Abstract
The past two decades have seen a rise in the number of investigations examining the
health-related effects of religiously motivated fasts. The fact that fasting is a
common religious practice observed not only among Muslims, but among many other religious
communities as well underlie a long felt need for drafting recommendations on fasting
in diabetic patients as there are no substantial guidelines for the same. An extensive
review of the work involving studies across populations in India and other nations
across the world was conducted, with the aim to arrive at some broad consensus highlighting
on the need for developing strict guidelines for patients with diabetes during fasting,
before fasting and afterwards.
Diabetes - fasting - guidelines - Ramadan - religious - review - risk approach strategy
