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Intermittent fasting during Ramadan significantly reduces serum leptin levels in healthy young men, correlating with weight loss, while adiponectin levels remain largely unchanged.

Fasting for a month lowers your leptin levels, a hormone that signals energy stores to your brain. This drop correlates with your weight loss. Adiponectin, another metabolic hormone, stays relatively stable. This hormonal shift is part of the body's adaptation to reduced energy intake.

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At the end-line phase, serum leptin had declined significantly, whereas serum adiponectin decreased by an insignificant amount compared with the level at baseline... Correlation coefficients show a significant correlation between the percentage change in body weight and percentage change in serum leptin concentration (r = 0.412; P = .037)
Guntari Prasetya et al. · American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine · 2018

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Single-arm observational study.

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Intermittent Fasting During Ramadan Improves Insulin Sensitivity and Anthropometric Parameters in Healthy Young Muslim Men

Guntari Prasetya et al. · American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine · 2018

DOI 10.1177/1559827618815430

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