Fasting has become a hot topic in the world of science and nutrition. A growing body of research conducted has suggested that fasting – or abstaining from eating food – for certain periods of time ...

A diagram of the fasting mimicking diet (FMD) protocol developed by the scientists, which retains the health benefits of prolonged fasting. In mice, FMD improved metabolism and cognitive function ...

A five-day cycle of fasting or fasting-mimicking diet every three to four months could also maintain healthy insulin levels and blood pressure, the researchers found. Professor Longo described the ...

One researcher has developed the fasting-mimicking diet, which he says could provide the benefits of fasting but only requires eating a specific way for five days at a time once every few months.

The idea behind this "fasting-mimicking diet" is for people to see the same changes in their bodies that they would if they fasted for those five days. Meal kits designed to give people the right ...

Some small studies have found that a fasting-mimicking diet—the kind Longo ­advocates—helps people lose weight and body fat, lowers blood pressure and decreases levels of a hormone linked to ...

Longo's work has focused on developing a diet that involves a five-day fast once a month every few months or so. During those five days, people consume a very limited amount of food with precise ...

‘I Do Two to Three Cycles of the Fasting-Mimicking Diet Per Year’ Valter Longo, PhD, is a researcher and professor of gerontology and biological sciences at the University of Southern Californi ...

Varady and her colleagues tested the effects of alternate-day fasting – eating about 25% of their normal diet one day and whatever they wanted the next. “But then we slowly realized people ...

“Star Wars Uncut:” 472 Groups of Amateur Auteurs Reenact a Feature Length Classic The Force is strong with this one. Over 472 groups of people have re-enacted 15-second clips of Star Wars ...