asting, preventing of taking food and drink from the breaking of dawn to the setting of sun, is a specific religious practice that is obligatory to Muslims based on their actual physical capabilities. Old people, sick people, travelers in certain conditions, pregnant and nursing women when either their own or their fetus/neonate’s health is in danger are exempted from fasting, but must make it ...

purpose: the aim of this study was to compare biochemical tests, body composition and anthropometric parameters in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) patients before and after ramadan fasting. methods: fifty nafld patients including 33 males and 17 females aged 18-65 year, were recruited. subjects attended after diagnosis based on  ultrasound imaging, with at least 10 hour fasting, before...

Why fast? Ramadan is the fasting month of the Muslim calendar. Fasting in Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. During this holy month, healthy adult Muslims are required to abstain eating, drinking and from any sexual activity between dawn to sunset, in an effort to achieve better self control. It is well established that the incidence of some diseases requiring emergency visit, increas...

sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (sglt2) inhibitors are a new glucose-lowering therapy for t2dm with documented benefits on blood glucose, hypertension, weight reduction and long term cardiovascular benefit. they have an inherent osmotic diuretic effect and lead to some volume loss and possible dehydration. there is some concern about the safety of using sglt2 inhibitors in muslim type 2 diabete...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of Ramadan fasting on dietary intakes, nutritional status and biochemical parameters of Turkish pregnant women. METHODS We carried out this study at Dr. Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Care and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey from October 15th to November 13th 2004. Forty-nine fasting group and 49 non-fasting group (control group) voluntarily enrolled for...

A large proportion of Muslim patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) elect to fast during the holy month of Ramadan. For these patients hypo- and hyperglycemia constitute two major complications associated with the profound changes in food pattern during the Ramadan fast, and efficacious treatment options with a low risk of hypoglycemia are therefore needed to manage their T2DM as effecti...

AIM To study the effect of strict prolonged fasting on lipid profile, serum leptin, and high- sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in patients with different stable cardiac illnesses and look for associated new cardiac events and any correlation between entire variables. METHODS A total of 56 patients of different stable cardiac illnesses were followed in our cardiology outpatient for 3 mo...

muslims all over the world fast in the holy month of ramadan. fasting means abstinence from drinking any liquids, eating, smoking and taking anything parenterally.  it is intermittent in nature from the start of dawn to end at dusk. fasting has various physiological effects on different biological parameters of the human body. previous studies that look at effect of ramadan fasting on blood pre...