Role of therapeutic fasting in women's health: An overview
| Autor: | Pranav G Khawale, Pradeep M.K. Nair |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Future studies fasting therapeutic fasting Alternative medicine Medicine (miscellaneous) menopause Review Article lcsh:Geriatrics lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics 03 medical and health sciences women’s health Intervention (counseling) Internal medicine Intermittent fasting Medicine lcsh:RG1-991 Human studies business.industry medicine.disease women's health Mental health Diet Menopause Regimen lcsh:RC952-954.6 030104 developmental biology Endocrinology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Mid-Life Health, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 61-64 (2016) Journal of Mid-Life Health |
| ISSN: | 0976-7819 0976-7800 |
| Popis: | Fasting is a therapeutic tool practiced since millennia by different cultures and medical systems heterogeneously. PubMed and Google Scholar search engines were searched using the keywords "fasting," "intermittent fasting," "calorie restriction," "women's health," "women's disorders," "fasting and aging," and "fasting and health." All the animal and human studies which address women's health and disorders were included in the review. Fasting has shown to improve the reproductive and mental health. It also prevents as well as ameliorates cancers and musculoskeletal disorders which are common in middle-aged and elderly women. The present studies available have limitations such as majority of the studies are preclinical studies and human studies are with lesser sample size. Future studies should address this gap by designing medically supervised fasting techniques to extract better evidence. Nevertheless, fasting can be prescribed as a safe medical intervention as well as a lifestyle regimen which can improve women's health in many folds. |
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