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| Title |
Prolonged Fasting as a Method of Mood Enhancement in Chronic Pain Syndromes: A Review of Clinical Evidence and Mechanisms
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| Published in |
Current Pain and Headache Reports, March 2010
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11916-010-0104-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Andreas Michalsen |
| Abstract |
Periods of deliberate fasting with restriction to intake of solid food are practiced worldwide, mostly based on a traditional, cultural, or religious background. Recent evidence from clinical trials shows that medically supervised modified fasting (200-500 kcal nutritional intake/day) with periods from 7 to 21 days is efficacious in the treatment of rheumatic diseases and chronic pain syndromes. Here, fasting is frequently accompanied by increased alertness and mood enhancement. The beneficial claims of fasting are supported by experimental research, which has found fasting to be associated with increased brain availability of serotonin, endogenous opioids, and endocannabinoids. Fasting-induced neuroendocrine activation and mild cellular stress response with increased production of neurotrophic factors may also contribute to the mood enhancement of fasting. Fasting treatments may be useful as an adjunctive therapeutic approach in chronic pain patients. The mood-enhancing and pain-relieving effect of therapeutic fasting should be further evaluated in randomized clinical trials. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 133 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Serbia | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 127 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 11% |
| Researcher | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 10% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Other | 30 | 23% |
| Unknown | 37 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 37 | 28% |
| Psychology | 10 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 15% |
| Unknown | 43 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2023.
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#1,010,840
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#46
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#3,050
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#3
of 8 outputs
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