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What does ‘fast’ mean?
A
When a Jew prays in a Synagogue
B
When a person doesn’t eat or drink for a period of time
C
Moving or capable of moving at a high speed
D
When a person eats and drinks for a period of times
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -To fast is a verb that means “to abstain from all food, ‘’ or “to eat only sparingly or of certain kinds of food, especially as a religious observance.” Someone can fast for a week, for example, or you could say that someone who isn’t eating for a period of time is fasting.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fast is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word, faest, which means “firm” or “fixed.” The practice of going without food at certain times was called fasting, from the Anglo-Saxon, faesten, to hold oneself from food.

Detailed explanation-3: -Not eating for 24 hours at a time is a form of intermittent fasting known as the eat-stop-eat approach. During a 24-hour fast, you can only consume calorie-free beverages.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fasting for 48 hours may boost your health by promoting weight loss, improving insulin sensitivity, and reducing inflammation. It may also help you live longer by delaying cell aging.

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