Effect of Ramadan fasting on lipid metabolism in pregnant women

ABSTRACT

In this study, serum lipid in pre-Ramadan and Ramadan blood samples of 75 pregnant women were determined. The results showed that, the serum levels of total lipids, cholesterol, triglycerides were reduced while the free fatty acids were increased up to the maximum normal levels under the effect of Ramadan Fasting. So in this pattern of short-term fasting during Ramadan, the reduction in triglycerides and total lipids may protect the pregnant women from acute pancreatitis, and conceptus continues to grow. Also, pregnant women with normal lipid metabolism can keep Ramadan without any dangerous consequences to them