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Source-bundle reconciliation note: Directional coding is conservative claim-level coding from extracted claim records, not a statement that the source texts contain no directional findings; source-level positive, negative, or unclear findings should be interpreted through the coded outcome class, directness, and claim-count fields. The retained evidence has no direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence; indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic sources are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims.\n\nThis paper synthesizes evidence on fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects across 23 included source papers and 1022 high-confidence extracted claims.\n\nThe evidence profile contains no sources classified primarily as direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence, 21 adjacent clinical sources, and no sources classified primarily as mechanistic or model-system evidence, with 139 cross-study disagreements across the evidence base.\n\nPositive study-level signals are summarized in the immune outcome class; null signals are summarized in the contextual adjacent evidence and safety and comorbidity outcome classes; negative signals are not the dominant direction in any outcome class; mixed or heterogeneous signals are summarized in the cardiometabolic outcome class. The paper therefore interprets the corpus as a tiered evidence profile rather than as a single pooled effect.\n\nThe conclusion is that fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects should be treated as a bounded geroscience hypothesis: the retained clinical and adjacent evidence profile defines the scope for targeted testing, while mixed and null findings limit any unqualified anti-aging claim.\n\n## Methods\n\n### Review type and protocol\nThis manuscript is reported as a Evidence brief. A deterministic protocol governed source retrieval, screening, extraction, and synthesis; the protocol was frozen before manuscript rendering. The full audit trail is in the supplementary `methods_pack.json` and the timestamped submission directory `synthesis-fasting_intervention_ramadan_fasting_effects-v06-DAILY-2026-06-11T09-20-33Z-R2`.\n\n### Information sources\nSources were retrieved across PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, DOAJ, OpenAIRE, PMC OAI, bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, and ClinicalTrials.gov. Retrieval window: 2026-06-11.\n\n### Search strategy\nThe following topic-anchored queries were executed against the information sources listed above:\n\n- `fasting intervention Ramadan fasting effects aging`\n- `fasting intervention Ramadan fasting effects older adults`\n- `fasting intervention Ramadan fasting effects randomized controlled trial`\n- `fasting aging`\n- `fasting older adults`\n- `fasting randomized controlled trial`\n- `intervention Ramadan fasting aging`\n- `intervention Ramadan fasting older adults`\n- `intervention Ramadan fasting randomized controlled trial`\n\n### Eligibility criteria\n- Sources whose primary content addresses fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects.\n- Sources with extractable quantitative or qualitative findings.\n- Peer-reviewed primary research, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses; preprints accepted only when source-traceable.\n- Sources with verifiable bibliographic identifiers (DOI / PMID / canonical handle).\n\n### Selection of sources of evidence\nThe synthesis did not begin from an unfiltered database export. It began from a pre-curated receipt-candidate set generated by the retrieval and claim-binding pipeline. Of 290 records in the receipt-candidate union, 50 were classified as source candidates and 23 were admitted as traceable synthesis sources. Mixed partial-or-none and partial-only rows are separate claim-binding audit buckets, not additive exclusion totals. No additional records were excluded after final source admission.\n\n### source admission funnel\n\n| Admission bucket | n |\n|---|---:|\n| Receipt candidate union | 290 |\n| Classified source candidates | 50 |\n| No extractable claims | 52 |\n| None-only claim binding | 12 |\n| Mixed partial-or-none claim-binding candidates | 96 |\n| Partial-only claim-binding candidates | 48 |\n| Strict high-confidence sources | 32 |\n| Admitted final sources | 23 |\n\n### Exclusion reasons\n- Non-traceable findings (claim could not be linked to source text): 0 records.\n- Wrong population / off-topic sources excluded at screening.\n- Duplicate records deduplicated by DOI / PMID before screening.\n\n### Data items\nThe following fields were extracted from each included source: study design, population / cohort, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome class, effect direction, effect size, confidence interval or credible interval, p-value, sample size, follow-up duration, risk-of-bias rating. Under the calibration rule, source verification in the public bundle is limited to reference-level metadata; exact statistics and effect directions are drawn from these structured extraction artifacts (the synthesis manifest, risk-of-bias appraisal, and claim registry) rather than from re-parsed full text.\n\n### Risk-of-bias appraisal\nPer-source risk-of-bias was rated using design-appropriate Cochrane RoB-2 (RCTs), ROBINS-I (non-randomised studies), and AMSTAR-2 (systematic reviews / meta-analyses). Ratings recorded in `risk_of_bias.json`.\n\n### Synthesis approach\nEvidence-tension synthesis: claims grouped by outcome class (cardiometabolic, contextual adjacent evidence, immune, safety and comorbidity); within-class agreement, disagreement, and directness gaps surfaced explicitly. Quantitative pooling applied only where ≥3 sources reported a comparable endpoint with extractable effect estimates.\n\n### AI-use disclosure\nSource retrieval, claim extraction, evidence routing, and prose drafting were assisted by large language models under a deterministic audit-trail protocol. Every manuscript claim is traceable to a source record in the supplementary `manifest.json`. Final eligibility and interpretation decisions are author-verified.\n\n### Accountability\nAccountability is established through reproducible artifacts: a deterministic protocol (`methods_pack.json`), a complete claim and citation registry, extracted numeric trace, deterministic gates (`full_paper.journal_surface.json`, `pre_submit_gate.json`, `artifact_consistency.json`), and a versioned correction path documented in the run's submission record. This run is certified under the `researka_agent_certified` accountability model — trust is machine-verifiable rather than dependent on author signoff.\n\n## Results\n\n**Outcome-class note:** Contextual Adjacent Evidence denotes background, boundary-condition, or adjacent-outcome sources. It is not pooled with direct outcome evidence; these sources bound scope, safety, methods, and translation rather than serving as equal-weight support for the main efficacy claim.\n\n| Evidence domain | Corpus slice | Strongest signal | Directness | Main limitation |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | n=17; claims=770 | no extracted directional signal in 15/17 sources | 17 indirect | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Safety and Comorbidity | n=3; claims=152 | no extracted directional signal in 3/3 sources | 2 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Cardiometabolic | n=2; claims=66 | unclear signal in 1/2 sources | 1 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Immune | n=1; claims=34 | positive signal in 1/1 sources | 1 indirect | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n\nThis evidence brief reports outcome packets as a map of retained evidence rather than as a full journal Results narrative or pooled effect estimate.\n\n### Contextual Adjacent Evidence Outcomes\n\n17 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=15, unclear=2. Directness coding: indirect=17.\n\n### Safety Comorbidity Outcomes\n\n3 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=3. Directness coding: indirect=2, review=1.\n\n### Cardiometabolic Outcomes\n\n2 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: positive=1, unclear=1. Directness coding: indirect=1, review=1.\n\n### Immune Outcomes\n\n1 included source were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: positive=1. Directness coding: indirect=1.\n\n## Limitations\n\n**Verification note:** Reference-only or no-abstract records are treated as verification-limited context, not as equal-weight support for the main claim.\n\nThe corpus scope places a hard ceiling on what this synthesis can support. The cardiometabolic claims rest almost entirely on a single prospective cohort (Nematy 2012, P < 0.001 for 10-year coronary heart risk improvement; P = 0.02 for the relevant sub-comparison), with one systematic-review-level summary (Exploring 2025, P < 0.05) and one endothelial-function cohort in hypertensives (DEMIRCI 2023, P < 0.001 for endothelial improvement; P = 0.009 for the supporting biomarker). Any conclusion that Ramadan fasting modifies clinical events in healthy adults therefore exceeds the evidence base, consistent with the broader methodological caution that surrogate endpoint associations do not guarantee hard-outcome validity (Ioannidis 2005).\n\nSingle-trial generalization risk is acute in several outcome cells. Because each of these outcomes is touched by only one source, the cross-paper tensions flagged in the Cross-Domain Synthesis cannot actually be resolved for them — the corpus offers no within-study replication and no second cohort to triangulate.\n\nPopulation specificity is narrow and heavily skewed.\n\nEndpoint scope is restricted and the harder clinical endpoints are not measured.\n\nA mechanism-to-clinic gap runs through the cardiometabolic and immune narratives. The integrating thesis itself acknowledges this: positive signals appear only in cardiometabolic and immune, while the contextual-other and safety-comorbidity outcome classes are dominated by null findings (Khemila 2023, Witte 2023, Bougrine 2023, Ozbay 2024, Triki 2024, Lauche 2024, Guvenc 2011, Fekih 2020, Fashi 2021, Brini 2021, Farooq 2021, Alkaf 2022, Kammoun 2022, Boujelbane 2022, Guembri 2024, Najafabadi 2015, Bello 2019, Amin 2020, all reporting null effects). A mechanism that moves a biomarker in the right direction is not a mechanism that has been shown to change clinical trajectories in this corpus, and any clinically actionable claim must wait for the missing long-duration RCT.\n\n## Conclusion\n\nFor fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and adjacent evidence profile defines a bounded geroscience rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general anti-aging endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent clinical evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation.The current corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy or general health-intervention claims; it supports only hypothesis generation and structured follow-up within the limits of indirect evidence. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging.\n\n## What This Synthesis Adds\n\nThis synthesis maps 23 included sources on Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects across 4 outcome classes and 139 cross-study disagreements. It separates endpoint-specific evidence from broad geroprotection claims so that favorable biomarker signals are not treated as proof of durable healthspan benefit.\n\nAcross 23 curated reference papers, the evidence base for Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: cardiometabolic, immune. Null findings dominate: contextual other, safety comorbidity. