Orthodox Christianity and Primal Living page

[Tim50]

Any Orthodox Christian Groksters here? Our obvious concern would be about the fasting days, when we abstain from all meat, wine and dairy. What do you do then?

[Gary Conway]

I'm not Orthodox but fish, veggies, fruit, nuts? Loads of salads, eggs, sea food, smoothies.

[jammies]

Many people here incorporate regular fasting in to their diets. Could you just fast on your fasting days and eating nothing?

[Tim50]

Yes...we can have fish on some days. All good ideas (except eggs)

[Tim50]

jammies: we can. But we dont always ;-)

Actually, we fast most Wednesdays and Fridays, then we have four fasting seasons annually, the longest being Great Lent, which lasts almost two months, and is the most strict

[tfarny]

I have no idea why this would be a problem. Can you explain why there is a conflict? Do your beliefs tell you that you have to eat grains, industrial oils, or sugar? Certainly, Primal doesn't require you to eat red meat every day.

[Tim50]

There is no conflict. Typically, I would eat eggs, meat and dairy, all things we cannot have on fasting days. Just wondering what other options are

[orielwen]

I'm not Orthodox, but I gather that Great Lent removes oil as well as meat and dairy. So getting decent amounts of fat might be a problem. I'm not sure whether fish is permitted.

[Tim50]

Only olive oil

[Metric]

You may find your answer in this http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread34001.html

I didn't look any further than the first post (since it's not pertinent to myself), unsure if it'll be of any use.