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Ramadan followers should have low fat, high
protein-carbohydrate diet
Washington:
Studying 30 students at the University of Granada
who follow Ramadan, nutritionists have come to the
conclusion that the body's nutritional requirements
during the ritual can be fulfilled by consuming diets
low in fat and rich in proteins and carbohydrates.
Carried out in the departments of Nutrition and Bromatology
and Chemistry-Physics of the university, the study
revealed that macronutrient consumption levels in
this period are not appropriate when compared with
the reference recommendations. The researchers say
that the number of daily ingestions drops to two or
three, with regard to the four or five ingestions
of the rest of the population in this period. They
have found that because of the diet, corporal fat
increases and muscular mass falls. The students involved
in the study were all aged between 19 and 27, and
the studied population included 36 per cent women
and 64 per cent men. Findings from this population
were compared with those from a control population
group, made up by thirty university volunteers who
did not follow the Ramadan. The feeding of those who
followed Ramadan suffered an increase of lipid ingestion,
which involved 48 per cent of total energy, against
the recommended 30 per cent, by decreasing proteins,
which represented nine per cent of the total energy,
against the recommended 15 per cent, and a decrease
of carbohydrates to 43 per cent, against the 50-60
per cent recommended. The researchers insist that
their work shows that it is possible to prevent an
unbalanced diet during the Ramadan period. Based on
their observations, they have proposed a diet in which
fat has been reduced and proteins and carbohydrates
increased, according to the daily needs of this young
population group. The study has been published in
the journals 'European journal of lipid science and
technology', 'Nutrition', 'Analytical Chimica Acta'
and 'Journal of nutrition'.
-Sep
6, 2008
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