The holy Ramadan season offers the best chance to maintain a healthy lifestyle because Muslim can control his eating habits by fasting. Fasting during is for variety of conditions, including those that affect pregnant women, people with diabetes, kidney disease, high cholesterol, obesity, hypertension, hormone cortisol, immune system, who have peptic ulcers, and cancer. This community service a...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Ramadan fasting on body composition, calorie intake and physical performance in young female athletes undertaking training sessions during Ramadan. METHODS Twelve voluntary female athletes (15-27 years old) were assigned to the research. A prospective study was conducted to investigate the athletes on four different occasions: one w...

BACKGROUND Many Muslim diabetes patients choose to participate in Ramadan despite medical advice to the contrary. This study aims to describe Qatar pharmacists' practice, knowledge, and attitudes towards guiding diabetes medication management during Ramadan. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed among a convenience sample of 580 Qatar pharmacists. A web-based questionnaire...

BACKGROUND Muslims go through strict Ramadan fasting from dawn till sunset for one month yearly. These practices are associated with disturbed feeding and sleep patterns. We recently demonstrated that, during Ramadan, circadian cortisol rhythm of Saudis is abolished, exposing these subjects to continuously increased cortisol levels. HYPOTHESIS Secretory patterns of other hormones and metaboli...

Aim: we conducted this study to investigate the role of Ramadan fasting on oxidative stress. Materials and method: 23 people (16 male, 7 female) aged between 25 and 65 years were recruited in this study. 10cc Venous blood samples were taken after 8- to 10- hours fasting on 2 different times: a week before Ramadan and at the end of Ramadan (day 27). Portions of the serum samples were used immedi...

  Background :Many pregnant Muslim women choose to fast during Ramadan every year worldwide. This study aimed to examine the effect of Ramadan fasting on serum leptin, neuropeptide Y and insulin in pregnant women and find whether fasting during pregnancy could have a negative effect on the health of mothers and fetuses.   Methods : This cross-sectional study was conducted on 39 healthy voluntee...

introduction: metabolic syndrome constitutes a cluster of risk factors such as obesity, hyperglycemia,  hypertension, and dyslipidemia, which increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases and type ii diabetes mellitus. in this review article, we aimed to discuss the possible effects of fasting and regular physical activity on risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.  methods: online databases i...

ramadan fasting is prescribed by quran for every able‐bodied, adult muslim and is considered an obligatory act of worship. during ramadan, the majority of muslims eat two major meals- one before dawn (sahar) and another immediately after the sunset (iftar). islamic fasting, due to its particular nature, may cause metabolic and hormonal changes in the body, which are different from those in regu...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Ramadan fasting on body composition, aerobic exercise performance and blood lactate, heart rate and perceived exertion in regularly trained young soccer players. Sixteen male soccer players participated in this study. Mean age, stature, body mass and training age of the players were 17.4±1.2 years, 175.4±3.6 cm, 69.6±4.3 kg and 5.1±1.3 yea...