Research Article
Correlation of Fasting Habits to Testosterone Hormone Levels in UNIDA Gontor Students
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.29-3-2020.2314907, author={Nurul Marfu’ah and Nadia Mira Kusumaningtyas and Amilia Damayanti}, title={Correlation of Fasting Habits to Testosterone Hormone Levels in UNIDA Gontor Students}, proceedings={Proceedings of the U-Go Healthy International Conference, U-Go Healthy 2020, 29 March 2020, Pacitan, East Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={U-GO HEALTHY}, year={2022}, month={9}, keywords={fasting habits testosterone hormone unida gontor students}, doi={10.4108/eai.29-3-2020.2314907} }- Nurul Marfu’ah
Nadia Mira Kusumaningtyas
Amilia Damayanti
Year: 2022
Correlation of Fasting Habits to Testosterone Hormone Levels in UNIDA Gontor Students
U-GO HEALTHY
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.29-3-2020.2314907
Abstract
UNIDA Gontor is a university that has a pesantren system. Students are accustomed to carrying out activities to improve their faith, for example fasting. Fasting is mandatory and sunnah. In Hadith of Bukhari Muslim, it is mentioned that fasting can be used to control libido in men who are not ready to get married, whereas one's libido is controlled by the testosterone hormone. This research purposed to determine the correlation between fasting habits and testosterone hormone levels in UNIDA Gontor students. This study utilized 5 treatments (n=2), which were not fasting (control); yaumul bidh fasting (fasting on 13, 14, and 15 Hijri); Monday-Thursday fasting; Dawood fasting; and fasting every day for 37 days. The subjects of this study were male students. Testosterone levels were measured using the ELISA method. Data were analyzed with a one-way ANOVA. The results showed that the average level of testosterone in the fasting group was statistically significantly different (P = 0.037). Whereas the Post hoc test used presented that the levels of the testosterone hormone in the Monday-Thursday fasting group were significantly different from other treatments. The fasting habit influences the control of testosterone levels so that it can be applied to control libido as Hadith.