The longevity diet : slow aging, fight disease, optimize weight
(Book)

Previously published in Italy in 2016 by Antonio Vallardi Editore.

"Featuring the 5-day fasting-mimicking diet all the health benefits of fasting without the hunger."--Cover

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? Longo says yes-- and lays out a simple solution to living to a healthy old age through nutrition. The key is combining an healthy everyday eating plan with the scientifically engineered fasting-mimicking diet, or FMD, done just 3-4 times a year. By following this diet low in proteins and sugars and rich in healthy fats and plant-based foods, you'll lose weight, extend your lifespan and live a more fulfilled life.

"Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? Based on comprehensive scientific studies, both in the lab, in the clinic, and among some of the world's most long-lived populations, the answer is yes, and it can be achieved by the Longevity Diet, which is surprisingly easy to follow. The culmination of Dr. Valter Longo's twenty-five years of research and clinical studies on aging, nutrition, and disease, The Longevity Diet uses science to cut through the confusion generated by popular diet books, and proposes an everyday diet based on the 5 Pillars of Longevity, combined with a scientifically engineered plant-based Fasting-Mimicking Diet (FMD) (done only three to four times per year), to extend healthy life span. Dr. Longo designed the FMD after identifying key genes activated by proteins and sugars that regulate aging. A series of subsequent remarkable discoveries indicated that periodic fasting can activate stem cells and promote protection, regeneration, and rejuvenation in multiple organs, significantly reducing risk factors for diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's, and heart disease. Dr. Longo's daily nutrition plan, together with his unique periodic fasting-mimicking techniques, yield impressive results. Low in proteins and sugars and rich in healthy fats and plant-based foods, the Longevity Diet is proven to help you: promote a healthy life span with simple, everyday changes and periodic FMDs; lose weight and reduce abdominal fat without losing lean body mass; prevent age-related muscle and bone loss; reduce risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's, and cancer. The five-day FMD allows regular meals as well as snacks, delivering all the beneficial health effects of fasting, while minimizing negative side effects like hunger, low energy, and sleeplessness. Dr. Longo's everyday nutrition and revolutionary FMD can be safely and easily adopted by most people, and will help you live a longer, healthier life."--Jacket.