Fast (fa:st, -œ-): To abstain from food, or to restrict oneself to a meager diet, either as a religious observance or as a ceremonial expression of grief; to go without food; also (contextually) to go without drink; to pass (time) fasting; to keep or observe (a day, etc.) as a time of abstinence.1 God created the human body to require food to keep it operating. To make sure the body gets fuel, God created within us an appetite for food, called hunger. Eating satisfies our appetite and