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NUTRITION RESEARCH REVIEWS
卷 35, 期 2, 页码 221-235出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422421000184
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Religious fasting; Christian Orthodox Church fasting; Metabolic syndrome; Cardiovascular health; Plant-based diets
Fasting among followers of different religions has been a long-standing practice. Christian Orthodox Church fasting is characterized by a vegetarian-type diet with occasional seafood and snails. Participants in COC fasting have healthier blood lipid profiles and reduced MetS risk factors such as total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, body weight, and BMI after fasting periods.
Fasting has been a practice among followers of different religions for many years. Christian Orthodox Church (COC) fasting is a periodic vegetarian-type diet in which seafood and snails are allowed on most fasting days. The present scoping review aimed to present available data regarding the benefits of COC fasting on metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk factors. Databases were searched for available studies. Twenty publications, with a total of 1226 fasting participants, provided data on the effects on different variables of MetS, including blood pressure, blood lipids and anthropometric measurements. Fasters' diet is characterised by low saturated and trans fat intake, high complex carbohydrate and fibre consumption, due to permissible foods. COC fasting has no deficiency in essential amino acid intake since seafood and snails are allowed on fasting days. Fasters have healthier blood lipid profiles during and after COC fasting periods, and total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, body weight and BMI are reduced after a fasting period. Due to restricted or forbidden intake of specific foods during the COC fasting periods, one might expect that fasters have reduced intake of macro- and micronutrients, but as shown in the available literature, there are no deficiencies. Future research on COC fasting is needed in areas not investigated at all, like MetS, before reaching definite conclusions.
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