introduction: the aim was to assess the effects on lifestyle and lipid profile while fasting during holy month of ramadan. material and methods: an interventional cohort study designed with 160 subjects who were fasting during ramadan recruited from different mosques in kermanshah. data were collected in three stages at the beginning and at the end of ramadan as well as one month following rama...

literature concerning the effects of ramadan fasting on sports performance presents conflicting results. in this context, some studies reported a significant impairment of sports performance during the month of ramadan. however, other studies suggested that ramadan fasting has no significant effect on physical performance.  the discrepancies between the studies could be explained by time-of-day...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess the effects of Ramadan fasting on several biochemical and anthropometric parameters in physically active men by comparing fasters and nonfasters before, during, and after Ramadan. METHODS Eighteen physically active men (10 fasters and 8 nonfasters) participated in this study. Subjects visited the laboratory for a total of four sessions on the follow...

background: fasting during the holy month of ramadan (fasting) for muslims is a religious duty. the impact of fasting on some diseases has been reported in medical literature. this study evaluated the effects of fasting on appendicitis. in this population-based descriptive study, we investigated whether the incidence of acute appendicitis differs during fasting compared to other non fasting lun...

UNLABELLED Objective(s) : Fasting during the month of Ramadan is a religious obligation and belief for healthy adult Muslims. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of Ramadan Fasting and physical activity on 'Blood Hematological-Biochemical Parameters'. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, twenty-six healthy males in two experimental groups were compared in two different i...

Judo is a weight-classified combat sport, and many athletes seek to compete at the lightest possible weight category to gain an advantage from competing against shorter/smaller, and supposedly weaker opponents. To achieve a desired weight, most judokas opt for rapid weight loss techniques. Short-duration maximal efforts are not greatly affected by "making weight", but prolonged and/or repeated ...

INTRODUCTION Ramadan fasting is a religious obligation which is practised by Muslim population all over the world. However, there is scarcity of scientific literature regarding its effects on health determinants in cardiovascular disturbances like hypertension. OBJECTS The present study was done to assess the (BP), body weight and serum cholesterol changes over the period of Ramadan fasting i...

OBJECTIVES To examin the effect of Ramadan fasting on worsening of renal function (WRF). Method: This was a single-arm prospective observational study including 65 patients with stage 3 or higher chronic kidney disease (CKD). By definition, WRF was considered to have occurred when serum creatinine levels increased by 0.3 mg/dL (26.5 µmol/l) from baseline during or within 3 months after Ramadan....

S ustained fasting over a period is a feature of several of the world’s great religions. One of the five fundamental rituals of Islam is fasting during the month of Ramadan. Muslims neither eat nor drink anything from dawn until sunset. Fasting may have negative effects on cardiac patients because of the limited time allowed for food intake and the heavy physical worship that is performed after...

Dear Editor, I read the article “Kidney function and metabolic profile of chronic kidney disease and hemodialysis patients during Ramadan fasting” written by Al Wakeel,1 and its the comment on that written by Einollahi and colleagues2 with great enthusiasm. The holy and blessed month of Ramadan (in Arabic and Farsi language, Ramadhaan), the 9th month of the Muslim lunar calendar (Hijra), is of ...