“Risk approach strategy” in diabetics on fasting-evidence base through narrative review with a special focus on Ramadan fasting

 

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Abstract

The past two decades have seen a rise in the number of investigations examining the health-related effects of religiously motivated fasts. The fact that fasting is a common religious practice observed not only among Muslims, but among many other religious communities as well underlie a long felt need for drafting recommendations on fasting in diabetic patients as there are no substantial guidelines for the same. An extensive review of the work involving studies across populations in India and other nations across the world was conducted, with the aim to arrive at some broad consensus highlighting on the need for developing strict guidelines for patients with diabetes during fasting, before fasting and afterwards.

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