Scientific evidence of diets for weight loss: Different macronutrient composition, intermittent fasting, and popular diets

R Freire - Nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
New dietary strategies have been created to treat overweight and obesity and have become
popular and widely adopted. Nonetheless, they are mainly based on personal impressions …

Effect of Ramadan fasting on weight and body composition in healthy non-athlete adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

HA Fernando, J Zibellini, RA Harris, RV Seimon… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Ramadan involves one month of fasting from sunrise to sunset. In this meta-
analysis, we aimed to determine the effect of Ramadan fasting on weight and body …

Energy metabolism and intermittent fasting: the Ramadan perspective

N Lessan, T Ali - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Intermittent fasting (IF) has been gaining popularity as a means of losing weight. The
Ramadan fast (RF) is a form of IF practiced by millions of adult Muslims globally for a whole …

Impact of Ramadan fasting on dietary intakes among healthy adults: a year-round comparative study

H Shatila, M Baroudi, R El Sayed Ahmad… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Religious rituals are considered among the principle factors that impact dietary behaviors
and food selections. The main objective of this study is to characterize food intake among …

Impact of Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting on the metabolic syndrome components in healthy, non-athletic Muslim people aged over 15 years: a systematic review …

HA Jahrami, J Alsibai, AA Obaideen - British Journal of Nutrition, 2020 - cambridge.org
Studies on the impact of Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting (RDIF) on the metabolic
syndrome (MetS) components among healthy Muslims observing Ramadan month have …

Does four-week consecutive, dawn-to-sunset intermittent fasting during Ramadan affect cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy adults? A systematic review, meta …

HA Jahrami, MAIE Faris, AI Janahi, MI Janahi… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aims This study aimed to evaluate the effects of Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting (RDIF;
29–30 days) on cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRF) in healthy adults, and examine the …

Islamic fasting and weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Sadeghirad, S Motaghipisheh, F Kolahdooz… - Public health …, 2014 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveStudies on the effects of Ramadan fasting on weight changes have been
contradictory. We brought together all published data to comprehensively examine the …

A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of the impact of diurnal intermittent fasting during Ramadan on body weight in healthy subjects aged 16 …

HA Jahrami, J Alsibai, CCT Clark… - European journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Studies on the effect of Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting (RDIF) on body weight
have yielded conflicting results. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review and meta …

Impact of caloric and dietary restriction regimens on markers of health and longevity in humans and animals: a summary of available findings

JF Trepanowski, RE Canale, KE Marshall, MM Kabir… - Nutrition journal, 2011 - Springer
Considerable interest has been shown in the ability of caloric restriction (CR) to improve
multiple parameters of health and to extend lifespan. CR is the reduction of caloric intake …

A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of the impact of diurnal intermittent fasting during Ramadan on glucometabolic markers in healthy subjects

H Jahrami, A BaHammam, Z Kalaji, M Madkour… - Diabetes research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aim Studies on the effect of Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting (RDIF) on glucometabolic
markers have yielded conflicting results. We conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the …