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Fasting Ramadan During COVID-19 Pandemic: Immunomodulatory Effect

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submitted on 2024-06-30, 12:34 and posted on 2024-06-30, 12:34 authored by Taghreed Abunada, Hanan Abunada, Hatem Zayed

As of April 24, 2020, more than 1. 6 billion Muslims observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan worldwide. The safety of fasting of healthy adult Muslims during the COVID-19 era is debatable. In this perspective, we discuss the available scientific evidence of the advantages of fasting against COVID-19.

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Published in: Frontiers in Nutrition
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2020.557025


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  • English

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Frontiers

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  • 2020

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  • Qatar University
  • Qatar University Health - QU
  • College of Health Sciences - QU HEALTH
  • Hamad Bin Khalifa University
  • Qatar Biomedical Research Institute - HBKU

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    fasting RamadanCOVID-19immunedietrestriction

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