URINARY BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS MODIFIED DURING PERIODIC FASTING
Abstract:
The paper is a prospective parallel study on the values of urinary biochemical parameters in
29 healthy men and women who were divided into two groups: the PF (periodic fasting) group (19
volunteers) who provided urine samples at baseline and after 7 weeks of religious fasting and the NPF
(non-periodic fasting) group (10 volunteers) with omnivorous diet. Urine analysis shows a significant
difference between calcium levels (0.10 ± 0.08 g/L vs 0.26±0.21 g/L, p <0.05), uric acid (0.11 ± 0.03 g/L
versus 0.49 ± 0.38 g/L, p <0.05) and urea (17.21 ± 5.06 g/L versus 25.04 ± 4.28 g/L, p <0.05) in PF and
NPF groups at the end of the trial, while the difference is not significant for ascorbic acid and creatinine
values.
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