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Could the power of cellular regeneration be awakened through fasting?
The deleterious impact of our modern eating patterns isn’t just impinging on our health—it’s blocking sophisticated healing mechanisms that have evolved over billions of years to repair and regenerate our bodies.
My guest today is Dr. Valter Longo, Director of the USC Longevity Institute and one of TIME’s 50 most influential people in healthcare. His groundbreaking research on fasting and longevity has transformed our understanding of cellular regeneration and challenged conventional wisdom about how we treat disease. Through his development of the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD), he’s discovered what could be the most efficacious dietary intervention yet for extending human health.
“Nutrition appears to be a highly evolved and sophisticated system that helps repair and maintain the body far more effectively than any technology or drug.”
– VALTER LONGO, PHD
Today, we discuss:
- The Science of Therapeutic Fasting
- Cancer Treatment Breakthroughs
- Cellular Regeneration & Disease Reversal
- The Protein-Longevity Paradox
- Extending Human Healthspan to 120
For those who prefer a visual experience, the conversation is available on YouTube. As always, the audio version streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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- Connect with Dr. Longo: Website | Instagram | Twitter
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- New York Times: Scientists Find No Benefit to Time-Restricted Eating
- Science Alert: Here’s What That Controversial New Study on Time-Restricted Eating Really Shows
- TCTMD: Mediterranean Diet Bests Low Fat for Secondary Prevention: CORDIOPREV
- Express: High cholesterol: A Mediterranean diet shown to lower levels and keep the heart healthy
- USC: New Article Outlines the Characteristics of a “Longevity Diet”
- Stat: He wants to sell you a $300 ‘fasting diet’ to prolong your life. It might not be as crazy as it sounds
- EurekAlert: New article outlines the characteristics of a “longevity diet”
- The Washington Post: Want to add healthy years to your life? Here’s what new longevity research says.
- GEN: Intermittent Fasting Extends Healthspan through Circadian Autophagy
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