Ramadan Fasting and its Health Benefits: What’s New?

Rahman, Shahrul

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2022.9508

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“…Fasting can be seen as an example of a practice emphasized in Islam. Fasting serves two purposes: fulfilling duty and personal growth by cultivating self-discipline, adaptability, and patience in response to urges or desires (Hossain, 2012;Pakkir Maideen et al, 2017;Rahman, 2022). Fasting can impact an individual's self-control, especially when it comes to well-being (Hidayati, 2020;Rahmi, 2015).…”

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Religious Coping among Working Muslim Women in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Fatimah,

Junanah,

Husain

2023

Millah J. Rel. Stud.

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Being a working woman is challenging, often entailing multiple conflicts. Despite these challenges, working women effectively navigate through a range of religious coping mechanisms. This study explored the application of religious coping by working Muslim women in Yogyakarta, Indonesia when confronted with stress-inducing situations. This study employed a quantitative approach using a survey method. The participant pool comprised of 54 working Muslim women from several locations in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The research instrument included a religious coping scale featuring five coping types: Doubt about God's power and love, self-reflection and hopeful thinking, coping with pressure to achieve life changes, forgiveness based on religion, and rituals. The findings indicate that working women employ four coping strategies to address the pressures they encounter. Notably, none of the working women selected Doubt for God's power and love. This suggests that all participants in the study held the belief that God consistently supports them in overcoming challenges in life, especially those stemming from managing multiple roles.

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Religious Coping among Working Muslim Women in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Fatimah,

Junanah,

Husain

2023

Millah J. Rel. Stud.

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“…Lifestyle changes during Ramadan may reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors in both obese and normalweight adults via a reduction in body mass and improvements in blood lipid profiles [35,50]. Lifestyle changes may positively improve health and well-being [51][52][53][54][55]. One study reported no significant change to PA levels in university students during Ramadan compared to the pre-Ramadan period [2].…”

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The role of lifestyle changes to diet, physical activity, and sleep during Ramadan in controlling metabolic syndrome in adults: a scoping review

2024

JOMH

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This scoping review aimed to investigate the role of lifestyle changes during Ramadan in controlling metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adults. The lifestyle factors investigated were diet, physical activity (PA) and sleep. The review was guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist, and Joanna Briggs Institute methodological frameworks. The Web of Science, Google Scholar, PubMed, CINAHL (EBSCO), and Scopus databases were searched using the following terms: "diet", "physical activity", "sleep" and/or "lifestyle" with "Ramadan", "Ramadan month" or "the month of Ramadan". The selection included all research articles published from January 1998 until the end of June 2023. Only full-text studies that met the selection criteria were reviewed. A lack of robust evidence exists on the impact of lifestyle changes during Ramadan on MetS components. The scarcity of cohort studies in this area is likely because they could only be conducted during a particular month each year. However, the available evidence shows that lifestyle changes during Ramadan, including PA, diet and sleep, may be significant in MetS control. The evidence suggests that diet is the most influential factor on MetS components during Ramadan month, whereas sleep is the least influential. Ramadan represents an opportunity for patients to enhance their control of MetS components by combining a healthy diet with PA and good sleep hygiene. Further robust studies are required to develop an in-depth understanding of the impact of lifestyle changes during Ramadan on MetS components.

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“…All Muslims who fast the holy month of Ramadan have metabolic changes as a result of these alterations [1] .Many Muslim patients with acute or chronic medical conditions prefer fasting. Religiosity, personal beliefs, and spirituality are crucial factors of the social determinants that impact health-related behaviors and treatment adherence of patients [2,3] .…”

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First-time Usage of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Who Are Fasting Ramadan: Efficacy and Safety

Abodahab,

Khalil,

Abdelal

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Introduction: Ramadan fasting claims a necessary role in management of diabetes. Many people with type 2 diabetes insist on fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, which represents a challenge to their physicians to provide balance between preventing hypoglycemia or diabetic ketoacidosis and good control of hyperglycemia with its short- and long-term complications. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are a glucose-lowering therapy for type 2 diabetes which are generally well tolerated but may carry the risk of dehydration and hypoglycemia particularly during the long fasting hours. The study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of the use of SGLT2i for the first-time during Ramadan fasting. Methods: This prospective cohort study was carried out on 61 Egyptian Muslim patients, aged ≥ 18 years old, both sexes, with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), prepared to fast during Ramadan and treated with SGLT2i for the first time as a supplementary to metformin or another oral hypoglycemic drug. The dose of SGLT2i started after Iftar time. During and Six weeks after Ramadan, evaluations were conducted. Results: Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), and creatinine were significantly lower after Ramadan than at the beginning of Ramadan. The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was significantly higher after Ramadan than at the beginning of Ramadan. Hypoglycemia, dehydration, and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) did not occur in any patient. There was a significant negative correlation between age and HbA1c (r=-0.267, P = 0.037) and eGFR (r =-0.684, P < 0.001) after Ramadan while there was no correlation between the duration of DM and HbA1c before and after Ramadan. HbA1c was significantly lower after Ramadan than during Ramadan in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), hypertension (HTN), peripheral neuropathy (PN), and chronic kidney disease (CKD) (P < 0.05). Conclusions: SGLT2i is effective and safe during Ramadan fasting with a significant reduction in HBA1c, blood pressure, and creatinine and a significant elevation of eGFR. Trial registration Clinical Trials giv ID: NCT06370247

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Ramadan Fasting and its Health Benefits: What’s New?

Cited by 3 publications

References 50 publications

Religious Coping among Working Muslim Women in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Religious Coping among Working Muslim Women in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

The role of lifestyle changes to diet, physical activity, and sleep during Ramadan in controlling metabolic syndrome in adults: a scoping review

First-time Usage of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Who Are Fasting Ramadan: Efficacy and Safety

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