The fasting-mimicking diet is basically a way of fasting ... some caloric and nutritional value. Designed by Dr. Valter Longo ...

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 ...

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

Dr. Valter Longo is an Italian-American scientist ... The book also promotes a “fasting-mimicking diet,” (FMD) a 4-5 day period of consuming foods high in unsaturated fats but low in calories ...

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

The Fast Mimicking Diet (FMD) is a scientifically designed dietary program that aims to mimic the effects of fasting while ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Professor Valter Longo at the University of Southern ... A five-day cycle of fasting or fasting-mimicking diet every three to four months could also maintain healthy insulin levels and blood ...

Valter Longo, the director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California, has designed a diet called the "fasting-mimicking diet." This plan lets people eat what they want ...