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Surrey Live quoted Professor Valter Longo in a story about a fasting diet that limits specific foods, highlighting its potential benefits for health and weight management.

USA Today quoted Valter Longo on exploring the increasing use of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) for managing diabetes, discussing their benefits in providing real-time glucose data.

The McCollough Report podcast mentioned research by Valter Longo on excess protein intake and its long-term effects.

Health quoted Valter Longo in a story outlining five daily habits practiced by longevity researchers to promote better health. “I do 12 hours of time-restricted eating—9 a.m. to 9 p.m.—and I do two to three cycles of the fasting-mimicking diet per year,” Longo said.

Today quoted Valter Longo in an article about President Jimmy Carter reaching age 100 and the factors that may have aided his longevity, including his involvement in causes for the community. “Community involvement tells you that you want to live, you want to help other people. … “In the end, (it’s) whatever gets you out of bed.”

Il Messaggero (Italy) featured Valter Longo in an article on diet and longevity. “I talk to centenarians, especially Italians, to understand how they reached their age. They explain to me what they have eaten all their lives and how much hard work they did in the fields. The word sedentary does not exist in their vocabulary,” he said.

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.

NIH Research Highlights featured a study led by Valter Longo on how a fasting-mimicking diet appeared to reduce disease risk factors and slow biological aging in healthy adults.

Business Insider interviewed Valter Longo on how adopting a “longevity diet” and fasting helped him improve his health after moving to the U.S. and eating a typical American diet. “I think that’s what happens to most people, right?” he said. “Because they’re not experts, and you’re surrounded by this world that is full of food and it’s just very difficult not to fall into it.”

Twisted Sifter featured a story on research led by Valter Longo on how Laron syndrome patients appear to be protected against cardiovascular disease and age-related risks.