Valter Longo: Difference between revisions

His research is focused on the fasting-mimicking diet (FMD). The FMD is a low-calorie, low-protein, moderate-carbohydrate, moderate-fat [[plant-based diet]] program, that he argues mimics the effects of periodic [[fasting]] or [[water fasting]]. The course lasts five days, while still aiming to provide the body with nutrition,<ref name="ScienceDaily0217">{{cite news|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170216103923.htm|title=Scientifically-designed fasting diet lowers risks for major diseases|date=February 16, 2017|publisher=ScienceDaily|last1=University of Southern California|access-date=June 6, 2017|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828192200/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170216103923.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ABCKing2017">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-19/fasting-diets-and-longer-life-may-go-hand-in-hand/6559636|title=Fasting diets and longer life may go hand-in-hand, new research finds|date=June 19, 2015|publisher=ABC|agency=ABC Health|last1=King|first1=Jennifer|access-date=June 6, 2017|archive-date=February 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218102802/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-19/fasting-diets-and-longer-life-may-go-hand-in-hand/6559636|url-status=live}}</ref> and is considered a periodic fast.<ref name="WSJ0417">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-different-forms-of-fasting-make-you-healthier-1491962461|title=Can Different Forms of Fasting Make You Healthier?|date=April 11, 2017|publisher=Dow Jones & Company|agency=Wall Street Journal|ref=WSJLandro0417|last1=Landro|first1=Laura|access-date=June 6, 2017|archive-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911172324/https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-different-forms-of-fasting-make-you-healthier-1491962461|url-status=live}}</ref> In other words, Longo believes that it is possible to mimic the effects of fasting with a meal program that is designed to inhibit the same metabolic pathways fasting would, thereby providing the body with nutrients that do not trigger the body's growth responses.<ref name="CellM0615">{{cite journal|last2=Choi|first2=In Young|last3=Wei|first3=Min|last4=Cheng|first4=Chia Wei|last5=Sedrakyan|first5=Sargis|last6=Navarrete|first6=Gerardo|last7=Dubeau|first7=Louis|last8=Yap|first8=Li Peng|last9=Park|first9=Ryan|date=June 18, 2015|title=A Periodic Diet that Mimics Fasting Promotes Multi-System Regeneration, Enhanced Cognitive Performance, and Healthspan|url= |journal=Cell Metabolism|volume=22|issue=1|pages=86–99|ref=CellMBrandChoi0615|last1=Brandhorst|first1=Sebastian|last10=Vinciguerra|first10=Manlio|last11=Di Biase|first11=Stefano|last12=Mirzaei|first12=Hamed|last13=Mirisola|first13=Mario G.|last14=Childress|first14=Patra|last15=Ji|first15=Lingyun|last16=Groshen|first16=Susan|last17=Penna|first17=Fabio|last18=Odetti|first18=Patrizio|last19=Perin|first19=Laura|last20=Conti|first20=Peter S.|last21=Ikeno|first21=Yuji|last22=Kennedy|first22=Brian K.|last23=Cohen|first23=Pinchas|last24=Morgan|first24=Todd E.|last25=Dorff|first25=Tanya B.|last26=Longo|first26=Valter D.|doi=10.1016/j.cmet.2015.05.012|pmid=26094889|pmc=4509734}}</ref>