We interviewed a physician who provides guidance for patients with diabetes who wish to fast for religious or non-religious reasons. Fasting has been an integral part of religious practices for ...

Intermittent fasting can help people with Type 2 diabetes lose weight, lower blood pressure and improve blood sugar levels, a rigorous new study has found. The new research, published Friday in the ...

Diabetes remission is defined as achieving an HbA1c (average blood sugar) level of less than 6.5 percent for at least one ...

Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan is integral in the lives of Muslims, but it's not always safe for everyone to participate. Some health-care providers might not understand the religious ...

People with diabetes don't have higher gastric volumes than those without diabetes after following standard preoperative fasting instructions, suggested a study from a team of anesthesiologist ...

Despite its benefits, intermittent fasting carries potential risks for diabetics. When not done correctly, intermittent ...

Healthy eating habits have always been important to controlling blood sugar. But when you eat could also play an increasingly important role. Fasting between meals has been one approach to restricting ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My family observes Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that involves fasting. However, I recently was diagnosed with diabetes. Another relative with diabetes told me it would not be ...

"Patients with type 2 diabetes should consider intermittent fasting carefully" and "not undertake it without the involvement of their physician," stress the authors of a new viewpoint published online ...