Fasting Ramadan During COVID-19 Pandemic: Immunomodulatory Effect

Taghreed Abunada; Hanan Abunada; Hatem Zayed

doi:10.3389/fnut.2020.557025

Fasting Ramadan During COVID-19 Pandemic: Immunomodulatory Effect

Front Nutr. 2020 Nov 5:7:557025. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.557025. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Taghreed Abunada¹, Hanan Abunada², Hatem Zayed¹

Affiliations

¹ Biomedical Science Department, College of Health Sciences, QU-Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
² Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.

Abstract

As of April 24, 2020, more than 1. 6 billion Muslims observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan worldwide. The safety of fasting of healthy adult Muslims during the COVID-19 era is debatable. In this perspective, we discuss the available scientific evidence of the advantages of fasting against COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; diet; fasting Ramadan; immune; restriction.