A dietary intervention restored kidney function in animal studies and in a pilot study of patients with chronic kidney ...

including the five-day fasting-mimicking diet. Also referred to as FMD, fasting-mimicking is "a low-calorie diet designed to mimic fasting without fasting," explains Dana Ellis Hunnes, a senior ...

A specialized low-salt fasting-mimicking diet revives kidney function in preclinical animal models and patients with chronic ...

The FMD (Fast-Mimicking Diet) lasts 4-7 days, allowing specific foods while reducing caloric intake It focuses on plant-based foods, promoting healthy fats and reducing inflammation The diet ...

A fast-mimicking, or fasting-mimicking, diet copies fasting's effects while allowing small portions of food. Fasting is going ...

A study reveals that a low-salt fasting-mimicking diet slows kidney disease progression in animal models and shows protective ...

A diagram of the fasting mimicking diet (FMD) protocol developed by the scientists, which retains the health benefits of prolonged fasting. In mice, FMD improved metabolism and cognitive function ...

A five-day cycle of fasting or fasting-mimicking diet every three to four months could also maintain healthy insulin levels and blood pressure, the researchers found. Professor Longo described the ...

Some small studies have found that a fasting-mimicking diet—the kind Longo ­advocates—helps people lose weight and body fat, lowers blood pressure and decreases levels of a hormone linked to ...

The idea behind this "fasting-mimicking diet" is for people to see the same changes in their bodies that they would if they fasted for those five days. Meal kits designed to give people the right ...

Valter Longo, 56, a professor of gerontology and director of the USC Longevity Institute, researches the fasting-mimicking diet, which involves interspersing a healthy diet with three to five-day ...