Plasma lipid and high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels were studied in 20 normal, healthy, non-obese males while fasting (150 kcal/d with free intake of water) for 6 d in a hunger strike. Plasma triglyceride and cholesterol levels were increased by 18% after 6 d of fasting. HDL-cholesterol concentration was not significantly changed for 4 d, but decreased by 22% after 6 d. Platelet aggregation ...

posed to have tlie right to exercise his discretion as regards fasting for a certain number of days, but it is no less than gross cruelty to experimentalise with dogs to ascertain how long they can live without sustenance. Such experiments, however, have been lately carried out in Paris, where Dr. Laborde laid a report before the Paris Zoological Society on the results of two cases carried on u...

Surviving prolonged fasting requires various metabolic adaptations, such as energy and protein sparing, notably when animals are simultaneously engaged in energy-demanding processes such as growth. Due to the intermittent pattern of maternal attendance, subantarctic fur seal pups have to repeatedly endure exceptionally long fasting episodes throughout the 10-mo rearing period while preparing fo...

In the present study we have explored the effect of Urtica dioica, a traditional antidiabetic herb used in India and Bangladesh, on insulinemic and chronic inflammatory status of type 1 diabetic model rats. The mature and fresh leaves of U. dioica was collected from the mountain range of Assam in India and the water extract of the leaves was used at a dose of 1.25g/kg body weight. Adult Long-Ev...

Fish can go through periods of feed deprivation, either due to natural causes influenced by temperature or management techniques in animal production, affecting their energy metabolism differently, depending on the duration fasting days and water temperature. This study showed effect different before slaughter rainbow trout analyzing intermediary metabolic enzymes muscle liver. For this purpose...

BACKGROUND Treatment with prostaglandin inhibitors can reduce renal function and impair renal water and sodium excretion. We tested the hypotheses that a reduction in prostaglandin synthesis by ibuprofen treatment during fasting decreased renal water and sodium excretion by increased absorption of water and sodium via the aquaporin2 water channels and the epithelial sodium channels. METHODS T...

Fasting horses significantly enhances the ultrasonographic appearance of the equine small intestine. Administration of water and mineral oil as intraluminal contrast may further enhance the ability of ultrasonography to detect small intestinal pathology. Authors’ address: Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, TAMU 4475, College Station, Texas 77802-4475; e-mail: [email protected] © 2...

Fasting in the rat is associated with a rapid and progressive decrease in insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity in adipose cells, which is not only restored to normal, but increased transiently to supranormal levels by refeeding. The mechanisms for these changes in glucose transport activity appear to involve alterations in both glucose transporter number and intrinsic activity (glucose...

The exact role of leptin in fasting has not been completely elucidated. To determine whether leptin can act in fasting to influence plasma estrogen levels and nitric oxide synthase reactivity in food regulating centers of the brain, we fasted female rats for 4 days and treated them i.p. with vehicle or 100 microg of recombinant mouse leptin as 1 ml on the 3rd and 4th day twice daily (10.00 and ...

Aim: In this study, the effect of intermittent fasting on growth hormone (GH) and ghrelin was examined in rats that fed a standard diet without any application may cause values to decrease or increase order see net fasting. Materials Methods: 12 Wistar albino male were divided into 1st group as Control (standard 2.8% crude fat. 23.1% protein. 5% fiber. 7.1% ash 12.8% moisture) 2nd together with...