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FASTING [14 records]

Record 1 2024-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
CONT

Fasting-mimicking diets. FMD differs from IF [intermittent fasting] in that it allows for reduced calorie intake instead of complete abstinence of food ... FMD constitutes periodic cycles of consecutive days consuming a reduced-calorie diet followed by eating "ad libitum" ... FMD could be a plant-based diet, low in protein and sugar content.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
CONT

Alternate-day fasting is one way to do intermittent fasting. ... you fast every other day but eat whatever you want on the non-fasting days.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
DEF

An eating pattern where [one cycles] between periods of eating and fasting.

CONT

... a growing body of research suggests that the timing of the fast is key, and can make IF a more realistic, sustainable, and effective approach for weight loss, as well as for diabetes prevention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
CONT

[...] le jeûne intermittent, où on alterne des journées d'alimentation normale avec des journées très réduites en calories ou de jeûne complet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
DEF

Periodo en el que se alternan fases de ayuno y alimentación.

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Record 4 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
DEF

A condition in which the fasting blood sugar level is elevated (100 to 125 milligrams per deciliter or mg/dL) after an overnight fast but is not high enough to be classified as diabetes.

CONT

Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) and Impaired Fasting Glycaemia (IFG) are intermediate conditions in the transition between normality and diabetes. People with IGT or IFG are at high risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes, although this is not inevitable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
CONT

En dehors du diabète défini par une glycémie à jeun veineuse supérieure ou égale à 7 mmol/l (1,26 g/l), l'American Diabetes Association a identifié deux anomalies de la tolérance glucosée : l'intolérance au glucose définie par une glycémie à la deuxième heure de l'hyperglycémie provoquée par voie orale (HGPO) comprise entre 7,8 et 11 mmol/l (1,4 et 1,9 g/l) et l'hyperglycémie modérée à jeun (HMJ) où la glycémie veineuse à jeun est comprise entre 6,1 et 6,9 mmol/l (1,1 et 1,25 g/l).

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
Key term(s)
  • fasting glycaemia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
CONT

La glycémie à jeun dépend essentiellement de la production hépatique de glucose, tandis que la glycémie postprandiale dépend majoritairement des apports alimentaires.

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oriental Religions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Religions orientales

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
DEF

A type of short-term diet plan that usually consists solely of beverages, like water, juice, or tea.

OBS

The fasting diet is one of the oldest diets known to man and is also extremely popular with those who intend to lose weight by cleansing the body of its toxins and waste products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
CONT

Le principe du régime de jeûne complet consiste à arrêter toute alimentation durant une période déterminée à l'exception des apports hydriques sous forme d'eau, de thé ou de tisanes.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
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Record 9 2001-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
CONT

Kersten S., S. Mandard, N. S. Tan, P. Escher, D. Metzger, P. Chambon, F. J. Gonzalez, B. Desvergne, and W. Wahli (2000). Characterization of the fasting induced adipose factor FIAF,a novel PPAR target gene. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275, 28488D28493. P

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
CONT

Le FIAF(fasting induced adipose factor) également décrit sous le nom de PGAR (PPAR angiopoietin related) ou HFARP (hepatic fibrinogen/angiopoietin-related protein) a été identifié chez la souris. Cette glycoprotéine, apparentée au fibrinogène et aux angiopoïétines, est produite essentiellement par les tissus adipeux blanc et brun, le placenta et une quantité moindre par le foie.

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

On waking, presumably with an empty stomach, some of the animals would dine on the leaves of a shrub called Aspilia.

CONT

The food challenge should be administered with the patient in a fasting state, starting the challenge with a dose of food unlikely to provoke symptoms (generally 125 mg to 500 mg of lyophilized food). This dose is then doubled every 15 to 60 minutes, depending upon the type of reaction that is anticipated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

À jeun depuis hier, il avait soif et faim.

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Digestive Tract

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil digestif

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Religion (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Religion (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 13 1992-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Husbandry
OBS

of an animal, e.g. before slaughter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des animaux
OBS

d'un animal, p. ex. avant l'abattage.

Spanish

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Record 14 1985-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Digestive Tract

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil digestif

Spanish

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