Re: Vegetarianism in Hinduism
There are different kinds of fasts. Most general (atleast in North) is you eat once a day anytime you want. You can eat fruits (not vegetables) all day long apart from your one time meal. What you cant eat is anything which has cereals or salt.
Some people abstain use of sea salt during their fasts(i guess because sea salt is made of dead bodies) instead they use “Kala Namak” or rock salt.
There are other fasts in which you dont even drink or eat for the whole day.
Some people do 9 day fasting with out eating anything.