Trial reportBMC women's health2015
Cardiovascular response to short-term fasting in menstrual phases in young women: an observational study.
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- Higher Circulating Cortisol in the Follicular vs. Luteal Phase of the Menstrual Cycle: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2020Pooled it
- Non-Invasive Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Decreases Heart Rate Variability Independent of Caloric Load.Psychophysiology · 2025Trial
- Influence of an acute fast on ambulatory blood pressure and autonomic cardiovascular control.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2022Trial
- Effect of an Ad Libitum Milk Supply During the First Three Weeks of Life of Dairy Calves on Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability During Feeding and Rehousing.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Acute fasting reduces tolerance to progressive central hypovolemia in humans.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024Article
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- Impact of nutritional diet therapy on premenstrual syndrome.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
- Intermittent Fasting: Potential Utility in the Treatment of Chronic Pain across the Clinical Spectrum.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Influences of Fasting on Stress Response and Withdrawal Symptoms in Habitual Khat Users.European addiction research · 2021Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Within-Person Changes in Cardiac Vagal Activity across the Menstrual Cycle: Implications for Female Health and Future Studies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- Fed and fasted states on heart rate variability, hemodynamic heart rate and blood pressure in adults submitted to moderate aerobic exercise.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2019Article
- Validity of Self-Reported Body Mass, Height, and Body Mass Index in Female Students: The Role of Physical Activity Level, Menstrual Cycle Phase, and Time of Day.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundMenstrual cycle-related symptoms are an important health issue for many women, and some may affect cardiac autonomic regulation. In the present study, we evaluated the cardiovascular and physiological stress response to 12-h short-term fasting in the menstrual phases of healthy young women.
methodsWe performed a randomized crossover study. Subjects were seven female university students (age: 22.3 ± 1.0 years). The experiments comprised four sessions: meal intake in the follicular phase, meal intake in the luteal phase, fasting in the follicular phase, and fasting in the luteal phase. All subjects participated in a total of four experimental sessions during two successive phases (follicular and luteal phase in the same menstrual cycle, or luteal phase and follicular phase in the next menstrual cycle) according to a randomized crossover design. R-R intervals were continuously recorded before and after meals, and power spectral analysis of heart rate variability was performed. Other physiological data were obtained before and 20, 40, 60, and 80 min after meal intake or after the corresponding time point of meal intake (fasting in the follicular or luteal phase).
resultsHeart rate decreased during fasting in the follicular and luteal phases. High frequency power increased during fasting in the follicular and luteal phases. In addition, salivary cortisol concentrations decreased during fasting in the luteal phase.
conclusionsIn the present study, short-term fasting resulted in higher parasympathetic activity and lower cortisol levels in the luteal phase in these young women. These results indicate a possibility to produce an anti-stress effect in the luteal phase, which may reduce menstrual symptoms.
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