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Inverse featured research by Valter Longo on how fasting affects the body and the potential for a fasting-mimicking diet to improve health. “If you fast every day for 21 hours, yes, you might get lots of benefits,” Longo says, “but you’re going to get a compliance of probably less than… Continue Reading Can Fasting Be Good For You? Two Studies Reveal How It Changes The Body (Inverse) The post Can Fasting Be Good For You? Two Studies Reveal How It Changes The Body (Inverse) appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

While many diets have been studied for effectiveness in preventing obesity and heart disease in both mice and humans, research on the effects and benefits of short, periodic cycles of fasting on obesity and heart health are lacking.  Continue Reading Cycles of a Fasting-Mimicking Diet Help Mice Live Longer, Healthier The post Cycles of a Fasting-Mimicking Diet Help Mice Live Longer, Healthier appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

At the Amos Institute, alumna Amylee Amos shares dietary interventions that aim to slow or potentially reverse neurodegenerative decline. Continue Reading Nutrition Expert Achieves Global Reach In Fighting Alzheimer’s With USC Leonard Davis The post Nutrition Expert Achieves Global Reach In Fighting Alzheimer’s With USC Leonard Davis appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

A USC-led team of international scientists found that a one-two punch of a fasting diet with hormone therapy may enhance the effects of breast cancer treatment in small clinical trials and mouse studies. Continue Reading Studies Suggest a Fasting Diet Could Boost Breast Cancer Therapy The post Studies Suggest a Fasting Diet Could Boost Breast Cancer Therapy appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

A USC study found that a combination of a fasting-mimicking diet plus vitamin C delayed tumor progression and even caused disease regression in mice. Continue Reading Fasting plus vitamin C may be effective for hard-to-treat cancers The post Fasting plus vitamin C may be effective for hard-to-treat cancers appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

Professor Valter Longo, director of the USC Longevity Institute, is investigating how fasting and diets that mimic fasting’s effects can help immune function, including the body’s response to viruses. Continue Reading What and when we eat affects our immune system. Here’s how. The post What and when we eat affects our immune system. Here’s how. appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

A fasting-mimicking diet could spur cellular repair and improve health, says USC Leonard Davis Professor Valter Longo. Continue Reading Eat less, live longer? The science of fasting and longevity The post Eat less, live longer? The science of fasting and longevity appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

Clinical trial shows reduction of inflammation in humans; fasting-mimicking diet appears to reverse Crohn’s and colitis pathology in mice. Continue Reading Fasting-mimicking diet holds promise for treating people with inflammatory bowel disease, USC study finds The post Fasting-mimicking diet holds promise for treating people with inflammatory bowel disease, USC study finds appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

The USC Leonard Davis School professor makes Time's first annual list of the most influential people in health care. Continue Reading TIME names Valter Longo one of the 50 Most Influential People in Health Care of 2018 The post TIME names Valter Longo one of the 50 Most Influential People in Health Care of 2018 appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

CNN quoted Valter Longo, who runs the Longevity Institute at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. He says that periodic fasting provides a “potential alternative to taking lots of drugs,” and no major diet changes are necessary. “You can do this for five days, and then go back to… Continue Reading Is fasting the fountain of youth? (CNN) The post Is fasting the fountain of youth? (CNN) appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.