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects anti-aging case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established.\n\nThe strongest unresolved contrast is the null vs positive between Khemila 2023 and Almuraikhy 2024 on contextual adjacent evidence (severity 3/5), which defines the boundary condition future studies must test rather than smooth over.\n\nPrior reviews in the corpus (Exploring 2025) emphasize convergent signals on Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects. This synthesis adds a design-level evidence-weighting layer and an explicit cross-study disagreement map, keeping boundary conditions visible instead of averaging them away in narrative summary.\n\n### Boundary-Condition Matrix\n\n| Evidence domain | Direct sources | Indirect / mechanism sources | Direction profile | Interpretation boundary |\n|---|---:|---:|---|---|\n| cardiometabolic | 0 | 2 | positive, unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| immune | 0 | 1 | positive | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| contextual adjacent evidence | 0 | 17 | null, unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| safety and comorbidity | 0 | 3 | null | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n\n### Evidence-Gap Priority\n\n| Priority | Gap | Rationale |\n|---|---|---|\n| P1 | cardiometabolic: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 2 indirect sources; direction profile: positive, unclear |\n| P2 | immune: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 1 indirect source; direction profile: positive |\n| P3 | contextual adjacent evidence: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 17 indirect sources; direction profile: null, unclear |\n| P4 | safety and comorbidity: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 3 indirect sources; direction profile: null |\n\n### Next-Study Design Recommendation\n\nThe next high-yield study for Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects should target the **cardiometabolic** evidence gap, pre-register the primary endpoint, separate clinical from mechanistic endpoints, preserve safety and adherence capture, and include an analysis plan that can falsify the current boundary-condition claim rather than only confirming a favorable direction. Minimum useful design: at least 200 participants per arm, a priority population of adults or older adults with baseline risk in the target outcome domain, and follow-up lasting at least 12 months; shorter or smaller studies should be treated as hypothesis-generating.\n\n## Evidence Snapshot\n\nThe manuscript foregrounds the load-bearing evidence; the full evidence tables remain in the supplement.\n\n### Load-Bearing Included Studies\n\n- Exploring 2025; tier=B1; directness=review; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P < 0.05.\n- Amin 2020; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=safety comorbidity; direction=null; representative statistic=P = 0.001.\n- Khemila 2023; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=P < 0.001.\n- Boujelbane 2022; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=P = 0.005.\n- Kammoun 2022; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=P = 0.000.\n- Lauche 2024; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=P < 0.05.\n- Tsiga-Ahmed 2024; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P < 0.001.\n- Nematy 2012; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=positive; representative statistic=P < 0.001.\n- Triki 2024; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=P = 0.03.\n- Bougrine 2023; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=P < 0.001.\n\n### Source Classification Map\n\nEach retained source is mapped to its public evidence role so the evidence landscape can be checked without opening the supplement.\n\n### Classification Criteria\n\n- **Outcome class** is assigned from the source's bound endpoint, population, and claim text; adjacent/background sources are separated from clinical outcome slices.\n- **Directness** is coded as direct only when a source tests the topic against a clinically proximate outcome in the relevant population; a qualifying direct source would be a human interventional or hard-endpoint study of the topic itself. Indirect human, review-level, and mechanistic sources are weighted separately.\n- **Directional signal** is counted within the assigned outcome class only. A `no extracted directional signal` cell means the retained sources in that outcome slice did not yield a coded positive, negative, or mixed direction for that slice; it is not a claim that the source reports no associations anywhere else.\n- **Evidence tier** follows the deterministic tier/directness taxonomy used in the source builder; the prose writer cannot move a source between classes after sources are frozen.\n\n### Load-Bearing Tensions\n\n- Severity 3 null vs positive: Khemila 2023 vs Almuraikhy 2024; Khemila 2023 (null) vs Almuraikhy 2024 (unclear) on contextual other\n- Severity 3 null vs positive: Khemila 2023 vs Tsiga-Ahmed 2024; Khemila 2023 (null) vs Tsiga-Ahmed 2024 (unclear) on contextual other\n- Severity 3 null vs positive: Witte 2023 vs Almuraikhy 2024; Witte 2023 (null) vs Almuraikhy 2024 (unclear) on contextual other\n- Severity 3 null vs positive: Witte 2023 vs Tsiga-Ahmed 2024; Witte 2023 (null) vs Tsiga-Ahmed 2024 (unclear) on contextual other\n- Severity 3 null vs positive: Bougrine 2023 vs Almuraikhy 2024; Bougrine 2023 (null) vs Almuraikhy 2024 (unclear) on contextual other\n- Severity 3 null vs positive: Bougrine 2023 vs Tsiga-Ahmed 2024; Bougrine 2023 (null) vs Tsiga-Ahmed 2024 (unclear) on contextual other\n- Severity 3 null vs positive: Ozbay 2024 vs Almuraikhy 2024; Ozbay 2024 (null) vs Almuraikhy 2024 (unclear) on contextual other\n- Severity 3 null vs positive: Ozbay 2024 vs Tsiga-Ahmed 2024; Ozbay 2024 (null) vs Tsiga-Ahmed 2024 (unclear) on contextual other\n\nAdditional corpus sources informed the synthesis without anchoring a foregrounded quantitative claim and are catalogued for completeness: ADA 2024, WHO 2000, Schulz 2010.\n\n## References\n\n- **Amin 2020.** _The safety of Ramadan Fasting following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention._ BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020. DOI: 10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8. PMID: 33213367.\n- **Khemila 2023.** _Effects of Ramadan fasting on the diurnal variations of physical and cognitive performances at rest and after exercise in professional football players._ Frontiers in Psychology, 2023. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1148845. PMID: 37057155.\n- **Boujelbane 2022.** _Time-restricted feeding and cognitive function in sedentary and physically active elderly individuals: Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting as a model._ Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1041216. PMID: 36438750.\n- **Kammoun 2022.** _Effects of Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting on Heart Rate Variability and Physical Fitness in Healthy Middle-Aged Males._ American Journal of Men's Health, 2022. DOI: 10.1177/15579883221103418. PMID: 35723054.\n- **Lauche 2024.** _Effects of Modified Ramadan Fasting on Mental Well-Being and Biomarkers in Healthy Adult Muslims — A Randomised Controlled Trial._ International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2024. DOI: 10.1007/s12529-024-10296-0. PMID: 38777939.\n- **Tsiga-Ahmed 2024.** _Changes in sleep, physical activity, and health behaviors among Nigerian fasting adults in Ramadan during the COVID-19 pandemic._ Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2024. DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1579_23. PMID: 39416987.\n- **Nematy 2012.** _Effects of Ramadan fasting on cardiovascular risk factors: a prospective observational study._ Nutrition Journal, 2012. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-69. PMID: 22963582.\n- **Triki 2024.** _Effects of time-of-day resistance training on muscle strength, hormonal adaptations, and sleep quality during Ramadan fasting._ Frontiers in Nutrition, 2024. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1439738. PMID: 39628468.\n- **Bougrine 2023.** _Ramadan Fasting and Short-Term Maximal Physical Performance: Searching for Optimal Timing of the Last Meal “Suhoor” in Female Pre-University Handball Players._ European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 2023. DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe13100152. PMID: 37887153.\n- **Brini 2021.** _Sex-specific effects of small-sided games in basketball on psychometric and physiological markers during Ramadan intermittent fasting: a pilot study._ BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2021. DOI: 10.1186/s13102-021-00285-1. PMID: 34022921.\n- **Guembri 2024.** _Effects of Ramadan Fasting on Sleep and Physical Fitness among Young Female Handball Players._ Children, 2024. DOI: 10.3390/children11080954. PMID: 39201889.\n- **Fashi 2021.** _Effect of Acute Ramadan Fasting on Muscle Function and Buffering System of Male Athletes._ Healthcare, 2021. DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9040397. PMID: 33916095.\n- **DEMIRCI 2023.** _Improvement in endothelial function in hypertensive patients after Ramadan fasting: effects of cortisol._ Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023. DOI: 10.55730/1300-0144.5603. PMID: 37476871.\n- **Farooq 2021.** _Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults._ BMC Public Health, 2021. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11961-9. PMID: 34674685.\n- **Ozbay 2024.** _Effects of Ramadan intermittent fasting on performance, physiological responses, and bioenergetic pathway contributions during repeated sprint exercise._ Frontiers in Nutrition, 2024. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1322128. PMID: 38406182.\n- **Guvenc 2011.** _Effects of Ramadan Fasting on Body Composition, Aerobic Performance and Lactate, Heart Rate and Perceptual Responses in Young Soccer Players._ Journal of Human Kinetics, 2011. DOI: 10.2478/v10078-011-0042-9. PMID: 23486092.\n- **Alkaf 2022.** _Ramadan Fasting and Changes in Thyroid Function in Hypothyroidism: Identifying Patients at Risk._ Thyroid, 2022. DOI: 10.1089/thy.2021.0512. PMID: 35152772.\n- **Almuraikhy 2024.** _Joint Effects of Exercise and Ramadan Fasting on Telomere Length: Implications for Cellular Aging._ Biomedicines, 2024. DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12061182. PMID: 38927389.\n- **Najafabadi 2015.** _Does Ramadan Fasting Adversely Affect Cognitive Function in Young Females?._ Scientifica, 2015. DOI: 10.1155/2015/432428. PMID: 26697263.\n- **Fekih 2020.** _Effects of Motor Mental Imagery Training on Tennis Service Performance during the Ramadan Fasting: A Randomized, Controlled Trial._ Nutrients, 2020. DOI: 10.3390/nu12041035. PMID: 32283820.\n- **Exploring 2025.** _Exploring the Physiological Effects of Jogging During Ramadan Fasting: Impact on Physiology and Performance in University Students._ JSES Journal of Sport and Exercise Science, 2025. DOI: 10.26740/jses.v8n2.p106-117.\n- **Witte 2023.** _Prenatal counseling and maternal health behavior: The case of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy._ The European Journal of Public Health, 2023. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.397.\n- **Bello 2019.** _Impact of Ramadan fasting on kidney function and related outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review protocol._ BMJ Open, 2019. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022710. PMID: 31446401.\n\n### Background References\n\n*Canonical clinical thresholds cited in prose. Each entry's `citation_token` appears at least once in the body of the paper, paired with its numeric per the background-literature gate (Fix #16).