Ramadan Fasting, Microbiota and FABP4

Launched by OKAN UNIVERSITY · Oct 23, 2023

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The sample of the study was determined as 10 volunteer male participants who fasted during the Ramadan and met the inclusion criteria. Participants will not be subjected to any energy restriction, they will be fed ad-libitum and only the effect of intermittent fasting and fasting time on the variables will be examined.

Intermittent fasting is supported by increasing studies showing that it has a purifying effect on health. In particular, fasting practices exceeding 16 hours induce autophagy at the cellular level and this continues its effect in all tissue and organ systems after the regene...

Gender

MALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Not having a chronic disease diagnosed by a doctor (DM, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cancer, chronic renal failure, GI problems, etc.)
• • 2. Being a male between the ages of 20-50
• • 3. Body mass index (BMI) \> 18.5 and \< 34.9 kg/m2
• • 4. Not drinking alcohol
• • 5. Not having applied any diet program in the last 6 months
• • 6. Not taking prebiotic or probiotic supplements in the last 6 months
• • 7. Not having used antibiotics in the last 6 months
• • 8. Not using nutritional supplements
• • 9. Volunteering to participate in the research
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Women will not be included in the study due to the fact that they will not be able to fast the entire Ramadan fast due to menstruation.