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A Guide to Fasting Healthily for Ramadan

Fasting during the month of Ramadan is an obligatory practice for healthy adult Muslims. Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting (RDIF) is regarded as a unique form of intermittent fasting involving consistent diurnal abstinence from food and drink for a fasting period that ranges, on average, between 8 and 18 hours (variation results from changes in season […]

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A New Study Says Intermittent Fasting Might Help You Live Longer

One of the most often debated wellness trends of the last decade has been about intermittent fasting: Does it work? Does it foster healthy thinking about food and nutrition? A new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that people who intermittent fast are seeing benefits in fighting heart disease, cancer, neurological […]

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Fasting related diet inflammation in the gut to reverse

Helps diseases a special diet to combat chronic inflammatory bowel? Doctors found that a special Form of diet to reduce inflammation in the gut, and even pre-existing damage in the intestine can be repaired. A low-calorie diet, which mimics the fasting, to heal the potential of our intestines. The scientists from the University of Southern […]

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Study reveals how fasting can improve overall health and protect against aging-associated diseases

In a University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers found evidence that fasting affects circadian clocks in the liver and skeletal muscle, causing them to rewire their metabolism, which can ultimately lead to improved health and protection against aging-associated diseases. The study was published recently in Cell Reports. The circadian clock operates within the body and […]

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Longer daily fasting times improve health and longevity in mice

Increasing time between meals made male mice healthier overall and live longer compared to mice who ate more frequently, according to a new study published in the Sept. 6, 2018 issue of Cell Metabolism. Scientists from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Pennington […]