PURPOSE To examine the subjective perception of daily acute fasting on sports performance, training, sleep and dietary patterns of Muslim athletes during the Ramadan month. METHODS Seven hundred and thirty-four (411 male and 323 female) Malaysian Junior-level Muslim athletes (mean age 16.3 ± 2.6 y) participated in the survey which was designed to establish the personal perception of their spo...

INTRODUCTION Muslims abstain from food and fluid between the hours of sunrise to sunset, and usually eat a large meal after sunset and a lighter meal before sunrise. The purpose of this study was to assess body composition, nutrient intake and physical activity patterns during Ramadan fasting. METHODS This study was carried out during Ramadan in October 2004. A total of 57 female subjects wer...

Previous studies suggest that Ramadan exposure during pregnancy might affect the health of women and their babies, particularly through the effect of fasting. This study aimed to evaluate the association between Ramadan exposure and fasting during pregnancy on the birth weight of newborns. This study concerned 1351 pregnant women from a prospective cohort in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ramadan exposure...

Objectives. This study aimed to examine the effect of Ramadan fasting on HbA1c in Muslim patients with type 2 diabetes. The incidence of hypoglycemia and glycemic changes in relation to the adjustment of doses of antidiabetic agents, diet, and physical activity during Ramadan was also evaluated. Methods. This was a prospective study conducted in an outpatient endocrine clinic. A set of question...

Total abstention from food and water from sunrise to sunset during the month of  Ramadan, is practiced by hundreds of millions of Muslims throughout the world. This pattern of fasting during Ramadan is different from the usual fasting as people are allowed to eat and drink between sunset and dawn but not after dawn. The amount and type of food (rich in protein, fat and sugar) eaten during the n...

Fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan entails abstinence from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to sunset. Although the sick are exempted (Holy Koran, Al-Bakarah, 183– 185), many patients, including those with diabetes, choose to go ahead with fasting, often for social and cultural as well as religious reasons (1). We have explored changes in glucose profiles of patients with ty...

conclusions despite the relatively high level of knowledge in the context of the general principles of a diet to prevent ramadan-related complications, practical training in regard to the amounts of nutrients associated with ramadan-related complications is both necessary and recommended. background ramadan fasting is associated with some lifestyle changes. a lack of nutritional needs knowledge...

OBJECTIVES Muslims observe fasting during the month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. Available literature shows that although several studies have been conducted on athletes to determine the effects of Ramadan fasting in terms of physical fitness and performance, little data are available regarding the knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of athletes (particula...

PURPOSE Muslim athletes may continue training and competing while they are fasting. There is a concern about negative effects of fasting on sports performance. This study aimed to investigate the influence of two training time frames on athletes' body composition and performance during Ramadan fasting. METHODS An observational study was conducted and thirty four male volunteer athletes from d...

BACKGROUND During the fasting month of Ramadan, practicing Saudis develop severe disturbances in sleeping and feeding patterns. Concomitantly, cortisol circadian rhythm is abolished, diurnal cortisol levels are elevated and circulating levels of several adipokines are altered favouring insulin resistance. AIM To examine changes in the expression of CLOCK and glucocorticoid-controlled genes, s...