AIM Preoperative fasting is an established procedure to be practiced for patients before surgery, but optimal preoperative fasting time still remains controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of "shortened preoperative fasting time" on the change in the amount of total body water (TBW) in elective surgical patients. TBW was measured by multi-frequency impedance method. ...

Restricting caloric intake to 60-70% of normal adult weight maintenance requirement prolongs lifespan 30-50% and confers near perfect health across a broad range of species. Every other day feeding produces similar effects in rodents, and profound beneficial physiologic changes have been demonstrated in the absence of weight loss in ob/ob mice. Since May 2003 we have experimented with alternate...

background: physicians in islamic countries believe that fasting in ramadan is equal to ingestion of thirty pills regularly ingested every year for clearing the blood and fortifying the tissues. the effects of islamic fasting on physiologic functions in normal conditions have been considered in different studies and different topics. this study was to determine the quantitative changes of hemog...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION There is little information regarding how to use insulin degludec (D) when diabetic patients are preparing for total colonoscopy (TCS). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 12 patients with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin D and scheduled to undergo TCS were enrolled in the present study. A continuous glucose monitoring device was attached to each patient for 4 days, from tw...

Fasting is one of the religious practices or rituals/worship found in almost every tradition, including Christian and Islamic traditions. Several scholars studies, through various research, claim that fasting was practiced thousands years ago by adherents world persists to this day. This study attempts describe teachings Christianity Islam then provides an analysis similarities differences impl...

Osteoporosis is considered as one of the most common diseases that women face after their menopause and is caused by both genetic and environmental factors.  Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) gene is one of the important genetic factors contributing in osteoporosis which has a direct and very important relationship with fasting. Fasting is one of the alternatives proved to reduce the DPP-4 level a...

background: the pattern of islamic fasting differs from other forms of fasting, therefore its effect on health also differs. this research studies the effect of islamic fasting on gonadotropin hormones around the time of the ovulatory cycle and ovulation. materials and methods: this self-controlled study was performed on 24 adult females. blood sampling was performed during ramadan and two mont...

OBJECTIVE Subjects (n = 188) with type 2 diabetes and inadequate response to two oral medications (A1C >8.0%) were randomly assigned to treatment with either a third oral medication or an insulin 70/30 mix b.i.d. plus metformin for a comparison of efficacy, safety, and cost. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The protocol called for aggressive dose titration to achieve target values of fasting blood...