The effect of Ramadan fasting on the level of lipids and glucose in the blood serum

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of Ramadan fasting on lipid
level and blood sugar.
The study was performed on 46 healthy adult volunteers and was carried out in
month of Ramadan (November2007) in Babylon city .Each volunteer has observed
fasting for an average 12 hours a day .Blood samples were obtained from them on the
month 1st and 4th week of Ramadan and were analyzed for total Cholesterol(TC),lowdensity
lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C), very- low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDLC),
high - density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL- C ), Triglyceride (TG) and blood
sugar. The LDLC was significantly reduced at the end of fasting (p< 0.005) reducing in
the average TC value was observed at the end fasting but the difference was not
significant (p<0.16). There was anon significant rise in the HDL- C, TG ,VLDL- C, and
blood sugar value at the end of fasting(p>0.05).While the HDL/ LDL ratio was shown a
significant value (p< 0.005).