1Assistant Professor, Medical Sociology, Subharti Medical College, Meerut
2Assistant Professor Statistics, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut
3Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut
4Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut
5Research Officer (HRRC, ICMR Unit), LLRM Medical College, Meerut
*Corresponding Author: Dr Sartaj Ahmad, Asstt. Professor (Medical Sociology), Swami Vivekananda Subharti University Meerut
Online published on 21 March, 2015.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar calendar and Muslims keep fast during daytime in Ramadan month. Pre dawn meal is known as “Sahari “ and cut-off time is one hour before the sunrise; fast breaking meal known as “ Iftar” it is taken immediately after the sunset.
Starvation and fasting are not synonymous. Nutritional composition of the diet and physiological and biochemical effect of prolonged intermittent fasting has a effect on blood glucose and lipid profile, and it may cause improvement particularly body weight, systolic blood pressure, Triglyceride & LDL, on human body.
Ramadan fasting, body weight, blood sugar, blood lipid profiles, total protein and albumin levels