*\n\n- **ADA 2024.** _American Diabetes Association. Standards of Care in Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2024;47(Suppl 1)._ DOI: 10.2337/dc24-S006.\n- **WHO 2000.** _World Health Organization. Obesity: Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic. WHO Technical Report Series 894. 2000._ PMID: 11234459.\n- **Schulz 2010.** _Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMJ. 2010;340:c332._ DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c332.\n- **Ioannidis 2005.** _Ioannidis JPA. Why most published research findings are false. PLoS Med. 2005;2(8):e124._ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124. PMID: 16060722.\n","metadata":{"abstract":"Evidence-honesty note: 18/23 retained sources are coded as null or no extracted directional signal; this corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy claims and hypothesis-generating only. Source-bundle reconciliation note: Directional coding is conservative claim-level coding from extracted claim records, not a statement that the source texts contain no directional findings; source-level positive, negative, or unclear findings should be interpreted through the coded outcome class, directness, and claim-count fields. The retained evidence has no direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence; indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic sources are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims. This paper synthesizes evidence on fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects across 23 included source papers and 1022 high-confidence extracted claims. 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The WF group were involved in a training program (small-sided games) of three sessions a week during RF. The time and frequency domains of HRV, body composition, handgrip, lumbar strength, Modified Agility Test (MAT), and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) were measured before Ramadan (BR), during Ramadan (DR), and after Ramadan (AR). We reported that RF has significantly altered some parameters of HRV DR; the mean HR decreased while the mean RR, LF, and HF increased. WF had a significant effect on HRV and mean HR DR compared with BR and AR decreased while mean RR, HF and LF increased. DR, body mass decreased in both groups, while body mass index (BMI) decreased and lean mass increased only in WF group. 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The WF group were involved in a training program (small-sided games) of three sessions a week during RF. The time and frequency domains of HRV, body composition, handgrip, lumbar strength, Modified Agility Test (MAT), and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) were measured before Ramadan (BR), during Ramadan (DR), and after Ramadan (AR). We reported that RF has significantly altered some parameters of HRV DR; the mean HR decreased while the mean RR, LF, and HF increased. WF had a significant effect on HRV and mean HR DR compared with BR and AR decreased while mean RR, HF and LF increased. DR, body mass decreased in both groups, while body mass index (BMI) decreased and lean mass increased only in WF group. 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Any conclusion that Ramadan fasting modifies clinical events in healthy adults therefore exceeds the evidence base, consistent with the broader methodological caution that surrogate endpoint associations do not guarantee hard-outcome validity (Ioannidis 2005).","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"The safety of Ramadan Fasting following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention","year":2020,"doi":"10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: This work aimed to assess the safety of Ramadan Fasting following the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 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The understanding of the Ramadan effects on the diurnal variations of athletic and cognitive performance is crucial for practitioners, coach and researchers to prepare sport events and optimize performance. The aim of the present study was to reveal the effects of RF on the diurnal variation of physical and cognitive performances at rest and after exercise. METHOD: In a randomized order, 11 male football players (age: 19.27 ± 0.9; height: 1.79 ± 0.04 cm; body mass: 70.49 ± 3.97 kg; BMI: 21.81 ± 1.59 kg/m 2 ) completed a 30-s Wingate test [i.e., mean (MP) and peak powers (PP)] at 07:00, 17:00, and 21:00 h on five occasions: 1 week before Ramadan (BR); the second (R2); the third (R3); the fourth (R4) week of Ramadan; and 2 weeks after Ramadan (AR), with an in-between recovery period of ≥72 h. 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METHODS: A total of 58 participants (62.93 ± 3.99 years) were assigned to one of the following two groups: a sedentary group (control group) who observed Ramadan ( n = 32) and a physically active group ( n = 26) who continued to train while observing Ramadan. Participants were assessed 2 weeks before Ramadan and during the fourth week of Ramadan. On each occasion, participants completed a digital assessment of their cognitive performance and responded to the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), the insomnia severity index (ISI) and the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) questionnaires to assess sleep parameters. RESULTS: Compared to before Ramadan, performance in executive function ( p = 0.035), attention ( p = 0.005), inhibition ( p = 0.02), associative memory ( p = 0.041), and recognition memory ( p = 0.025) increased significantly during Ramadan in the physically active group. 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The WF group were involved in a training program (small-sided games) of three sessions a week during RF. The time and frequency domains of HRV, body composition, handgrip, lumbar strength, Modified Agility Test (MAT), and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) were measured before Ramadan (BR), during Ramadan (DR), and after Ramadan (AR). We reported that RF has significantly altered some parameters of HRV DR; the mean HR decreased while the mean RR, LF, and HF increased. WF had a significant effect on HRV and mean HR DR compared with BR and AR decreased while mean RR, HF and LF increased. DR, body mass decreased in both groups, while body mass index (BMI) decreased and lean mass increased only in WF group. 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RESULTS: The modified fasting group reported significantly higher quality of life (WHO-5) compared to the control after Ramadan (MD 5.9; 95% CI, 0.02-11.8; p < 0.05).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_20","claim":"Single-trial generalization risk is acute in several outcome cells. Because each of these outcomes is touched by only one source, the cross-paper tensions flagged in the Cross-Domain Synthesis cannot actually be resolved for them — the corpus offers no within-study replication and no second cohort to triangulate.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"The safety of Ramadan Fasting following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention","year":2020,"doi":"10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: This work aimed to assess the safety of Ramadan Fasting following the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. METHODS: In our two centers' Prospective Cohort Study, We included 303 patients who had successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention before the first day of Ramadan. 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METHODS: A total of 58 participants (62.93 ± 3.99 years) were assigned to one of the following two groups: a sedentary group (control group) who observed Ramadan ( n = 32) and a physically active group ( n = 26) who continued to train while observing Ramadan. Participants were assessed 2 weeks before Ramadan and during the fourth week of Ramadan. On each occasion, participants completed a digital assessment of their cognitive performance and responded to the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), the insomnia severity index (ISI) and the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) questionnaires to assess sleep parameters. RESULTS: Compared to before Ramadan, performance in executive function ( p = 0.035), attention ( p = 0.005), inhibition ( p = 0.02), associative memory ( p = 0.041), and recognition memory ( p = 0.025) increased significantly during Ramadan in the physically active group. For the sedentary group, associative learning performance decreased ( p = 0.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Effects of Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting on Heart Rate Variability and Physical Fitness in Healthy Middle-Aged Males","year":2022,"doi":"10.1177/15579883221103418","url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883221103418","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"This study aimed to investigate the effect of a walking football (WF) program during Ramadan fasting (RF) on heart rate variability (HRV) indices, body composition, and physical fitness in middle-aged males. Thirty-one healthy sedentary men were randomized to WF ( n = 18) and control ( n = 13) groups. Both groups participated in RF. The WF group were involved in a training program (small-sided games) of three sessions a week during RF. The time and frequency domains of HRV, body composition, handgrip, lumbar strength, Modified Agility Test (MAT), and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) were measured before Ramadan (BR), during Ramadan (DR), and after Ramadan (AR). We reported that RF has significantly altered some parameters of HRV DR; the mean HR decreased while the mean RR, LF, and HF increased. WF had a significant effect on HRV and mean HR DR compared with BR and AR decreased while mean RR, HF and LF increased. DR, body mass decreased in both groups, while body mass index (BMI) decreased and lean mass increased only in WF group. 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METHOD: A randomised controlled trial with two parallel groups was conducted in an outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Essen, Germany, in 2016. Healthy adult Muslims (n = 114) aged 18-60 years were randomised to a modified fasting group; i.e., they received educational material prompting dietary and lifestyle modifications pre-Ramadan, and a control group who undertook Ramadan fasting as usual. Primary outcome was quality of life (WHO-5 Well-Being Index). Secondary outcomes included sleep quality, spirituality, and mindfulness (all self-report), body weight, body mass index, body fat, waist circumference, hip circumference, blood pressure, and heart rate, as well as blood serum biomarkers. Safety was examined via adverse events. RESULTS: The modified fasting group reported significantly higher quality of life (WHO-5) compared to the control after Ramadan (MD 5.9; 95% CI, 0.02-11.8; p < 0.05).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_21","claim":"A mechanism-to-clinic gap runs through the cardiometabolic and immune narratives. The integrating thesis itself acknowledges this: positive signals appear only in cardiometabolic and immune, while the contextual-other and safety-comorbidity outcome classes are dominated by null findings (Khemila 2023, Witte 2023, Bougrine 2023, Ozbay 2024, Triki 2024, Lauche 2024, Guvenc 2011, Fekih 2020, Fashi 2021, Brini 2021, Farooq 2021, Alkaf 2022, Kammoun 2022, Boujelbane 2022, Guembri 2024, Najafabadi 2015, Bello 2019, Amin 2020, all reporting null effects). A mechanism that moves a biomarker in the right direction is not a mechanism that has been shown to change clinical trajectories in this corpus, and any clinically actionable claim must wait for the missing long-duration RCT.