OBJECTIVES This paper reviews available information on insulin regimens that may enable patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus to fast during the month of Ramadan with minimal complications. It also provides guidance for health care professionals in managing patients who wish to observe the fast. METHODS Relevant English-language articles were identified through searches of the MEDLINE, EMBAS...

Few studies have assessed the dietary Practices of people with diabetes during Ramadan (1). A sub study of Ramadan prospective diabetes study (2) which was conducted at the outpatient department of Baqai Institute of Diabetology and endocrinology, Karachi Pakistan in 2009 analyzed the food choices of patients with diabetes during Ramadan. Several irregularities regarding dietary intake and food...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 dif...