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Looks like this is the study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608686/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608686/ (Edit: Nope, see reply

Looks like this is the study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608686/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608686/ (Edit: Nope, see reply below) Interesting conflict of interest (edit: potential conflict) with the researcher being the founder of a food supplement marketing company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valter_Longo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valter_Longo Edit: I was wondering what the fasting + supplement connection was. Here we go: "L-Nutra's first line of products stems from 15 years of research by Prof. Longo and his team at the USC Longevity Institute, one of the world's leading centers for research on aging and its translation into human interventions that optimize longevity and healthspan. It was largely motivated by the request of many patients who wanted to take advantage of the potential beneficial effects of fasting during cancer treatment but were unable to fast and forego any all meals or and snacks." (Emphasis mine) From: http://www.l-nutra.com/index.php/about/team http://www.l-nutra.com/index.php/about/team

MartinMond 12y ago
The study you linked is from Feb 8, 2012. I think this is the actual study: http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(14)00151-9 http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(14)00...
- themodelplumber 12y ago
  Looks like you're right. Thanks!
reasonattlm 12y ago
As others noted you pointed out the wrong study. For what it's worth Longo has has been working on aging, calorie restriction, and intermittent fasting research for some time. Look back through the history of his papers [1] and you'll see solid work. As I understand it he is presently doing the work needed to package up intermittent fasting into something that can be used as a treatment rigorously enough to keep the FDA happy [2], [3]. [1]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Longo+VD http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Longo+VD [2]: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25549805 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25549805 [3]: http://news.usc.edu/58074/wanted-a-recipe-for-longevity/ http://news.usc.edu/58074/wanted-a-recipe-for-longevity/

MartinMond 12y ago

The study you linked is from Feb 8, 2012. I think this is the actual study: http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(14)00151-9 http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/abstract/S1934-5909(14)00...

themodelplumber 12y ago
Looks like you're right. Thanks!

reasonattlm 12y ago

As others noted you pointed out the wrong study. For what it's worth Longo has has been working on aging, calorie restriction, and intermittent fasting research for some time. Look back through the history of his papers [1] and you'll see solid work. As I understand it he is presently doing the work needed to package up intermittent fasting into something that can be used as a treatment rigorously enough to keep the FDA happy [2], [3]. [1]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Longo+VD http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Longo+VD [2]: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25549805 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-25549805 [3]: http://news.usc.edu/58074/wanted-a-recipe-for-longevity/ http://news.usc.edu/58074/wanted-a-recipe-for-longevity/