The effect of Ramadan fasting & Moderate exercise on body weight,serum glucose & lipid profile in healthy fasting subjects.

M. Marbut, Mossa; J. Manssor, Abdulrahman; A. Abdulrahman, Mustafa

	The effect of Ramadan fasting & Moderate exercise on body weight,serum glucose & lipid profile in healthy fasting subjects.
Medical Journal of Tikrit
Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 122, 2016, Pages 26-30
Authors
Mossa M. Marbut; Abdulrahman J. Manssor; Mustafa A. Abdulrahman
Abstract
Ramadan fasting (RF) , the body has regulatory mechanisms that activate during fasting,by efficient way of utilization of body fat. High blood cholesterol & uric acid have been consideredas health risk factors for cardiovascular diseases & gout. A prospective study was carried out ondoctors of Samara hospital. 30 normal healthy male doctors were participated in this study agingbetween 26 to 30 years, residing in the hostel of hospital (15 subjects in group 1with only fasting &15 subjects in group 2 fasting Ramadan with moderate exercise). Five ml of venous blood wasdrawn from each volunteer after about 10 hours of fasting on the first & 27th of Ramadan & serumwas obtained. Body weight was measured to the nearest 100 gm. There is a slight decrease in bodyweight from 70.7 to 69.7 kg, but the difference is not significant in fasting subjects of fasting grouponly. The same finding was notice in group 2.In regard to blood parameters, there is slight decrease in blood glucose in both groups, but thisreduction in blood glucose is not significant reduction. Also, a significant decrease in serum LDLcholesterolin fasting group with exercise from 102 at the beginning of Ramadan to 86 mg/dl at theend of Ramadan with a reduction rate equal to 15.7 %. While the same result was notice in group 1with fasting only & reduction rate in LDL equal to 35.8%. However, there is a significant increasein serum HDL- cholesterol in both groups.
Keywords
The effect of Ramadan fasting; Serum

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