Kannan Subramanian, Mahadevan Shriraam, Seshadri Krishna, Sadacharan Dhalapathy, Velayutham Kumaravel
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bariatric Medicine, Narayana Health City, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Nov-Dec;20(6):858-862. doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.192921.
Religious practices and cultural customs related to eating habits have a significant impact on lifestyle and health of the community. The Ramadan fasting in Muslims and its influence on various metabolic parameters such as diabetes have been reasonably studied. However, literature related to Hindu religious customs related to fasting and food patterns during various festivals and its effect on diabetes are scarce. This article is an attempt to describe the Hindu religious customs related to fasting and food practices from the State of Tamil Nadu (South India) and to raise the awareness among physicians about its relationship with diabetes which may help in managing their diabetic patients in a better way.
与饮食习惯相关的宗教习俗和文化风俗对社区的生活方式和健康有着重大影响。穆斯林的斋月禁食及其对诸如糖尿病等各种代谢参数的影响已得到较为充分的研究。然而，关于印度教在各种节日期间与禁食和饮食模式相关的宗教习俗及其对糖尿病影响的文献却很匮乏。本文旨在描述来自泰米尔纳德邦（印度南部）与禁食和饮食习俗相关的印度教宗教习俗，并提高医生对其与糖尿病关系的认识，这可能有助于更好地管理他们的糖尿病患者。