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"The safety of Ramadan Fasting following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention","year":2020,"doi":"10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: This work aimed to assess the safety of Ramadan Fasting following the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. METHODS: In our two centers' Prospective Cohort Study, We included 303 patients who had successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention before the first day of Ramadan. 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METHODS: A total of 58 participants (62.93 ± 3.99 years) were assigned to one of the following two groups: a sedentary group (control group) who observed Ramadan ( n = 32) and a physically active group ( n = 26) who continued to train while observing Ramadan. Participants were assessed 2 weeks before Ramadan and during the fourth week of Ramadan. On each occasion, participants completed a digital assessment of their cognitive performance and responded to the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), the insomnia severity index (ISI) and the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) questionnaires to assess sleep parameters. RESULTS: Compared to before Ramadan, performance in executive function ( p = 0.035), attention ( p = 0.005), inhibition ( p = 0.02), associative memory ( p = 0.041), and recognition memory ( p = 0.025) increased significantly during Ramadan in the physically active group. 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RESULTS: The modified fasting group reported significantly higher quality of life (WHO-5) compared to the control after Ramadan (MD 5.9; 95% CI, 0.02-11.8; p < 0.05).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_22","claim":"For fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and adjacent evidence profile defines a bounded geroscience rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general anti-aging endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent clinical evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation.The current corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy or general health-intervention claims; it supports only hypothesis generation and structured follow-up within the limits of indirect evidence. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"The safety of Ramadan Fasting following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention","year":2020,"doi":"10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: This work aimed to assess the safety of Ramadan Fasting following the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. METHODS: In our two centers' Prospective Cohort Study, We included 303 patients who had successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention before the first day of Ramadan. 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The WF group were involved in a training program (small-sided games) of three sessions a week during RF. The time and frequency domains of HRV, body composition, handgrip, lumbar strength, Modified Agility Test (MAT), and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) were measured before Ramadan (BR), during Ramadan (DR), and after Ramadan (AR). We reported that RF has significantly altered some parameters of HRV DR; the mean HR decreased while the mean RR, LF, and HF increased. WF had a significant effect on HRV and mean HR DR compared with BR and AR decreased while mean RR, HF and LF increased. DR, body mass decreased in both groups, while body mass index (BMI) decreased and lean mass increased only in WF group. 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Group I (n = 153) showed a statistically significant difference in the incidence of Major Adverse Cardiac Events compared to Group II with a P value (0.005).","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Effects of Ramadan fasting on the diurnal variations of physical and cognitive performances at rest and after exercise in professional football players","year":2023,"doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1148845","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1148845","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Ramadan fasting (RF) is characterized by daily abstinence from food and fluid intake from dawn to sunset. The understanding of the Ramadan effects on the diurnal variations of athletic and cognitive performance is crucial for practitioners, coach and researchers to prepare sport events and optimize performance. The aim of the present study was to reveal the effects of RF on the diurnal variation of physical and cognitive performances at rest and after exercise. METHOD: In a randomized order, 11 male football players (age: 19.27 ± 0.9; height: 1.79 ± 0.04 cm; body mass: 70.49 ± 3.97 kg; BMI: 21.81 ± 1.59 kg/m 2 ) completed a 30-s Wingate test [i.e., mean (MP) and peak powers (PP)] at 07:00, 17:00, and 21:00 h on five occasions: 1 week before Ramadan (BR); the second (R2); the third (R3); the fourth (R4) week of Ramadan; and 2 weeks after Ramadan (AR), with an in-between recovery period of ≥72 h. Simple (SRT) and choice (CRT) reaction times, mental rotation test (MRT) and selective attention (SA) test were measured before and after Wingate test.","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Time-restricted feeding and cognitive function in sedentary and physically active elderly individuals: Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting as a model","year":2022,"doi":"10.3389/fnut.2022.1041216","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.1041216","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the effects of Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting (RDIF) on cognitive performance, sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and insomnia in physically active and sedentary elderly individuals. METHODS: A total of 58 participants (62.93 ± 3.99 years) were assigned to one of the following two groups: a sedentary group (control group) who observed Ramadan ( n = 32) and a physically active group ( n = 26) who continued to train while observing Ramadan. Participants were assessed 2 weeks before Ramadan and during the fourth week of Ramadan. On each occasion, participants completed a digital assessment of their cognitive performance and responded to the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), the insomnia severity index (ISI) and the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) questionnaires to assess sleep parameters. RESULTS: Compared to before Ramadan, performance in executive function ( p = 0.035), attention ( p = 0.005), inhibition ( p = 0.02), associative memory ( p = 0.041), and recognition memory ( p = 0.025) increased significantly during Ramadan in the physically active group. For the sedentary group, associative learning performance decreased ( p = 0.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Effects of Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting on Heart Rate Variability and Physical Fitness in Healthy Middle-Aged Males","year":2022,"doi":"10.1177/15579883221103418","url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883221103418","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"This study aimed to investigate the effect of a walking football (WF) program during Ramadan fasting (RF) on heart rate variability (HRV) indices, body composition, and physical fitness in middle-aged males. Thirty-one healthy sedentary men were randomized to WF ( n = 18) and control ( n = 13) groups. Both groups participated in RF. The WF group were involved in a training program (small-sided games) of three sessions a week during RF. The time and frequency domains of HRV, body composition, handgrip, lumbar strength, Modified Agility Test (MAT), and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) were measured before Ramadan (BR), during Ramadan (DR), and after Ramadan (AR). We reported that RF has significantly altered some parameters of HRV DR; the mean HR decreased while the mean RR, LF, and HF increased. WF had a significant effect on HRV and mean HR DR compared with BR and AR decreased while mean RR, HF and LF increased. DR, body mass decreased in both groups, while body mass index (BMI) decreased and lean mass increased only in WF group. Lower body mass and BMI levels were reported AR only in WF group.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Effects of Modified Ramadan Fasting on Mental Well-Being and Biomarkers in Healthy Adult Muslims — A Randomised Controlled Trial","year":2024,"doi":"10.1007/s12529-024-10296-0","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-024-10296-0","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Ramadan fasting has seen increased attention in research, often with inconsistent findings. This study aims to investigate whether dietary and lifestyle modifications during Ramadan can improve well-being and health in healthy adult Muslims. METHOD: A randomised controlled trial with two parallel groups was conducted in an outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Essen, Germany, in 2016. Healthy adult Muslims (n = 114) aged 18-60 years were randomised to a modified fasting group; i.e., they received educational material prompting dietary and lifestyle modifications pre-Ramadan, and a control group who undertook Ramadan fasting as usual. Primary outcome was quality of life (WHO-5 Well-Being Index). Secondary outcomes included sleep quality, spirituality, and mindfulness (all self-report), body weight, body mass index, body fat, waist circumference, hip circumference, blood pressure, and heart rate, as well as blood serum biomarkers. Safety was examined via adverse events. RESULTS: The modified fasting group reported significantly higher quality of life (WHO-5) compared to the control after Ramadan (MD 5.9; 95% CI, 0.02-11.8; p < 0.05).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]}]}},{"name":"claim_graph.json","media_type":"application/json","content":{"publication_id":"7ff29127-d2f8-493d-a603-200cda886f73","content_hash":"sha256:2dd117185d47ee6d6792993c1e61c3d7049fa00527669ce23001dad9775a70eb","nodes":[{"id":"7ff29127-d2f8-493d-a603-200cda886f73","type":"publication","title":"Research Synthesis: Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects — full paper"},{"id":"claim_1","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-honesty note: 18/23 retained sources are coded as null or no extracted directional signal; this corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy claims and hypothesis-generating only. Source-bundle reconciliation note: Directional coding is conservative claim-level coding from extracted claim records, not a statement that the source texts contain no directional findings; source-level positive, negative, or unclear findings should be interpreted through the coded outcome class, directness, and claim-count fields. The retained evidence has no direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence; indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic sources are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims. This paper synthesizes evidence on fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects across 23 included source papers and 1022 high-confidence extracted claims. The evidence profile contains no sources classified primarily as direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence, 21 adjacent clinical sources, and no sources classified primarily as mechanistic or model-system evidence, with 139 cross-study disagreements across the evidence base."