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#027 Valter Longo, Ph.D. on the Fasting-Mimicking Diet & Fasting for Longevity, Cancer & Multiple Sclerosis

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Dr. Valtter Longo is director of the USC longevity institute at the University of southern, California. We discuss the effects of prolonged fasting which refers to two to three days in mice or four to five days in humans Dr. Longo's work on the fasting mimicking diet which is a five-day restricted diet that is meant to simulate some of the biological effects of Prolongfast while still allowing some food. Clinical trials have demonstrated efficacy for this diet for type 2 diabetes Multiple sclerosis and cancer patients Fasting as an inducer of differential stress resistance where it can simultaneously make cancer cells more sensitive to death stimuli. While also making healthy cells more resistant to the same death stimuli such as

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