Fasting mimicking diet (ProLon) by Valter Longo, PhD

Interventions that promote longevity, remembered by mnemonic:DEEP purple - “eat colorful plant foods:Dietary modification,Exercise, activeEngagement,Purposeful living (click here toenlarge the image).Valter D. Longo (born October 9, 1967) is an Italian-American biogerontologist and cell biologist known for his studies on the role of fasting and nutrient response genes on cellular protection aging and diseases and for proposing that longevity is regulated by similar genes and mechanisms in many eukaryotes. He is currently a professor at the USC Davis School of Gerontology with a joint appointment in the department of Biological Sciences as well as serving as the director of the USC Longevity Institute. Dr Longo (PhD) is widely publsihed, he has more than 120 articles listed in PubMed as of 2019:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Longo%20VD%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=31442398Valter Longo's longevity diet proposals relies on 2 major approaches:1.Daily longevity diet, which is mostly plant-based with fish once to twice a week.2.Episodic fasting mimicking diet, which is a 5-day low calorie diet. Fasting mimicking diet is used every 6 months to every 1 month based on the condition of the patient.More details are available in the videos below and inValter Longo's 2018 book, linked below.Fasting mimicking diet (ProLon)Valter Longo's fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) is a low-calorie, low-protein, low-carbohydrate, high-fat meal program that is claimed to mimic t...
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