},{"id":"claim_2","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-honesty note: 18/23 retained sources are coded as null or no extracted directional signal; this corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy claims and hypothesis-generating only. Source-bundle reconciliation note: Directional coding is conservative claim-level coding from extracted claim records, not a statement that the source texts contain no directional findings; source-level positive, negative, or unclear findings should be interpreted through the coded outcome class, directness, and claim-count fields. The retained evidence has no direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence; indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic sources are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims."},{"id":"claim_3","type":"claim","text":"This paper synthesizes evidence on fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects across 23 included source papers and 1022 high-confidence extracted claims."},{"id":"claim_4","type":"claim","text":"The evidence profile contains no sources classified primarily as direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence, 21 adjacent clinical sources, and no sources classified primarily as mechanistic or model-system evidence, with 139 cross-study disagreements across the evidence base."},{"id":"claim_5","type":"claim","text":"Positive study-level signals are summarized in the immune outcome class; null signals are summarized in the contextual adjacent evidence and safety and comorbidity outcome classes; negative signals are not the dominant direction in any outcome class; mixed or heterogeneous signals are summarized in the cardiometabolic outcome class. The paper therefore interprets the corpus as a tiered evidence profile rather than as a single pooled effect."},{"id":"claim_6","type":"claim","text":"The conclusion is that fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects should be treated as a bounded geroscience hypothesis: the retained clinical and adjacent evidence profile defines the scope for targeted testing, while mixed and null findings limit any unqualified anti-aging claim."},{"id":"claim_7","type":"claim","text":"This manuscript is reported as a Evidence brief. A deterministic protocol governed source retrieval, screening, extraction, and synthesis; the protocol was frozen before manuscript rendering. The full audit trail is in the supplementary `methods_pack.json` and the timestamped submission directory `synthesis-fasting_intervention_ramadan_fasting_effects-v06-DAILY-2026-06-11T09-20-33Z-R2`."},{"id":"claim_8","type":"claim","text":"The following fields were extracted from each included source: study design, population / cohort, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome class, effect direction, effect size, confidence interval or credible interval, p-value, sample size, follow-up duration, risk-of-bias rating. Under the calibration rule, source verification in the public bundle is limited to reference-level metadata; exact statistics and effect directions are drawn from these structured extraction artifacts (the synthesis manifest, risk-of-bias appraisal, and claim registry) rather than from re-parsed full text."},{"id":"claim_9","type":"claim","text":"Per-source risk-of-bias was rated using design-appropriate Cochrane RoB-2 (RCTs), ROBINS-I (non-randomised studies), and AMSTAR-2 (systematic reviews / meta-analyses). Ratings recorded in `risk_of_bias.json`."},{"id":"claim_10","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-tension synthesis: claims grouped by outcome class (cardiometabolic, contextual adjacent evidence, immune, safety and comorbidity); within-class agreement, disagreement, and directness gaps surfaced explicitly. Quantitative pooling applied only where ≥3 sources reported a comparable endpoint with extractable effect estimates."},{"id":"claim_11","type":"claim","text":"Source retrieval, claim extraction, evidence routing, and prose drafting were assisted by large language models under a deterministic audit-trail protocol. Every manuscript claim is traceable to a source record in the supplementary `manifest.json`. Final eligibility and interpretation decisions are author-verified."},{"id":"claim_12","type":"claim","text":"Outcome-class note:** Contextual Adjacent Evidence denotes background, boundary-condition, or adjacent-outcome sources. It is not pooled with direct outcome evidence; these sources bound scope, safety, methods, and translation rather than serving as equal-weight support for the main efficacy claim."},{"id":"claim_13","type":"claim","text":"| Evidence domain | Corpus slice | Strongest signal | Directness | Main limitation |"},{"id":"claim_14","type":"claim","text":"| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | n=17; claims=770 | no extracted directional signal in 15/17 sources | 17 indirect | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |"},{"id":"claim_15","type":"claim","text":"This evidence brief reports outcome packets as a map of retained evidence rather than as a full journal Results narrative or pooled effect estimate."},{"id":"claim_16","type":"claim","text":"17 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=15, unclear=2. Directness coding: indirect=17."},{"id":"claim_17","type":"claim","text":"3 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=3. Directness coding: indirect=2, review=1."},{"id":"claim_18","type":"claim","text":"Verification note:** Reference-only or no-abstract records are treated as verification-limited context, not as equal-weight support for the main claim."},{"id":"claim_19","type":"claim","text":"The corpus scope places a hard ceiling on what this synthesis can support. The cardiometabolic claims rest almost entirely on a single prospective cohort (Nematy 2012, P < 0.001 for 10-year coronary heart risk improvement; P = 0.02 for the relevant sub-comparison), with one systematic-review-level summary (Exploring 2025, P < 0.05) and one endothelial-function cohort in hypertensives (DEMIRCI 2023, P < 0.001 for endothelial improvement; P = 0.009 for the supporting biomarker). Any conclusion that Ramadan fasting modifies clinical events in healthy adults therefore exceeds the evidence base, consistent with the broader methodological caution that surrogate endpoint associations do not guarantee hard-outcome validity (Ioannidis 2005)."},{"id":"claim_20","type":"claim","text":"Single-trial generalization risk is acute in several outcome cells. Because each of these outcomes is touched by only one source, the cross-paper tensions flagged in the Cross-Domain Synthesis cannot actually be resolved for them — the corpus offers no within-study replication and no second cohort to triangulate."},{"id":"claim_21","type":"claim","text":"A mechanism-to-clinic gap runs through the cardiometabolic and immune narratives. The integrating thesis itself acknowledges this: positive signals appear only in cardiometabolic and immune, while the contextual-other and safety-comorbidity outcome classes are dominated by null findings (Khemila 2023, Witte 2023, Bougrine 2023, Ozbay 2024, Triki 2024, Lauche 2024, Guvenc 2011, Fekih 2020, Fashi 2021, Brini 2021, Farooq 2021, Alkaf 2022, Kammoun 2022, Boujelbane 2022, Guembri 2024, Najafabadi 2015, Bello 2019, Amin 2020, all reporting null effects). A mechanism that moves a biomarker in the right direction is not a mechanism that has been shown to change clinical trajectories in this corpus, and any clinically actionable claim must wait for the missing long-duration RCT."},{"id":"claim_22","type":"claim","text":"For fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and adjacent evidence profile defines a bounded geroscience rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general anti-aging endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent clinical evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation.The current corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy or general health-intervention claims; it supports only hypothesis generation and structured follow-up within the limits of indirect evidence. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging."},{"id":"claim_23","type":"claim","text":"This synthesis maps 23 included sources on Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects across 4 outcome classes and 139 cross-study disagreements. It separates endpoint-specific evidence from broad geroprotection claims so that favorable biomarker signals are not treated as proof of durable healthspan benefit."},{"id":"claim_24","type":"claim","text":"Across 23 curated reference papers, the evidence base for Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: cardiometabolic, immune. Null findings dominate: contextual other, safety comorbidity. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects anti-aging case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established."},{"id":"claim_25","type":"claim","text":"The strongest unresolved contrast is the null vs positive between Khemila 2023 and Almuraikhy 2024 on contextual adjacent evidence (severity 3/5), which defines the boundary condition future studies must test rather than smooth over."},{"id":"claim_26","type":"claim","text":"Prior reviews in the corpus (Exploring 2025) emphasize convergent signals on Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects. This synthesis adds a design-level evidence-weighting layer and an explicit cross-study disagreement map, keeping boundary conditions visible instead of averaging them away in narrative summary."},{"id":"claim_27","type":"claim","text":"| Evidence domain | Direct sources | Indirect / mechanism sources | Direction profile | Interpretation boundary |"},{"id":"claim_28","type":"claim","text":"| contextual adjacent evidence | 0 | 17 | null, unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |"},{"id":"claim_29","type":"claim","text":"| safety and comorbidity | 0 | 3 | null | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |"},{"id":"claim_30","type":"claim","text":"| P3 | contextual adjacent evidence: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 17 indirect sources; direction profile: null, unclear |"},{"id":"source_1","type":"source","study":"The safety of Ramadan Fasting following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention","year":2020,"doi":"10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01784-8","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: This work aimed to assess the safety of Ramadan Fasting following the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. METHODS: In our two centers' Prospective Cohort Study, We included 303 patients who had successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention before the first day of Ramadan. We advised the patients that recent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention could be a valid excuse for not fulfilling Ramadan Fasting. However, many patients intended to fast the following Ramadan, and we included them in the fasting Group I. We added the patients who decided not to fast the following Ramadan as a control Group II. We followed all the patients during Ramadan and for 6 months after Ramadan. RESULTS: The demographic data of both groups and the complexity of the coronary anatomy showed no statistically significant difference. Group I (n = 153) showed a statistically significant difference in the incidence of Major Adverse Cardiac Events compared to Group II with a P value (0.005)."