Impact of Ramadan fasting on serum levels of major endocrinology hormonal and biochemical parameters in healthy non-athlete adults: A systematic review and meta-analyses.

Background: Ramadan Intermittent Fasting (RIF) has the potential to alter hormonal levels in the body. This study investigates the impact of RIF on hormonal levels among healthy individuals during Ramadan.

Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis of previously published studies were conducted, focusing on healthy non-athlete adults.

Association of Major Dietary Patterns with Cardio-metabolic Risk Factors in Type 2 Diabetic Patients.

Background: Role of dietary modifications on the treatment and management of diabetes and complications was shown by many researchers. This study was designed to examine the association of major dietary patterns with diabetes-related cardio-metabolic risk factors in Iranian diabetes.

Methods: Totally, 525 type 2 diabetic subjects with mean age 55 ± 10 yr were included in this cross-sectional study in 2014 that followed for at least two years by the Diabetes and Metabolic disease Clinic of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

The Association of Bread and Rice with Metabolic Factors in Type 2 Diabetic Patients.

Purpose: Carbohydrates are shown to have an important role in blood glucose control, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases risk. This is even more challenging when considering populations consuming refined grains diets. Bread and rice are staple foods which supply main proportion of Iranian calorie intake.

Nutritional Education Needs in Relation to Ramadan Fasting and Its Complications in Tehran, Iran.

Background: Ramadan fasting is associated with some lifestyle changes. A lack of nutritional needs knowledge or the improper performance of fasting, particularly in relation to time, type and amount of food intake, can cause disorders such as indigestion, bloating, constipation, headaches and other clinical problems.

Objectives: To investigate the general knowledge regarding dietary factors associated with Ramadan fasting and its related complications.

Effect of therapeutic dose of vitamin d on serum adiponectin and glycemia in vitamin d-insufficient or deficient type 2 diabetic patients.

Background: Lower vitamin D status has been reported in diabetic patients. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and adiponectin were inversely associated with type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance. Vitamin D may involve in regulation of the adiponectin levels, which is directly related to insulin sensitivity.

Ramadan major dietary patterns.

Background: There has been no data on population based dietary patterns during the Ramadan fasting month.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to detect Ramadan major dietary patterns among those who fast in Tehran.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 600 subjects, aged 18-65 with body mass index (BMI) of 18.

Impact of family support improvement behaviors on anti diabetic medication adherence and cognition in type 2 diabetic patients.

Background: Glycaemic control is the main goal of treatment for type 2 diabetic patients. Hyperglycaemia may result in cognitive decline. More family support may increase medication adherence and decrease glycaemic level.

New challenges in dietary pattern analysis: combined dietary patterns and calorie adjusted factor analysis in type 2 diabetic patients.

Background: Some variability for dietary pattern analysis due to subjective procedures (e.g. arbitrary food categorization and number of factors extraction) was reported.

Bone marker status in mothers and their newborns in Iran.

Objectives: The contribution of maternal skeletal calcium metabolism in pregnancy is evidenced in changes in the markers of bone formation and bone resorption. Changes in maternal bone markers could affect fetal bone mineralization. The aim of this study was to determine the association between maternal and cord blood bone markers.