Podcast | Professor Valter Longo: fasting and healthy aging

Inspired by a mentor’s extreme experiments with caloric restriction, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Professor Valter Longo explores how fasting-mimicking #diets might help prevent #disease, promote #healthy #aging, and prolong our ability to stay young. People affected by pathologies should not do the Fasting Mimicking Diet (FMD), unless they have the prior approval of their specialized doctor. In the case of serious or relatively serious illnesses (cancer, diabetes, or cardiovascular, autoimmune, or neurodegenerative diseases), it is important to seek permission and approval from a disease specialist as well as from a dietitian with expertise in the FMD or in therapeutic fasting. The use of the FMD for disease treatment should for the moment be limited to clinical trials unless the doctor determines that there are no viable options and the patient cannot wait until the conclusion of appropriate clinical trials and FDA (US Food and Drug Administration), and similar agencies in other countries, approval. Listen and subscribe to the Lessons in Lifespan Health podcast at https://lifespanhealth.usc.edu. Follow the USC Leonard Davis School for stories about aging, longevity and more. Instagram:   / uscleonarddavis   Facebook:   / uscleonarddavis   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com Twitter/X:   / uscleonarddavis   Website: https://gero.usc.edu