Also referred to as FMD, fasting-mimicking is "a low-calorie diet designed to mimic fasting without fasting," explains Dana Ellis Hunnes, a senior clinical dietitian at UCLA Medical Center and ...

Interestingly, younger mice who followed the fasting diet for just six months also showed an increase in mating behavior. “For intermittent fasting to increase sex drive, it takes some time ...

Cutting back on calories three days a week may lead to more weight loss than daily dieting and may be more effective than ...

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 ...

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Intermittent fasting has long been a controversial weight loss technique. A new study looks at how effective it is compared ...

L-Nutra, the leading nutri-technology company advancing Nutrition for Longevity and Nutrition as Medicine, today announced ...

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 ...

The rise of GLP-1s, which were initially approved for diabetes management and later for obesity treatment, underscores this ...

Coupling a diet low in calories, sugar, and protein with existing cancer drugs treats triple-negative breast cancer in mice, and low blood glucose is associated with better cancer outcomes in human ...