The surprising cause of fasting’s regenerative powers (Nature)

Nature quoted Valter Longo in an article covering a new study on fasting and regeneration and cited his 2015 study that found a 45% reduction in abnormal cell and tissue growth in mice that fasted compared with animals that did not. Longo says that the results of the new study could help identify ways to perform coordinated cellular regeneration to repair damaged tissues, such as those in people with inflamed colons or Crohn’s disease.