Maintaining Lent, which lasts seven whole weeks, is not an easy task. The absence of food on the table, familiar in everyday life, based on milk, eggs, meat, butter is a real challenge for many. Only sweets help not to break the fast.
To answer the question of whether it is possible to eat honey, sugar and jam during fasting, you need to remember what is forbidden for those who are fasting. As you know, products of animal origin (dairy products, meat, lard, fish, eggs) are prohibited. As for the above sweets, they do not belong to such products, therefore, they can be eaten.
Moreover, these sweets will help make food much more delicious. For example, during fasting there are days when you cannot eat little vegetable, so it is during these periods that you can, for example, add honey or jam to porridge or fruit salad, thereby making the dish more delicious.
Herbal tea with the addition of a small amount of honey will help you gain strength, improve your well-being during a period of mild illness, and lift your mood. The same can be said for jam. There is nothing tastier as a breakfast sandwich with lean bread and jam, washed down with freshly brewed sweet tea.
Summing up, it should be noted that sugar, honey and jam are not forbidden to be eaten in fasting, however, these products should still be somewhat limited in your diet, not because of church prohibitions, but primarily because of concern for your health.
Do not forget that Great Lent primarily presupposes spiritual cleansing, which is most easily achieved through bodily cleansing. Restricting food that you enjoy will help you achieve this much more effectively.
