{"id":693,"date":"2018-05-23T15:56:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T22:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/longevity-institute\/?page_id=693"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:11:55","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/longevity-institute\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_basic_grid post_type=&#8221;post&#8221; max_items=&#8221;10&#8243; style=&#8221;pagination&#8221; element_width=&#8221;12&#8243; item=&#8221;799&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1740525041996-e6d4435a-d00c-10&#8243; taxonomies=&#8221;22&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Articles &amp; Media Mentions<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"feedzy-5408aca008327672d1589cf46ab2b301 feedzy-rss\"><ul><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/2021\/10\/20\/can-fasting-be-good-for-you-two-studies-reveal-how-it-changes-the-body-inverse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Can Fasting Be Good For You? Two Studies Reveal How It Changes The Body (Inverse)<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/gero.usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"gero.usc.edu\">Beth Newcomb<\/a> on October 20, 2021 <\/small><p>Inverse featured research by Valter Longo on how fasting affects the body and the potential for a fasting-mimicking diet to improve health. \u201cIf you fast every day for 21 hours, yes, you might get lots of benefits,\u201d Longo says, \u201cbut you\u2019re going to get a compliance of probably less than...\nThe 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.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/2021\/10\/14\/fasting-mimicking-diet-live-longer-healthier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Cycles of a Fasting-Mimicking\u202fDiet\u202fHelp Mice Live Longer, Healthier<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/gero.usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"gero.usc.edu\">Beth Newcomb<\/a> on October 14, 2021 <\/small><p>While many\u202fdiets\u202fhave been studied\u202ffor effectiveness in preventing\u202fobesity and\u202fheart\u202fdisease\u202fin both mice and humans,\u202fresearch on\u202fthe effects\u202fand\u202fbenefits of short,\u202fperiodic cycles of fasting on obesity\u202fand heart health\u202fare lacking.\u202f \nThe post Cycles of a Fasting-Mimicking\u202fDiet\u202fHelp Mice Live Longer, Healthier appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/2021\/06\/15\/usc-alzheimers-nutrition-masters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Nutrition Expert Achieves Global Reach In Fighting Alzheimer\u2019s With USC Leonard Davis<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/gero.usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"gero.usc.edu\">Beth Newcomb<\/a> on June 15, 2021 <\/small><p>At the Amos Institute, alumna Amylee Amos shares dietary interventions that aim to slow or potentially reverse neurodegenerative decline.\nThe post Nutrition Expert Achieves Global Reach In Fighting Alzheimer\u2019s With USC Leonard Davis appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/2020\/07\/21\/usc-fasting-diet-breast-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Studies Suggest a Fasting Diet Could Boost Breast Cancer Therapy<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/gero.usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"gero.usc.edu\">Beth Newcomb<\/a> on July 21, 2020 <\/small><p>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.\nThe post Studies Suggest a Fasting Diet Could Boost Breast Cancer Therapy appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/2020\/05\/12\/fasting-plus-vitamin-c-proves-effective-for-hard-to-treat-cancers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Fasting plus vitamin C may be effective for hard-to-treat cancers<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/gero.usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"gero.usc.edu\">Beth Newcomb<\/a> on May 12, 2020 <\/small><p>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.\nThe post Fasting plus vitamin C may be effective for hard-to-treat cancers appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/2020\/04\/22\/fasting-mimicking-diet-immune-system-function\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">What and when we eat affects our immune system. Here\u2019s how.<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/gero.usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"gero.usc.edu\">Beth Newcomb<\/a> on April 22, 2020 <\/small><p>Professor Valter Longo, director of the USC Longevity Institute, is investigating how fasting and diets that mimic fasting\u2019s effects can help immune function, including the body\u2019s response to viruses.\nThe post What and when we eat affects our immune system. Here\u2019s how. appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/2019\/04\/18\/eat-less-live-longer-the-science-of-fasting-and-longevity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Eat less, live longer? The science of fasting and longevity<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/gero.usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"gero.usc.edu\">Beth Newcomb<\/a> on April 18, 2019 <\/small><p>A fasting-mimicking diet could spur cellular repair and improve health, says USC Leonard Davis Professor Valter Longo.\nThe post Eat less, live longer? The science of fasting and longevity appeared first on USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/2019\/03\/05\/fasting-mimicking-diet-holds-promise-for-treating-people-with-inflammatory-bowel-disease-usc-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Fasting-mimicking diet holds promise for treating people with inflammatory bowel disease, USC study finds<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/gero.usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"gero.usc.edu\">Beth Newcomb<\/a> on March 5, 2019 <\/small><p>Clinical trial shows reduction of inflammation in humans; fasting-mimicking diet appears to reverse Crohn\u2019s and colitis pathology in mice.\nThe 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.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/2018\/10\/18\/time-names-valter-longo-one-of-the-50-most-influential-people-in-health-care-of-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">TIME names Valter Longo one of the 50 Most Influential People in Health Care of 2018<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/gero.usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"gero.usc.edu\">USC Leonard Davis Communications<\/a> on October 18, 2018 <\/small><p>The USC Leonard Davis School professor makes Time's first annual list of the most influential people in health care.\nThe 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.<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 20px 0 33px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gero.usc.edu\/2018\/10\/02\/is-fasting-the-fountain-of-youth-cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Is fasting the fountain of youth? (CNN)<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>by <a href=\"\/\/gero.usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"gero.usc.edu\">USC Leonard Davis Communications<\/a> on October 2, 2018 <\/small><p>CNN quoted Valter Longo, who runs the Longevity Institute at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. He says that periodic fasting provides a \u201cpotential alternative to taking lots of drugs,\u201d and no major diet changes are necessary. \u201cYou can do this for five days, and then go back to...\nThe post Is fasting the fountain of youth? 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