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Compliance with Orthodox Christianity not only offers a theological structure but also a flexible lifestyle pattern with health benefits.

According to Roman Catholicism, the pious believers must fast on the prescribed fasting days by reducing food intake (allowing one full meal and two smaller) and refraining from consuming meat or meat products on these holy days. Fasting is obligatory for all Catholics 18–60 years old on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, unless they are exempt for health reasons. Abstinence from meat is obligatory for those more than 14 years of age. The dietary laws are not universal in the Catholic Church; episcopal conferences are able to propose adjustments on the fasting laws for their home countries.