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Meanwhile it isnt clear if going on a low fat diet can actually reverse effects of consuming fatty food (Photo: AFP)

Research shows fasting can help maintain brain health

It reduces inflammation in brain cells and maintains the functioning of brain tissue.

13 March 2018 8:44 PM IST

We should consider that overweight or obese people who opt for intermittent fasting diets may already have insulin resistance (Photo: AFP)

Fasting every other day can trigger increase in diabetes risk

Despite weight loss, intermittent fasting diets may actually damage the pancreas and affect insulin function.

20 May 2018 7:39 PM IST

Indonesian Muslims pray during the start of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Akbar Mosque in Surabaya, East Java province, on May 16, 2018. Muslim devotees are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk during Ramadan. (Photo: AFP)

A look at the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan

After these intense nights of prayer, the end of Ramadan is met with a three-day holiday called Eid al-Fitr.

17 May 2018 6:03 PM IST

The stem cell treatment carried a higher risk of death, however, along with more serious side effects in the short-term. (Photo: Pixabay)

Fasting may boost stem cell regeneration, says study

Study provided evidence that fasting induces a metabolic switch in the intestinal stem cells, from utilizing...

5 May 2018 8:56 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses supporters at the party headquarters to celebrate victory in UP and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Modi to join devotees in observing 9-day fast for Navratri

During his US visit in 2014, he did not break his tradition and strictly consumed only lemon water.

28 March 2017 9:45 AM IST

Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra during an indefinite hunger strike at his residence in New Delhi on Wednesday against the alleged misuse of public money to send Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals close aides on a foreign trip. (Photo: PTI)

'Fasting' Kapil Mishra refuses hospitalization, continues hunger...

We have also advised him to increase the intake of water, the doctors said.

13 May 2017 2:14 PM IST

As this years fasting month began, a media-oriented preacher went round cafes, open during the day, to record footage of clients and shames them in a move that was heavily criticised on social networks. (Photo: AFP)

Tunisians protest for right to eat, drink during daylight in Ramadan

Demonstrators also protested against the arrest of people who were not fasting.

12 Jun 2017 11:22 AM IST