and be «fasting» so define your fast, and know what you are trying to achieve.

That's the part that people don't realize... how abstaining from food for several days sharpens your mind and increases your clarity at least 2x.

Chikritzhs and her colleagues contend that previous reviews missed an important limitation: People who abstain from drinking often do so because they're ill.

It times of fasting or sacrifice, people in Biblical times (and still today) abstain from meat.

It gets more often that you hear these people exclaiming proudly how they abstain from drinking it altogether and have switched it to tea, as it's a «lot healthier».

Data from the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation 2015 Food & Health Survey revealed that 30 percent of Americans report limiting or avoiding mono - and polyunsaturated fatty acids, the healthful types people should be consuming more of, not abstaining from.

I believe that with some practice just about anyone can abstain from food for an extended period of time with little discomfort, but for a lot of people, the idea of going without food for a day and a half is a bleak proposition.

There's no good reason for the majority of people to forever abstain from Okinawa sweet potato and never again eat more than a single slice of a summer nectarine.

Intermittent fasting is basically a form of dieting where people purposely abstain from food for a given amount of time.

Abstaining from alcohol may possibly be the best choice to minimize your calories and lose fat easiest, BUT we also need to be realistic and know that social drinking is not something that most people are willing to give up entirely.

People suffering from celiac disease must totally abstain from gluten.

When a person starts abstaining from alcohol, changes in thyroid occur immediately.

The reason why «stop snacking» and «stop drinking liquid calories» are the top two laws is because, one, many people will drastically reduce their caloric intake by adopting them, and two, simply abstaining from snacking and drinking soda requires literally zero time or effort.