Background: -Fasting, the voluntary abstention from all restricted foods, is a feature of many religions, and the putative health benefits have attracted both scientific and popular interest. There is no clear understanding that religious fasting has great effects on metabolic syndrome. There is little data available that provides information concerning Ethiopian Orthodox Christians fasting inf...

Aim: To compare nutrition of fasting and non-fasting women in Moscow. Methods: Daily intake proteins, fats, carbohydrates their fractions, water- fat-soluble vitamins, macro-, micro- ultra trace elements as well the total caloric content diet was estimated 33 32 during Lent. Nutrition assessed by frequency analysis using Nutrilogic software. Results: Fasting had significantly higher (412 g vs. ...

BACKGROUND No study to date has focused on the impact of Greek Orthodox Christian fasting on serum lipoproteins and obesity yet. METHODS 120 Greek adults were followed longitudinally for one year. Sixty fasted regularly in all fasting periods (fasters) and 60 did not fast at all (controls). The three major fasting periods under study were: Christmas (40 days), Lent (48 days) and Assumption (A...

In the December 2004 issue of your journal, in his Out of the Box column, Geoffrey Cannon referred to Ancel Keys’ Seven Countries Study and the fact that Keys and his colleagues seemed to have ignored the possibility that Greek Orthodox Christian fasting practices could have influenced the dietary habits of male Cretans in the 1960s. For this reason, we had a personal communication with Profess...

Considerable interest has been shown in the ability of caloric restriction (CR) to improve multiple parameters of health and to extend lifespan. CR is the reduction of caloric intake - typically by 20 - 40% of ad libitum consumption - while maintaining adequate nutrient intake. Several alternatives to CR exist. CR combined with exercise (CE) consists of both decreased caloric intake and increas...