It is generally recommended to eat “whole grains, vegetables, fruits, lean protein and healthy fats” during Ramadan to sustain energy during the day while fasting, according to Islamic Relief Canada.

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that focuses on when you eat, not what you eat. A recent study found that intermittent fasting helped some people with Type 2 diabetes discontinue their ...

Here’s a question from one of our Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation colleagues: One of my friends recently told me they had been fasting for four days, water only, and had read about the many ...

The month of Ramadan, which began last week, is when many Muslims around the world fast from dawn to sunset, refraining from ...

This article was reviewed by Lynn Marie Morski, MD, JD. Intermittent fasting involves fasting for certain periods of the day or, sometimes, for an entire day. For women over 50, intermittent fasting ...

Ramadan 2026 is approaching. Learn everything you need to know about the holy month, including when it starts, why Muslims fast and its traditions.

How do you properly break a fast? What's the first thing you think about in the morning? Breakfast, quite literally, is when you break your fast-because of all those hours overnight that you go ...

Intermittent fasting promises to hack biology, achieve weight loss and a gut health boost without changing what you are eating, only the timeframe you are eating it in. The NHS surgeon, who is one of ...

Last week, I wrote about why so many people struggle to succeed with weight loss. Given the obesity epidemic that has plagued our society for decades, this shouldn’t come as a surprise. As simple as ...