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This is from Valter Longo, who wrote a book summarizing his really fascinating findings about fasting for health in animals and humans called The Longevity Diet

by Glench 6y ago

This is from Valter Longo, who wrote a book summarizing his really fascinating findings about fasting for health in animals and humans called The Longevity Diet: https://www.amazon.com/Longevity-Diet-Discover-Activation-Regeneration/dp/0525534075 https://www.amazon.com/Longevity-Diet-Discover-Activation-Re... Apparently when fasting (or fasting mimicing) our bodies start burning fat cells, removing old unused white blood cells, generating stem cells, and a lot more. In a study with monkeys, the group that was fed 25% fewer calories ended up living a lot longer and having fewer diseases. Longo advocates doing a fast-like diet for a week twice a year in healthy people and potentially more for people with certain health issues.

windexh8er 6y ago
Dr. Longo's research and books have been very informative on fasting. I have no ties to the for profit side of his research but I've tried a few rounds of ProLon, which is a fasting mimicking diet founded from his research. I've experienced great short and more sustained results from using it. I generally approach the work week at a split of 18/6 for IF and don't eat after 8:00P anymore. It will be great to see more research into IF for longer term studies.
- pdabbadabba 6y ago
  > at a split of 18/6 for IF Could you please explain what this means, for the uninitiated?
  - windexh8er 6y ago
    I try to focus eating during a 6 hour window. I'm not overly strict with myself. Sometimes it ends up 16/8, but on average I'm likely right around 18/6. So I eat most weekdays between 1:00P and 7:00P.
  - PudgePacket 6y ago
    18 hours of the day not eating, 6 eating. It's usually called time restricted eating/feeding or an eating window with the idea being you'd do it every day. This is in contrast to extended/prolonged fasting, which is typically 24hr+. In general IF (intermittent fasting) is a catch-all phrase, and not a particularly helpful one.

by Glench 6y ago

windexh8er 6y ago

Dr. Longo's research and books have been very informative on fasting. I have no ties to the for profit side of his research but I've tried a few rounds of ProLon, which is a fasting mimicking diet founded from his research. I've experienced great short and more sustained results from using it. I generally approach the work week at a split of 18/6 for IF and don't eat after 8:00P anymore. It will be great to see more research into IF for longer term studies.

pdabbadabba 6y ago
> at a split of 18/6 for IF Could you please explain what this means, for the uninitiated?
- windexh8er 6y ago
  I try to focus eating during a 6 hour window. I'm not overly strict with myself. Sometimes it ends up 16/8, but on average I'm likely right around 18/6. So I eat most weekdays between 1:00P and 7:00P.
- PudgePacket 6y ago
  18 hours of the day not eating, 6 eating. It's usually called time restricted eating/feeding or an eating window with the idea being you'd do it every day. This is in contrast to extended/prolonged fasting, which is typically 24hr+. In general IF (intermittent fasting) is a catch-all phrase, and not a particularly helpful one.