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ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2026

Ramadan intermittent fasting and the gut microbiome: modulation of diversity and implications for metabolic health.

Shahla Shahbazi, Soheila Aminzadeh, Majid Taati Moghadam, Sajad Rajabi, Seyedeh Shadi Vaziri, Mosayeb Rostamian

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Review in Frontiers in nutrition, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Shahla ShahbaziInfectious Diseases Research Center, Health Policy and Promotion Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Soheila AminzadehDepartment of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Majid Taati MoghadamDepartment of Microbiology, Virology and Microbial Toxins, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Sajad RajabiDepartment of Microbiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Theran, Iran.
Seyedeh Shadi VaziriDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Basic Silences, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran.
Mosayeb RostamianInfectious Diseases Research Center, Health Policy and Promotion Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ramadan fasting (RF), a culturally embedded form of time-restricted eating, involves daily abstinence from food and drink from dawn to sunset and provides a real-world human model to examine the potential impact of intermittent fasting on the gut microbiome and metabolic health. This review synthesizes evidence from human studies, predominantly observational in design, to evaluate the associations between RF, microbial composition and diversity, and metabolic outcomes. Current evidence suggests that RF may be associated with changes in gut microbial richness and community structure, including reported increases in taxa such

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dysbiosismetabolic healthmicrobiomeRamadan fastingshort-chain fatty acids

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