introduction: ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar islamic calendar, during which muslims are obliged to perform specific rites and rituals. fasting is considered the most important ritual during the holy month of ramadan. fasting variably influences the health of individuals, which could be attributed to the changes in the concentrations of certain biochemical markers. this study aimed to e...

background: obesity and metabolic syndrome are serious public health problems. it is suggested that high calcium diet can improve lipid profile, blood pressure and insulin resistance. methods: in this clinical trial, 75 healthy overweight or obese premenopausal women were randomly allocated to one of the following dietary regimens for 8 weeks: 1) a control diet 2) a calcium-supplemented diet co...

background and aims: it is well known that dyslipidemia is related to cardiovascular disease, dietary aspect and obesity play an important role in cvd risk factor. in the present study, we investigated the relationship between calorie intake, anthropometrical parameters and serum lipids in apparently healthy women. methods: the subject were 90 healthy women aged between 20-55 who were taken par...

background and aims: dyslipidemia is one of the major factors implicated in the development of the vascular complications of diabetes. in this study, it was evaluated the association between serum lipids profile and hemoglobin a1c (hba1c) in type 2 diabetes mellitus. methods: in this cross-sectional study, the serum lipid profile and hba1c was studied on 562 iranian patients who were older than...

background: concerns have been raised about the possibility of a predisposition of kawasaki disease (kd) to abnormal lipid profile after an acute phase of disease, which can predispose them to premature atherosclerosis later in life. we determined the lipid profile of children late after kd, and compared it with controls. methods: this historical cohort was conducted on 32 subjects: 16 children...

background: visfatin is a new adipocytokine which is largely secreted by visceral adipose tissue and its effects in the development of diabetes and inflammatory reactions are similar to insulin. it acts synergistically with insulin in increasing glucose cellular uptake, stimulating glucose transfer to the muscle and adipose tissue, as well as in preventing hepatic glucose production. its insuli...

objective: patients with metabolic syndrome are prone to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. regarding the importance of nutritional factors in management of metabolic syndrome, this study was designed to evaluate the effects of dark chocolate consumption on serum lipid profile in patients with metabolic syndrome. materials and methods: in this randomized clinical trial, 114 patients with meta...

organic acid occur as physiologic intermediates in variety of intracellular metabolic pathways, such as catabolism of aminoacid, mitochondrial β oxidation of fatty acids, tricarboxilic acid cycle, and cholestrol and fatty acid biosynthesis. the classical organic aciduria represent the pursuit of abnormalities of aminoacid degradation beyond deamination their diagnostic hallmark is an accumulati...

background: diabetes is a common metabolic disorder leading to the development of many complications, among which diabetic retinopathy and macular edema are the most significant. these complications can contribute to blindness if not diagnosed or treated properly, and several studies have been conducted to evaluate the methods for the prevention or slowing down their progression. therefore, ser...