The impact of religious fasting on human health

Nutrition Journal

Table 3 Effects of Ramadan fasting on blood lipids

Outcome	Reference	Subjects	Effect
Total Cholesterol	Fedail [17]	20 M & 4 W	↑
	Khaled [26]	276 W	↑
	Aksungar [13]	12 M & 12 W	↔
	Bernieh [18]	7 M & 4 W	↔
	El Ati [24]	16 W	↔
	Kassab [51]	44 W	↔
	Ibrahim [14]	9 M & 5 W	↔
	Maislos [29]	16 M & 8 W	↔
	Rakicioğlu [27]	21 W	↔
	Ramadan [34]	13 M	↔
	Sarraf-Zadegan [30]	22 M & 28 W	↔
	Ziaee [31]	41 M & 39 W	↔
	Adlouni [25]	32 M	↓
	Fakhrzadeh [41]	50 M & 41 W	↓
	Salehi [55]	28 M	↓
LDL Cholesterol	Ziaee [31]	41 M & 39 W	↑
	Aksungar [13]	12 M & 12 W	↔
	Maislos [29]	16 M & 8 W	↔
	Sarraf-Zadegan [30]	22 M & 28 W	↔
	Adlouni [25]	32 M	↓
	Fakhrzadeh [41]	50 M & 41 W	↓
HDL Cholesterol	Adlouni [25]	32 M	↑
	Aksungar [13]	12 M & 12 W	↑
	Fakhrzadeh [41]	50 M & 41 W	↑
	Maislos [29]	16 M & 8 W	↑
	Sarraf-Zadegan [30]	22 M & 28 W	↔
	Ziaee [31]	41 M & 39 W	↓

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