Daniel Fast

[2][5] The passage in Chapter 1 refers to a 10-day test wherein Daniel and others with him were permitted to eat vegetables and water to avoid the Babylonian king's food and wine.

In the biblical narrative of the first chapter of the Book of Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar's siege of Jerusalem happened in the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, whose successor Jeconiah is not mentioned.

Daniel decided not to defile himself with the royal rations, which included meat that may not have been drained of blood, as required by Jewish law,[12] or that was likely often used as ritual offering to the Babylonian god Marduk and his divine son Nabu.

For 10 days, they were permitted to eat just vegetables, and at the end, the guard was surprised at their good personal appearance and physical and mental health, compared to those who had accepted the royal foods.

The tenth chapter, and possibly the whole of the Book of Daniel, was composed between 167 and 164 BCE, during the persecution of Jewish people carried out by the Hellenistic King Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

It thus requires abstinence from "meat, fish, egg, dairy products, chocolates, ice creams, sugar, sweets, wine or any alcoholic beverages".

The diet also excludes processed foods, additives, preservatives, spices, flavorings, sweeteners, caffeine, alcohol, and products made with grains.

[6] Ellen G. White, founder of the Seventh-day Adventist tradition, states that the example of Daniel demonstrates that "a strict compliance with the requirements of God is beneficial to the health of body and mind.

"[19] In January 2019 Time magazine reported that "Chris Pratt gave it new popularity recently by posting an Instagram story about adopting it as his latest diet.