As we are halfway through the month of Ramadan, we rest our gastrointestinal system by staying hungry and thirsty all day long with healthy sahur and iftar meals, and we experience the positive effects of fasting on our spirituality and body day by day. There are many academic studies revealing the effects of fasting on our health. The results of the following research that I have compiled for Yeşiltopuklar readers also show that fasting is a source of healing for our bodies, which we have exhausted for 11 months.
In a study conducted in 2005 on 60 fasting people in Kuwait, the waist circumference of fasting men and women was determined. decreases were found. Excessive waist circumference is a risk factor for diabetes and obesity.
In a study conducted in 2012 at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, examining fasting diabetic people, it was found that fasting reduced the HBA1C (blood sugar in the last 3 months) value. observed.
In a study conducted in Iran published in the Nutritional Journal in 2012, when the blood values of fasting people before and after Ramadan were examined, good cholesterol (HDL) increased during Ramadan, bad cholesterol (LDL) and It was concluded that triglycerides decreased, blood pressure decreased, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference decreased.
In a review study conducted in Iran in 2014, fasting increased HDL cholesterol, decreased LDL cholesterol, increased body weight and fat. It has been shown that it reduces the risk of heart diseases by lowering the heart rate.
In a study conducted in the USA in 2012 on 102 Muslim volunteers of different ethnic origins, fasting people's blood pressure, body weight, waist circumference, triglyceride and malignancy levels at the end of Ramadan were determined. While their cholesterol decreased, their good cholesterol increased. When the people were followed up for another month, it was observed that the decrease in LDL and the increase in HDL continued. (5)
In a study conducted in Indonesia in 2015, while the weight, Body Mass Index, and fat percentage of fasting people decreased, they did not lose protein and muscle. (6)
According to a review conducted in Iran in 2004, the month of Ramadan
According to a study conducted at the University of Tehran in Iran in 2006 and published in the Singapore Medical Journal, decreases in body weight and fasting blood sugar were observed in people who fasted.
Academic studies on fasting will continue to reveal the many benefits of fasting over time. I wish all greenheels readers a happy holiday in advance...
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