Fasting

Fasting is primarily the act of willingly abstaining from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time. Concerning that from which one fasts, and the period of fasting, a fast may be total or partial. Fasting practices may preclude sexual activity as well as food, in addition to refraining from eating certain types or groups of foods; for example, one might refrain from eating meat. Medical fasting can be a way to promote detoxification.Fasting for religious and spiritual reasons has been a part of human custom since pre-history. It is mentioned in the Bible, in both the Old and New Testament, the Qur'an, the Mahabharata, and the Upanishads. Fasting is also practiced in many other religious traditions and spiritual practices.Fasting is also used in a medical context to refer to the state achieved after digestion of a meal. A number of metabolic adjustments occur during fasting and many medical diagnostic tests are standardized for fasting conditions. For most medical purposes a person is assumed to be fasting after 8-12 hours. A diagnostic fast refers to prolonged fasting conducted under medical observation for investigation of a problem, usually hypoglycemia. Fasting has occasionally been recommended as a therapeutic intervention by physicians of many cultures, though it is uncommonly resorted to for this purpose by modern doctors. (From the Wikpedia article Fasting.)

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The impact of individualised cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk estimates and lifestyle advice on physical activity in individuals at high risk of CVD. A Pilot 2x2 Factorial "Understanding Risk" Trial. ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: There is currently much interest in encouraging...	19th July, 2008		Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2008 Jul 17;7(1):21. DOI Direct Link
Gene therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus in rats by gastrointestinal administration of chitosan nanoparticles containing human insulin gene. AIM: To study the expression of human insulin gene in gastrointestinal...	19th July, 2008	Department of Endocrinology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, 169	World J Gastroenterol. 2008 Jul 14;14(26):4209-15.
[Application of somatostatin combined with oral vancomycin in the treatment of intestinal obstruction after liver transplantation.] OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of somatostatin combined with oral...	19th July, 2008	Liver Transplantation Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen	Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2008 Jul;11(4):335-8.
Metabolic syndrome in female patients with schizophrenia treated with second generation antipsychotics: a 3-month follow-up. Abstract The objective of this study was to determine the occurrence of...	19th July, 2008	Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb,	J Psychopharmacol. 2008 Jul 17;. DOI Direct Link
Exendin-(9-39) corrects fasting hypoglycemia in sur-1- mice by lowering cAMP in pancreatic beta -cells and inhibiting insulin secretion. Congenital hyperinsulinism is a disorder of pancreatic beta-cell function...	19th July, 2008	Medicine, University Of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA	J Biol Chem. 2008 Jul 17;. DOI Direct Link
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Fasting Clinical Trials:
The Influence of Education of Medical Team on Duration of Fasting Before Elective Medical Interventions Performed Under General Anesthesia in Children	Duration of Preoperative Fasting

Fasting Patents:
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7384967	Aryl carbonyl derivatives as therapeutic agents
7393544	Dispersion for pulmonary delivery of a bioactive agent
7393655	Methods of identifying melanin concentrating hormone receptor antagonists
7393661	Nucleic acids encoding OBG3 polypeptides
7393682	Polynucleotides encoding promyostatin polypeptides
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