Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Bacha Khan University Charsadda, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Public Health. 2022 Oct 24;10:1009055. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1009055. eCollection 2022.
Decline in cardio-metabolic health, immunity, and physical activity is associated with old age. Old people also find it difficult to engage in structured exercise programs. Therefore, there is a need to investigate common daily chores as an alternative for exercise that may also help in maintaining cardio-metabolic and immune health.
We aimed to investigate whether , an obligatory Islamic prayer involving various physical movements and closely resembling yoga, enhances the benefits conferred by the current guidelines for physical activity.
A total of 30 overweight adults (mean (SD) age of 53.5 (8.7) years) participated in this study. For a 4-week duration, we compared the effects of before/after meals (Pre-MS/Post-MS) on selected immunological and metabolic parameters in serum samples. We also compared the effects of both Pre-MS/Post-MS regimens in young and old subjects to observe any age-related effects.
Most of the baseline metabolic parameters and the count of immune cells were normal. Post-MS resulted in a significant reduction in body weight and percent body fat (%BF). Overall, Post-MS resulted in a clear leukocytosis with a significant increase in granulocytes, monocytes, and lymphocytes. When analyzing the lymphocyte compartment, a clear numerical increase was noted for T, B, and NK cells. The number of CD8+ T cells showed a statistically significant increase. Similarly, Post-MS induced leukocytosis in both young and old individuals, while the increase in granulocytes, monocytes, and lymphocytes was statistically significant in old subjects only.
This study demonstrated that the Islamic obligatory and congressional practice is capable of mimicking desirable pro-immune and pro-metabolic health effects.
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随着年龄的增长，身体的代谢健康、免疫和身体活动能力会下降。老年人也很难进行结构化的锻炼计划。因此，需要研究日常常见的家务活动作为运动的替代方式，这可能有助于保持身体的代谢和免疫健康。
我们旨在研究伊斯兰教的一种强制性祈祷仪式（包含各种身体动作，与瑜伽非常相似）是否能增强当前身体活动指南所带来的益处。
共有 30 名超重成年人（平均（SD）年龄 53.5（8.7）岁）参与了这项研究。在为期 4 周的时间里，我们比较了餐前/餐后（Pre-MS/Post-MS）进行 对血清样本中选定免疫和代谢参数的影响。我们还比较了 Pre-MS/Post-MS 两种方案在年轻和老年受试者中的效果，以观察任何与年龄相关的影响。
大多数基线代谢参数和免疫细胞计数都正常。Post-MS 后体重和体脂百分比（%BF）显著降低。总体而言，Post-MS 导致白细胞增多，粒细胞、单核细胞和淋巴细胞显著增加。在分析淋巴细胞时，T、B 和 NK 细胞的数量明显增加。CD8+T 细胞的数量也显示出统计学上的显著增加。同样，Post-MS 诱导了年轻和老年个体的白细胞增多，而粒细胞、单核细胞和淋巴细胞的增加仅在老年组中具有统计学意义。
这项研究表明，伊斯兰教的强制性和规定性的礼拜仪式能够模仿对免疫和代谢健康有益的效果。
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