FoundMyFitness · 2016-10-01 · Rhonda Patrick (host), Valter Longo
Valter Longo, Ph.D. on Fasting-Mimicking Diet & Fasting for Longevity, Cancer & Multiple Sclerosis
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Cancer is the leading cause of death in many European countries.
"In Europe it's the same way. In a lot of places it's number one." (said at 0:18:18)
No published record matching the claim that cancer is the leading cause of death in many European countries was located; this does not prove the claim false.
Initiating a fasting-mimicking diet in middle-aged mice significantly reduces systemic inflammation.
"I mean we show a decrease in inflammation in the mice that were given the fasting-mimicking diet started at middle age" (said at 0:13:16)
No published record matching the claim that initiating a fasting-mimicking diet in middle-aged mice significantly reduces systemic inflammation was located; this does not prove the claim false.
In a clinical trial led by Markus Bock, a single seven-day cycle of a fasting-mimicking diet followed by a Mediterranean diet produced better outcomes in multiple sclerosis patients than six months of a continuous ketogenic diet.
"And this is Markus Bock in Berlin that was the lead person in the study. But I mean, the amazing thing is that a week of fasting followed by Mediterranean diet, which is really a regular diet, did better than six months of ketogenic diet, right? ... So it was one week of fasting-mimicking diet—one single time, seven days, and then the rest of the six months a regular Mediterranean diet." (said at 0:44:56)
No published record matching the claim that a single seven-day cycle of a fasting-mimicking diet followed by a Mediterranean diet produced better outcomes in multiple sclerosis patients than six months of a continuous ketogenic diet was located; this does not prove the claim false.
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