Daud fasting effects on haematological,renal and lipid profile in post menopausal women

Background: the health benefits of ramadan fasting have been extensively researched. nevertheless,this fasting is only done in the month of ramadan. daud fasting then becomes an alternative to sunnah fasting,to be performed outside the month of ramadan. however,there is concern regarding the possibility of adverse effects of daud fasting,especially for the elderly. aims: the purpose of this study is to find out the effects of daud fasting on haematological parameters,renal function,urine ketones and lipid profile in post-menopausal women. methods: this research is quasi-experimental. the research subject consisted of two groups,one group consisting of nine post-menopausal women who performed daud fasting,and the other group of ninepost-menopausal women who did not fast. blood and urine sampling was done before fasting (first day) and last day of fasting (day 22nd). the data were analysed using a paired t test and wilcoxon test,and then the independent t test to discover the differences between the two groups. results: daud fasting did not result in any complaints for post-menopausal women. there were no differences to the routine blood parameters,renal function,urine ketones and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (ldl-c) levels between the groups of post-menopausal women who fast and do not. however,high density lipoprotein cholesterol (hdl-c) levels were decreased significantly. conclusion:in a healthy condition,daud fasting is safe to be performed by post-menopausal women. there were no differences to the routine blood parameters,renal function,urine ketones and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (ldl-c).