ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2024
Alterations in anthropometric, inflammatory and mental health parameters during Ramadan intermittent fasting in a group of healthy people: a prospective cohort study.
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- Changes in Nutritional Status and Sport-Specific Performance During Ramadan in Adolescent Male Volleyball Players: A Prospective Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Baseline-Dependent Immunometabolic Responses During Prolonged Intermittent Fasting: A Secondary Integrative Analysis.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Four consecutive weeks of dawn-to-dusk intermittent fasting are associated with improved neuropsychiatric symptoms and neurocognitive functions among adults: a prospective cohort.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Intermittent Fasting in Chronic Heart Failure: A Systematic Review of Safety and Physiological Outcomes.Journal of the Saudi Heart Association · 2026Review
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- Ramadan during pregnancy and the role of dietary intake for neonatal health in Kaduna, Northwestern Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Body Weight Changes During Ramadan Intermittent Fasting: A Cross-Sectional Study of Healthy Adults in Turkey.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2025Article
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Abstract
Fasting has been practiced with different time span in different areas of the world and for various reasons. One of the types of fasting regimens is Ramadan intermittent fasting (RIF), which is described as intermittent dry fasting and known as the most commonly practiced form of religious fasting. Different studies have shown its effects on body composition parameters and mental health, fatigue and quality of life (QoL). Elucidating the relationship of RIF on biological parameters would also be of importance to show its mechanism. Therefore, we evaluated several biological mediators related to mental health, such as ß-nerve growth factor (ß-NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), interleukin-8 (IL-8), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and matrix-metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9). This study consisted of fasting (FG;
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