ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021
Ramadan Fasting Leads to Shifts in Human Gut Microbiota Structured by Dietary Composition.
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- The effects of time-restricted eating and Ramadan fasting on gut microbiota composition: a systematic review of human and animal studies.Nutrition reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of intermittent fasting on gut microbiota: a systematic review of human studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- Ramadan Fasting in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: Linking the Gut-Mitophagy-Circadian Axis to Endothelial Dysfunction and Hepatic Outcomes.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Ramadan fasting-induced modulation of beneficial and pathobiont gut bacteria in a healthy Iranian population.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Ramadan intermittent fasting and the gut microbiome: modulation of diversity and implications for metabolic health.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- The impact of short-term intensive fasting on physical health and gut microbiota in obese individuals.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- A Comparison of the Response of the Human Intestinal Microbiota to Probiotic and Nutritional Interventions In Vitro and In Vivo-A Case Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- The Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Endothelial Function, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Cardiovascular Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Fasting builds a favorable environment for effective gut microbiota modulation by microbiota-accessible carbohydrates.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Intermittent fasting and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: the potential role of the gut-liver axis.Cell & bioscience · 2025Review
- Intermittent Fasting: Implications for Obesity-Related Colorectal Tumorigenesis.Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America · 2025Review
- Dietary Restrictions and Cancer Prevention: State of the Art.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Dietary composition and fasting regimens differentially impact the gut microbiome and short-chain fatty acid profile in a Pakistani cohort.Frontiers in systems biology · 2025Article
- Circadian Deregulation: Back Facing the Sun Toward Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) Development.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The Potential Role of Boron in the Modulation of Gut Microbiota Composition: An In Vivo Pilot Study.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Metagenomics Analysis Reveals the Composition and Functional Differences of Fecal Microbiota in Wild, Farm, and Released Chinese Three-Keeled Pond Turtles (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Gut microbial ecology and exposome of a healthy Pakistani cohort.Gut pathogens · 2024Article
- Intermittent fasting modulates human gut microbiota diversity in a phenotype-dependent manner: a systematic review.Bioscience of microbiota, food and health · 2024Review
- The Beneficial Effects of Dietary Interventions on Gut Microbiota-An Up-to-Date Critical Review and Future Perspectives.Nutrients · 2023Review
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Abstract
The structure and diversity of human gut microbiota are directly related to diet, though less is known about the influences of ethnicity and diet-related behaviors, such as fasting (intermittent caloric restriction). In this study, we investigated whether fasting for Ramadan altered the microbiota in Chinese and Pakistani individuals. Using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing and self-reported dietary intake surveys, we determined that both the microbiota and dietary composition were significantly different with little overlap between ethnic groups. Principal Coordinate Analyses (PCoA) comparison of samples collected from both groups before and after fasting showed partial separation of microbiota related to fasting in the Pakistani group, but not in the Chinese group. Measurement of alpha diversity showed that Ramadan fasting significantly altered the coverage and ACE indices among Chinese subjects, but otherwise incurred no changes among either group. Specifically,
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