Dr. Eric Berg: On Ramadan Fasting

By: Eric Berg    Mar 13, 2024 No Comments


Dr. Eric Berg discusses the relationship between fasting during Ramadan, and its immune effects.

Ramadan lasts between 29 and 30 days. During Ramadan, you’re required to not eat or drink anything from just before sunrise to just after sunset. This is a dry fast, which means you’re not drinking any water.

What you eat before and after you fast is going to make or break your success. Having junk food or refined carbohydrates before and after your fast could inhibit some of the effects you could achieve from fasting. However, low-carb, keto-friendly foods may be much more beneficial to have during your meals. Ketones are even anti-microbial.

Benefits of fasting

 - Decreased cytokines

 - Increased macrophages

 - Increase the microbiome

 - Increased resistance to stress

 - Decrease in oxidative stress

 - Increased autophagy (1) and xenophagy

References

(1) The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 - Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.

Timestamps

0:06​ Fasting during Ramadan

0:25​ Studies on Ramadan

1:06​ Fasting benefits

Dr. Eric Berg specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of The New Body Type Guide and other books published by KB Publishing. He has taught students nutrition as an adjunct professor at Howard University. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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