تأثير صيام رمضان على مستوى الدهون والسكر في مصل الدم

Abstract

AbstractThe 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),low-density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C), very- low density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL- C), 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).