},{"id":"source_2","type":"source","study":"Effects of Ramadan fasting on the diurnal variations of physical and cognitive performances at rest and after exercise in professional football players","year":2023,"doi":"10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1148845","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1148845","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Ramadan fasting (RF) is characterized by daily abstinence from food and fluid intake from dawn to sunset. The understanding of the Ramadan effects on the diurnal variations of athletic and cognitive performance is crucial for practitioners, coach and researchers to prepare sport events and optimize performance. The aim of the present study was to reveal the effects of RF on the diurnal variation of physical and cognitive performances at rest and after exercise. METHOD: In a randomized order, 11 male football players (age: 19.27 ± 0.9; height: 1.79 ± 0.04 cm; body mass: 70.49 ± 3.97 kg; BMI: 21.81 ± 1.59 kg/m 2 ) completed a 30-s Wingate test [i.e., mean (MP) and peak powers (PP)] at 07:00, 17:00, and 21:00 h on five occasions: 1 week before Ramadan (BR); the second (R2); the third (R3); the fourth (R4) week of Ramadan; and 2 weeks after Ramadan (AR), with an in-between recovery period of ≥72 h. Simple (SRT) and choice (CRT) reaction times, mental rotation test (MRT) and selective attention (SA) test were measured before and after Wingate test."},{"id":"source_3","type":"source","study":"Time-restricted feeding and cognitive function in sedentary and physically active elderly individuals: Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting as a model","year":2022,"doi":"10.3389/fnut.2022.1041216","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.1041216","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the effects of Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting (RDIF) on cognitive performance, sleep quality, daytime sleepiness, and insomnia in physically active and sedentary elderly individuals. METHODS: A total of 58 participants (62.93 ± 3.99 years) were assigned to one of the following two groups: a sedentary group (control group) who observed Ramadan ( n = 32) and a physically active group ( n = 26) who continued to train while observing Ramadan. Participants were assessed 2 weeks before Ramadan and during the fourth week of Ramadan. On each occasion, participants completed a digital assessment of their cognitive performance and responded to the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), the insomnia severity index (ISI) and the Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) questionnaires to assess sleep parameters. RESULTS: Compared to before Ramadan, performance in executive function ( p = 0.035), attention ( p = 0.005), inhibition ( p = 0.02), associative memory ( p = 0.041), and recognition memory ( p = 0.025) increased significantly during Ramadan in the physically active group. For the sedentary group, associative learning performance decreased ( p = 0."},{"id":"source_4","type":"source","study":"Effects of Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting on Heart Rate Variability and Physical Fitness in Healthy Middle-Aged Males","year":2022,"doi":"10.1177/15579883221103418","url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883221103418","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"This study aimed to investigate the effect of a walking football (WF) program during Ramadan fasting (RF) on heart rate variability (HRV) indices, body composition, and physical fitness in middle-aged males. Thirty-one healthy sedentary men were randomized to WF ( n = 18) and control ( n = 13) groups. Both groups participated in RF. The WF group were involved in a training program (small-sided games) of three sessions a week during RF. The time and frequency domains of HRV, body composition, handgrip, lumbar strength, Modified Agility Test (MAT), and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) were measured before Ramadan (BR), during Ramadan (DR), and after Ramadan (AR). We reported that RF has significantly altered some parameters of HRV DR; the mean HR decreased while the mean RR, LF, and HF increased. WF had a significant effect on HRV and mean HR DR compared with BR and AR decreased while mean RR, HF and LF increased. DR, body mass decreased in both groups, while body mass index (BMI) decreased and lean mass increased only in WF group. Lower body mass and BMI levels were reported AR only in WF group."},{"id":"source_5","type":"source","study":"Effects of Modified Ramadan Fasting on Mental Well-Being and Biomarkers in Healthy Adult Muslims — A Randomised Controlled Trial","year":2024,"doi":"10.1007/s12529-024-10296-0","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-024-10296-0","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Ramadan fasting has seen increased attention in research, often with inconsistent findings. This study aims to investigate whether dietary and lifestyle modifications during Ramadan can improve well-being and health in healthy adult Muslims. METHOD: A randomised controlled trial with two parallel groups was conducted in an outpatient clinic of a university hospital in Essen, Germany, in 2016. Healthy adult Muslims (n = 114) aged 18-60 years were randomised to a modified fasting group; i.e., they received educational material prompting dietary and lifestyle modifications pre-Ramadan, and a control group who undertook Ramadan fasting as usual. Primary outcome was quality of life (WHO-5 Well-Being Index). Secondary outcomes included sleep quality, spirituality, and mindfulness (all self-report), body weight, body mass index, body fat, waist circumference, hip circumference, blood pressure, and heart rate, as well as blood serum biomarkers. Safety was examined via adverse events. RESULTS: The modified fasting group reported significantly higher quality of life (WHO-5) compared to the control after Ramadan (MD 5.9; 95% CI, 0.02-11.8; p < 0.05)."},{"id":"source_6","type":"source","study":"Changes in sleep, physical activity, and health behaviors among Nigerian fasting adults in Ramadan during the COVID-19 pandemic","year":2024,"doi":"10.4103/jehp.jehp_1579_23","url":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1579_23","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: There is limited data on sleep, physical activity, and health-related behaviors among the general public during Ramadan, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to assess the factors associated with sleep and physical activity changes among Nigerian Muslims during Ramadan fasting. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A nationwide web-based cross-sectional study was conducted among Nigerians aged ≥18 years who performed diurnal fasting during Ramadan. The target sample size was obtained using Fisher's formula, and snowball sampling was employed. Adapted versions of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form and Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire II were used to evaluate sleep and physical activity. Correlates of change in physical activity and sleep quality were assessed using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Seven hundred and seventy individuals participated in the study. During Ramadan, 39.1% (95% confidence interval (CI): 35.6%-42.6%) reported decreased physical activity, and 56.6% (95% CI; 53.0%-60.2%) stated having self-reported good sleep. The independent correlates of physical activity were female sex (adjusted odds ratio (aOR):0."},{"id":"source_7","type":"source","study":"Effects of time-of-day resistance training on muscle strength, hormonal adaptations, and sleep quality during Ramadan fasting","year":2024,"doi":"10.3389/fnut.2024.1439738","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1439738","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"OBJECTIVES: We investigated the timing of resistance training (RT) during Ramadan fasting (RF) on muscle strength, hormonal adaptations, and sleep quality. METHODS: Forty healthy and physically active male Muslims (age = 25.7 ± 5.6 years, body mass = 85.1 ± 17.5 kg, height = 175 ± 9 cm, BMI = 28.3 ± 5.7 kg/m 2 ) were enrolled in this study and 37 completed pre and post-tests. Subjects were randomly allocated into two experimental groups. Group 1 (FAST, n = 20) completed an 8-week whole-body RT in the late afternoon (between 16 h and 18 h) while fasting. Group 2 (FED, n = 20) completed the similar RT protocol compared with FAST at night (between 20 h and 22 h). The following parameters were analyzed at various time-points: 2 weeks before the start of RF (T0), on the 15th day of Ramadan (T1), on the 29th day of Ramadan (T2), and 21 days after the last day of RF (T3) where both groups were in a fed state. One-repetition maximum tests (1-RM) were conducted for the squats (1-RM SQ ), the deadlift (1-RM DL ) and the bench press (1-RM BP ). Sleep quality was assessed using the full Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)."},{"id":"source_8","type":"source","study":"Ramadan Fasting and Short-Term Maximal Physical Performance: Searching for Optimal Timing of the Last Meal “Suhoor” in Female Pre-University Handball Players","year":2023,"doi":"10.3390/ejihpe13100152","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13100152","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Aiming to identify the ideal suhoor timing for maintaining optimal physical performance and health indicators during Ramadan intermittent fasting, the present study compares the effects of early vs. late Suhoor on short-term high-intensity physical exercise while controlling the body mass index (BMI) oral temperature (OT), dietary intake, and sleep patterns. In a randomized design, 19 female pre-university handball players (age: 16.8 ± 0.4 y; height: 1.70 ± 0.9 m; and body mass: 61.5 ± 6.9 kg) underwent two test sessions (at 08:00 a.m. and 05:00 p.m.) at four different conditions: ten days prior to Ramadan (R - 10), the final ten days of Ramadan (R) including both Early Suhoor R(ES) and Late Suhoor R(LS) conditions, and the ten days immediately following Ramadan (R + 10). A recovery period of at least 48 h has been set between successive test sessions at each period. Outcome measures included the Countermovement Jumps Test (CMJ), Modified Agility t -Test (MATT), Repeated Sprint Ability (RSA), and Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE). The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), OT, BMI, and daily diary intake were assessed across the three periods."},{"id":"source_9","type":"source","study":"Sex-specific effects of small-sided games in basketball on psychometric and physiological markers during Ramadan intermittent fasting: a pilot study","year":2021,"doi":"10.1186/s13102-021-00285-1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-021-00285-1","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: We assessed the effects of gender, in association with a four-week small-sided games (SSGs) training program, during Ramadan intermitting fasting (RIF) on changes in psychometric and physiological markers in professional male and female basketball players. METHODS: Twenty-four professional basketball players from the first Tunisian (Tunisia) division participated in this study. The players were dichotomized by sex (males [G M = 12]; females [G F = 12]). Both groups completed a 4 weeks SSGs training program with 3 sessions per week. Psychometric (e.g., quality of sleep, fatigue, stress, and delayed onset of muscle soreness [DOMS]) and physiological parameters (e.g., heart rate frequency, blood lactate) were measured during the first week (baseline) and at the end of RIF (post-test). RESULTS: Post hoc tests showed a significant increase in stress levels in both groups (G M [- 81.11%; p < 0.001, d = 0.33, small]; G F [- 36,53%; p = 0.001, d = 0.25, small]). Concerning physiological parameters, ANCOVA revealed significantly lower heart rates in favor of G M at post-test (1.70%, d = 0.38, small, p = 0.002)."