U.S., June 4 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07001358) titled 'The Rufaida Project: Researching the Impact of Ramadan Fasting on the Gut and Vaginal Microbiome' on March 25.
Brief Summary: The body's systems are deeply connected, but they are often studied separately. A recent large-scale citizen-science project on women's health, called Isala, discovered a group of gut-related bacteria present in the vaginal microbiome. This finding supports the idea that gut and vaginal bacteria interact closely, a connection known as the gut-vagina axis. However, it remains unclear whether changes in gut bacteria influence the vaginal microbiome.
This discovery led to an exploration of how diet affects both ...