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

Sep 30, 2016

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The Most Powerful Regeneration Program Since Birth

01:20

Do You Think That's Part of the Killing?

01:20

IGF-1 Regeneration

02:38

Is It Possible to Rebuild the Immune System as We Age?

01:54

Introduction

4min

The Effects of Fasting and Other Diets on Aging

3min

Color Refitting Is the Most Important Component of the Periodic Fasting

2min

Is Fasting Really the Most Powerful Regeneration Program That You Can Have Since Birth?

3min

Is It Possible to Rebuild the Immune System as We Age?

2min

Is Your Immune System Regenerating Cancer Cells?

5min

Fasting Mimetic Diet in Humans

3min

Cancer Treatments - Is There a Better Time Than Now?

4min

Is Cancer Free Survival When You Combine the Fasting Micking Diet With Chemotherapy?

3min

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Is Fasting a Stressor?

2min

11.

The Hermetic Type of Stress

2min

12.

Is the Fasting of Cancer Cells a Cause of the Killing?

3min

13.

Can Fasting Kill Cancer Cells?

4min

14.

Do You Know That You Can Get More Benefits if You Eat Two Meals a Day?

3min

15.

Do You Have to Do a Fasting Mimetic Diet?

3min

16.

Multiple Sclerosis

3min

17.

The Fasting Pneumatic Diet and the Ketogenic Diet in Multiple Sclerosis

4min

18.

Is There a Role for Fat and Fatty Acids in Stem Cells?

3min

19.

Stem Cells Are More Energetically Favorable Than Ketones

2min

20.

Is Atopg a Toffee Inhibitor?

4min

21.

Is Fasting Mimicking Drugs Safe?

3min

22.

Metformin in the Anti-Aging Drug Candidate Position

4min

23.

IGF-1 and Growth Hormone

2min

24.

IGF-1 Is a Growth Signaling Pathway in Humans?

4min

25.

IGF-1 Regeneration

3min

26.

Is Fasting Really Good for Athletes?

2min

27.

Is There a Fasting Mymetic Diet for My Mitochondrial Disease?

5min

Dr. Valter Longo

This episode of the FoundMyFitness podcast features Dr. Valter Longo, a professor of gerontology and biological sciences and director of the longevity institute at the University of Southern California.

Dr. Longo has made huge contributions to the field of aging, including the role of fasting and diet in longevity and healthspan in humans as well as metabolic fasting therapies for the treatment of human diseases.

In this podcast, Valter and I discuss...

(00:00) Introduction
(03:30) The fasting-mimicking diet makes fasting accessible to more people
(08:10) Prolonged fasting stimulates stem cell regeneration
(12:57) Does inflammation cause aging or is it the other way around?
(17:59) Using the fasting-mimicking diet in a hospital setting
(22:18) Fasting prior to chemotherapy preps cancer cells for death and protects healthy cells from damage
(36:05) Using fasting and time-restricted feeding to control weight gain
(42:08) How long do you need to fast to induce autophagy?
(45:32) A fasting-mimicking diet reversed a multiple sclerosis-like autoimmune condition in mice
(52:09) What are the cellular mechanisms that underlie the regenerative benefits of fasting?
(58:27) Are fasting-mimicking drugs, such as spermidine and resveratrol, safe and effective? What about metformin?
(01:07:03) Blocking the growth hormone/IGF-1 axis protects from cancer and diabetes in people with Laron's syndrome
(01:14:23) Exercise is essential for healthy metabolism and longevity

If you’re interested in learning more, you can read the full show notes here: https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/valter-longo

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