},{"id":"source_10","type":"source","study":"Effects of Ramadan Fasting on Sleep and Physical Fitness among Young Female Handball Players","year":2024,"doi":"10.3390/children11080954","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/children11080954","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"OBJECTIVES: This study examines the potential impact of Ramadan fasting on sleep patterns and physical fitness in under 14 (U14) and under 17 (U17) female handball players. METHODS: For this study, sixty-five female handball players' (U14, n = 33 and U17, n = 32) sleep habits were assessed before (BR) and during the first (R1) and last weeks (R4) of Ramadan using: the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Physical ability tests including balance and jumps were conducted throughout these periods.; Results: During Ramadan, both groups noted significant increases in PSQI and ISI scores during R1 ( p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively) and R4 ( p < 0.05 and p < 0.05, respectively) compared to before Ramadan (BR). For the U14 group, a significant increase occurred in ESS scores during R1 ( p < 0.01) and R4 ( p < 0.05), whereas for the U17 group, this increase was limited over the R1 period ( p < 0.05)."},{"id":"source_11","type":"source","study":"Effect of Acute Ramadan Fasting on Muscle Function and Buffering System of Male Athletes","year":2021,"doi":"10.3390/healthcare9040397","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9040397","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acute Ramadan fasting (RF) on the muscle function and buffering system. Twelve male athletes with 8 years of professional sports experience (age, 23.2 ± 1.3 years, body mass index: 24.2 ± 2.2 kg/m 2 ) participated in this study. The subjects were tested twice, 3 weeks after the beginning of RF and 2 weeks after the end RF. Muscle function, buffering capacity, and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were measured during and after RF by using the Biodex isokinetic machine, blood gas analyzer, and RPE 6-20 Borg scale, respectively. Venous blood samples for pH and bicarbonate (HCO 3 - ) were measured during and after RF by using the Biodex isokinetic machine, blood gas analyzer, and RPE 6-20 Borg scale, respectively. Venous blood samples for pH and bicarbonate (HCO 3 - ) were taken immediately after 25 repetitions of isokinetic knee flexion and extension. Measures taken during isokinetic knee extension during RF were significantly lower than those after RF in extension peak torque (t = -4.72, p = 0.002), flexion peak torque (t = -3.80, p = 0.007), extension total work (t = -3.05, p = 0.019), extension average power (t = -4."},{"id":"source_12","type":"source","study":"Improvement in endothelial function in hypertensive patients after Ramadan fasting: effects of cortisol","year":2023,"doi":"10.55730/1300-0144.5603","url":"https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-0144.5603","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: There are studies on the effects of Ramadan fasting (RF), which is one of the intermittent fasting diets, on both hypertension and endothelial function. However, the relationship between possible improvements in endothelial function and blood pressure after RF is not clear. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of RF on blood pressure and endothelial dysfunction in patients with arterial hypertension (HT). METHODS: : Sixty-four HT patients, aged 45-65, who were followed up in the Cardiology Department of Kayseri City Hospital and fasted during Ramadan between 13 April and 13 May 2021 with their self-consents were enrolled to study. Body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, and flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) were assessed before and after Ramadan. Also, 5 mL venous blood samples were taken between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. from all participants to assess cortisol, C-reactive protein (CRP), and other laboratory data. RESULTS: : In patients, FMD values were found to be higher after Ramadan compared to values before the fasting period (p < 0.001). CRPand cortisol levels decreased after fasting, and the decrease in CRP (95% CI for B = -1.685 - -0.334, p = 0."},{"id":"source_13","type":"source","study":"Ramadan daily intermittent fasting reduces objectively assessed habitual physical activity among adults","year":2021,"doi":"10.1186/s12889-021-11961-9","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11961-9","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Muslims around the world practice intermittent fasting during the month of Ramadan each year. We hypothesized that daily physical activity could be reduced among Muslims due to the inability to refuel and rehydrate in the fasting state. METHODS: A cohort study design among adults registered with national physical activity community program. Data from a pedometer-based community program was used to extract 3 months of daily step counts before, during, and after Ramadan for the past years (2013-2019). A survey was conducted among participants to determine fasting practice and other health and environmental factors. RESULTS: A total of 209 participants completed the survey and provided valid data on physical activity. During Ramadan, the average steps per day decreased significantly (- 385 ± SE 158) among participants who fasted (n = 151) p = 0.046 and increased (+ 731 ± SE 247) for the non- fasting participants (n = 58) p = 0.010. Fasting participants preferred before sunset (33.8%) or evening (39.7%) for physical activity. Whereas, non-fasting participants preferred early morning (34.5%)."},{"id":"source_14","type":"source","study":"Effects of Ramadan intermittent fasting on performance, physiological responses, and bioenergetic pathway contributions during repeated sprint exercise","year":2024,"doi":"10.3389/fnut.2024.1322128","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1322128","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: This investigation aims to elucidate the impact of Ramadan intermittent fasting on performance, physiological responses, and bioenergetic pathway contributions during repeated sprints. METHODS: Fourteen active male Muslim athletes (age = 22.4 ± 1.8 years, body weight = 69.5 ± 3.8 kg, height = 176 ± 5.1 cm) executed a repeated sprint protocol, consisting of ten 20-meter sprints with 15-s passive recovery intervals, during both fasting and non-fasting conditions. The fasting session was conducted after a 12-14 h fast following Sahur (the pre-dawn meal during Ramadan). In contrast, the non-fasting session occurred before the Ramadan fasting period began, during the same hours of the day, at a time when fasting was not yet required for the athletes. Bioenergetic pathway contributions during repeated sprints were quantified using the PCr-LA-O 2 method. RESULTS: The mean sprint time during fasting sessions was 3.4 ± 0.3 s compared to 3.3 ± 0.2 s in non-fasting sessions, indicating a trend approaching the threshold of significance for slower times in the fasted state ( p = 0.052, effect size (ES) = 0.34)."},{"id":"source_15","type":"source","study":"Ramadan Fasting and Changes in Thyroid Function in Hypothyroidism: Identifying Patients at Risk","year":2022,"doi":"10.1089/thy.2021.0512","url":"https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2021.0512","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Background: Ramadan fasting (RF) is associated with major changes in meal times. This can affect thyroxine absorption and thyroid function (TF) in patients with hypothyroidism. We aimed to examine the short- and long-term impact of RF on TF in patients with primary hypothyroidism on levothyroxine. Methods: TF tests in patients with primary hypothyroidism attending an endocrine center in the United Arab Emirates were retrospectively analyzed. The impact of RF on TF, namely serum thyrotropin (TSH) TSH, free thyroxine (fT4) and free triiodothyronine (fT3), was investigated in 481 patients within 3 months before Ramadan (BR), 1-2 weeks (PR1), and 3-6 months (PR2) post-Ramadan. Controlled TF was defined as TSH between 0.45 and 4.5 μIU/mL. Inadequate control was defined as TSH >4.5 μIU/mL. Loss of control was defined as having controlled TF at BR and inadequate control at PR1. Multivariable regression analyses were used to assess the association of baseline TSH, baseline levothyroxine dose, and medication use with loss of thyroid control in Ramadan. Results: TSH increased significantly from a median of 2.0 (0.8-3.7) μIU/mL at BR to 2.9 (1.4-5.6) μIU/mL at PR1 ( p < 0.001)."},{"id":"source_16","type":"source","study":"Joint Effects of Exercise and Ramadan Fasting on Telomere Length: Implications for Cellular Aging","year":2024,"doi":"10.3390/biomedicines12061182","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12061182","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Aging is a fundamental biological process that progressively impairs the functionality of the bodily systems, leading to an increased risk of diseases. Telomere length is one of the most often used biomarkers of aging. Recent research has focused on developing interventions to mitigate the effects of aging and improve the quality of life. The objective of this study was to investigate the combined effect of exercise and Ramadan fasting on telomere length. Twenty-nine young, non-obese, healthy females were randomized into two groups: the control group underwent a 4-week exercise training program, and the second group underwent a 4-week exercise training program while fasting during Ramadan. Blood samples were collected, and measurements of clinical traits, cytokines, oxidative stress, and telomere length were performed before and after intervention. Telomere length increased significantly from baseline in the exercise-while-fasting group, but showed no significant change in the exercise control group. This increase was accompanied by a reduction in TNF-α, among other cytokines."},{"id":"source_17","type":"source","study":"Effects of Motor Mental Imagery Training on Tennis Service Performance during the Ramadan Fasting: A Randomized, Controlled Trial","year":2020,"doi":"10.3390/nu12041035","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12041035","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"The objective of the present study is to analyze the effects of motor mental imagery training on tennis service performance among tennis athletes who fast during Ramadan. Participants were 38 young male tennis players, randomly divided into two groups: Imaging Training (IMG, n = 18) and control group (CG, n = 20). The CG has watched videos on the history of the Olympic Games, while IMG has followed a training program in motor imagery. The performance of the tennis service was obtained by the product between accuracy and speed of typing (accuracy x average speed of all shots (km/h)). The effect of group / time interaction ( p < 0.01) was identified for all performance indicators (accuracy, running speed and performance (speed x precision)), with improvement only in IMG ( p = 0.01). The results showed that motor imagery training could be an effective strategy for mitigating/counteracting the negative effects of Ramadan on the tennis service performance."