The American magazine Time inserts Valter Longo, inventor of the fasting mimicking diet, in the list of the 50 most influential people of 2018 in the field of health.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousHe brought forward the idea of a diet based on controlled and limited calorie restriction and fasting to combat aging and some types of pathologies. Valter Longo can now boast that he is also one of the 50 most influential people who made a major contribution to healthcare in 2018 thanks to his studies on diet.
It is the American magazine Time, in fact, that inserts Valter Longo in the list of the 50 most influential characters of 2018 in the field of health.
Longo, Director of the Longevity & Cancer Program of Ifom (Firc Institute of Molecular Oncology) in Milan and of the Longevity Institute of the University of Southern California, believes that the secret to avoiding the ills of old age is a diet designed to fool the body into thinking. that is fasting. You have spent years in the laboratory researching the effects of fasting and calorie restriction and a low-protein and plant-based eating style with regular fasting periods.
What is the fasting mimicking diet
The fasting mimicking diet is a diet to be followed for a few days and sporadically that would lead to a substantial rejuvenation of the cells, eliminating the damaged ones.
It is characterized by a low calorie regime (800-1100 calories per day with a precise selection of foods), low in sugars and proteins, but rich in unsaturated fats which can have anti-aging effects, thus avoiding diseases linked to aging. This diet would shift the body's metabolism and increase the power of cells to protect against chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Some small studies have also found that a diet that mimics fasting helps people lose weight and body fat, lowers blood pressure, and decreases the levels of a hormone linked to aging and disease.
The fasting mimicking diet is so called because it imitates the beneficial effects of fasting, but precisely for this reason it cannot be suitable for everyone: it can be dangerous, for example, for frail or elderly people (the recommended age to follow it is from 20 to 70 years old. ), for insulin-dependent diabetics and people who are anorexic or underweight. That's why a doctor should always be consulted first.
And so, now the name of Valter Longo appears now in the selection just published by Time alongside Bill and Melinda Gates and the new Nobel laureates for medicine, James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo.
In these days, moreover, the American newspaper Aging Cell has published its article "Programmed longevity, youthspan and juventology", in which Longo re-proposes the theory of programmed longevity by introducing two neologisms that complement the term aging: youthspan, the period of life in which an organism remains healthy and young, and iuventology, that is the new field of research dedicated to understanding the mechanisms responsible for youthspan.
Below all the links where you will find more information on the fasting mimicking diet.
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