Fasting

Dietary choices during Ramadan may moderate the associations between intermittent fasting during pregnancy and newborn health, according to study results published in PLOS ONE.

Continuing enteral nutrition until extubation may be a safe and better option than fasting, according to study results presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Critical Care Congress and published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Intermittent fasting was associated with a lower risk for COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality and could be used as a complementary therapy to vaccination, according to researchers.

A calorie-restricted intermittent fasting intervention demonstrated clinical efficacy in achieving type 2 diabetes remission, a recent study showed.

Fasting up to 1 hour before a cardiac implantable electronic device procedure was more beneficial than fasting up to six hours before, in terms of well-being and safety, according to study results published in Europace.

Intermittent fasting might benefit patients with overweight, obesity, prediabetes or insulin resistance, according to a presentation at the virtual meeting of the American Society of Nutrition.

Intermittent fasting can provide flexibility, convenience, affordability and simplicity to any diet if implemented correctly, according to a presentation at the Obesity Medicine Association Spring Conference.

Intermittent fasting during the month of Ramadan was associated with deterioration of clinical parameters in a small group of patients with ulcerative colitis, according to research published in BMC Gastroenterology.

Multiple dietary pathways can lead to weight loss, and adherence to a weight-loss program is a better predictor for success than the type of eating pattern a person chooses, according to a speaker.

Both the 5:2 diet and standard weight management advice were associated with modest weight loss results, but the 5:2 diet received significantly higher ratings among participants, according to findings published in PLoS One.