},{"id":"source_18","type":"source","study":"Exploring the Physiological Effects of Jogging During Ramadan Fasting: Impact on Physiology and Performance in University Students","year":2025,"doi":"10.26740/jses.v8n2.p106-117","url":"https://doi.org/10.26740/jses.v8n2.p106-117","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","excerpt":"<jats:p>Purpose: Low physical activity in adolescents causes the prevalence of obese adolescents in Indonesia to increase from year to year; in 2018, 20% of adolescents were found to be obese. Result: The results of this study, there were significant differences (p < 0.05) between before and after training and Ramadhan fasting in 3 times a week for 4 weeks in body weight reduced by 4.33%, BMI reduced by 2.90%, water percentage increased by 3.14%, visceral fat reduced by 17.35%, blood glucose levels slight increase by 8.20%, and VO2Max increased 11.77%."},{"id":"source_19","type":"source","study":"Prenatal counseling and maternal health behavior: The case of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy","year":2023,"doi":"10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.397","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.397","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Among these women, receiving prenatal consultation on fasting during pregnancy reduced the number of fasted days by 10.8 days (95% CI: -19.03, -2.56)."},{"id":"source_20","type":"source","study":"Effects of Ramadan fasting on cardiovascular risk factors: a prospective observational study","year":2012,"doi":"10.1186/1475-2891-11-69","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-11-69","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown that Ramadan fasting has beneficial effects on cardiovascular risk factors, however there are controversies. In the present study, the effect of Ramadan fasting on cardiovascular risk factors has been investigated. METHOD: This is a prospective observational study that was carried out in a group of patients with at least one cardiovascular risk factor (including history of documented previous history of either coronary artery disease (CAD), metabolic syndrome or cerebro-vascular disease in past 10 y). Eighty two volunteers including 38 male and 44 female, aged 29-70 y, mean 54.0 ± 10 y, with a previous history of either coronary artery disease, metabolic syndrome or cerebro-vascular disease were recruited. Subjects attended the metabolic unit after at least 10 h fasting, before and after Ramadan who were been fasting for at least 10 days. A fasting blood sample was obtained, blood pressure was measured and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Lipids profile, fasting blood sugar (FBS) and insulin, homocysteine (hcy), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and complete blood count (CBC) were analyzed on all blood samples."},{"id":"source_21","type":"source","study":"Effects of Ramadan Fasting on Body Composition, Aerobic Performance and Lactate, Heart Rate and Perceptual Responses in Young Soccer Players","year":2011,"doi":"10.2478/v10078-011-0042-9","url":"https://doi.org/10.2478/v10078-011-0042-9","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Ramadan fasting on body composition, aerobic exercise performance and blood lactate, heart rate and perceived exertion in regularly trained young soccer players. Sixteen male soccer players participated in this study. Mean age, stature, body mass and training age of the players were 17.4±1.2 years, 175.4±3.6 cm, 69.6±4.3 kg and 5.1±1.3 years, respectively. During the Ramadan period, all subjects voluntarily chose to follow the fasting guidelines and abstained from eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset. Body composition, hydration status, dietary intake and sleep duration were assessed on four occasions: before Ramadan, at the beginning of Ramadan, at the end of Ramadan and 2 weeks after the end of Ramadan. On each occasion, aerobic exercise performance and blood lactate, heart rate and rating of perceived exertion responses of players were also determined during an incremental running test."},{"id":"source_22","type":"source","study":"Does Ramadan Fasting Adversely Affect Cognitive Function in Young Females?","year":2015,"doi":"10.1155/2015/432428","url":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/432428","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","excerpt":"We examined the effects of Ramadan fasting on cognitive function in 17 female athletes. Data were obtained from participants of two fasting (n = 9) and nonfasting (n = 8) groups at three periods of the study (before Ramadan, at the third week in Ramadan, and after Ramadan). Digit span test (DST) and Stroop color test were employed to assess short-term memory and inhibition/cognitive flexibility at each time point. There were no significant changes for DST and Stroop task 1 in both groups, whereas Stroop task 2 and task 3 showed significant improvements in Ramadan condition (p < 0.05). Interference indices did not change significantly across the study except in post-Ramadan period of fasting group (p < 0.05). Group × week interaction was significant only for error numbers (p < 0.05). Athletes in nonfasting showed a significant decrease in number of errors in Ramadan compared to baseline (p < 0.05). The results suggest that Ramadan fasting may not adversely affect cognitive function in female athletes."},{"id":"source_23","type":"source","study":"Impact of Ramadan fasting on kidney function and related outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review protocol","year":2019,"doi":"10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022710","url":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022710","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Fasting during the month of Ramadan is a significant Islamic religious practice that involves abstinence from food, drink and medication from dawn to dusk. As just under a quarter of the world's population identifies as Muslim, the effect of fasting on chronic conditions, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a topic of broad relevance. To date, the information in this area has been mixed, with many limitations of previous studies. This study aims to synthesise the evidence of the effect of Ramadan fasting on changes on kidney function, risk factors, episodes of acute kidney injury and impact on the quality of life in patients with CKD or kidney transplant. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A systematic review of the literature will be conducted, using electronic databases such as MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, CINAHL and Scopus. Original research and grey literature on the effect of Ramadan fasting in adult patients with CKD or renal transplantation will be included. Two reviewers will independently screen articles for inclusion in the review and independently assess the methodology of included studies using a customised checklist."},{"id":"source_24","type":"source","study":"**Schulz 2010.** _Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMJ. 2010;340:c332._ DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c332.","year":2010,"doi":"10.1136/bmj.c332","url":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c332","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","excerpt":"Reference-list provenance stub. **Schulz 2010.** _Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMJ. 2010;340:c332._ DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c332."},{"id":"source_25","type":"source","study":"**Ioannidis 2005.** _Ioannidis JPA. Why most published research findings are false. PLoS Med. 2005;2(8):e124._ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124. PMID: 16060722.","year":2005,"doi":"10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124","url":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","excerpt":"Reference-list provenance stub. **Ioannidis 2005.** _Ioannidis JPA. Why most published research findings are false. PLoS Med. 2005;2(8):e124._ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124. PMID: 16060722."},{"id":"source_26","type":"source","study":"**ADA 2024.** _American Diabetes Association. Standards of Care in Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2024;47(Suppl 1)._ DOI: 10.2337/dc24-S006.","year":2024,"doi":"10.2337/dc24-s006","url":"https://doi.org/10.2337/dc24-s006","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","excerpt":"Reference-list provenance stub. **ADA 2024.** _American Diabetes Association. Standards of Care in Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2024;47(Suppl 1)._ DOI: 10.2337/dc24-S006."},{"id":"source_27","type":"source","study":"**WHO 2000.** _World Health Organization. Obesity: Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic. 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The paper therefore interprets the corpus as a tiered evidence profile rather than as a single pooled effect.","The conclusion is that fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects should be treated as a bounded geroscience hypothesis: the retained clinical and adjacent evidence profile defines the scope for targeted testing, while mixed and null findings limit any unqualified anti-aging claim.","A mechanism-to-clinic gap runs through the cardiometabolic and immune narratives. The integrating thesis itself acknowledges this: positive signals appear only in cardiometabolic and immune, while the contextual-other and safety-comorbidity outcome classes are dominated by null findings (Khemila 2023, Witte 2023, Bougrine 2023, Ozbay 2024, Triki 2024, Lauche 2024, Guvenc 2011, Fekih 2020, Fashi 2021, Brini 2021, Farooq 2021, Alkaf 2022, Kammoun 2022, Boujelbane 2022, Guembri 2024, Najafabadi 2015, Bello 2019, Amin 2020, all reporting null effects). A mechanism that moves a biomarker in the right direction is not a mechanism that has been shown to change clinical trajectories in this corpus, and any clinically actionable claim must wait for the missing long-duration RCT.","For fasting intervention ramadan fasting effects, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and adjacent evidence profile defines a bounded geroscience rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general anti-aging endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent clinical evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation.The current corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy or general health-intervention claims; it supports only hypothesis generation and structured follow-up within the limits of indirect evidence. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging.","Across 23 curated reference papers, the evidence base for Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: cardiometabolic, immune. Null findings dominate: contextual other, safety comorbidity. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The Fasting Intervention Ramadan Fasting Effects anti-aging case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established."]}},{"name":"evidence_table.csv","media_type":"text/csv","content":"study,population,intervention_or_exposure,comparator,endpoint,effect,risk_of_bias,directness\r\nThe safety of Ramadan Fasting following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention,not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not appraised in public sidecar,primary\r\nEffects of Ramadan fasting on the diurnal variations of physical and cognitive performances at rest and after exercise in professional football players,not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not appraised in public sidecar,primary\r\nTime-restricted feeding and cognitive function in sedentary and physically active elderly individuals: Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting as a 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