Just a thought. You start reading the church Fathers and Mothers and you’ll run into ascetic and fasting practices sooner rather than later, which leads to research on Wickipedia; among other places.
The Lenten fast was the most stringent. Bread, fruits and veggies mostly. But, the sick, the old, children under 14 and I would imagine pregnant and nursing mothers were exempt from the full rigors of the fast. It’s spring; food supplies may be beginning to run a little short. It sounds a little crass, but rules provided a religious foundation for the protection of the most vulnerable members of the community.
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