This post covers the changes I’ve made to the Fasting and Cancer – How Fasting Before Chemotherapy Reduces Side-Effects & Improves Efficacy article over time. August 2022 – Updated: For some reason a number of the videos stopped functioning so I have have found other locations where they are hosted and fixed the links. I … Read more
(This post is part of a longer post about Valter Longo’s fast mimicking diet. Also see this post for nutritional information on the “meals” from the Prolon box contents) Below is a list of tables that contain the macros and calorie breakdowns for each day of the fast mimicking diet. Note on Macronutrient Ratios The … Read more
(This post is part of a longer post about Valter Longo’s fast mimicking diet. Also see this post for a breakdown of the FMD calories & macronutrients for each day, based off the below data) Below is a list of the products contained within the Prolon FMD diet, including their total calories and macronutrient composition. … Read more
The idea of a fast mimicking diet, developed by Valter Longo and his colleagues, has been clinically proven to provide many of the same benefits of a water fast, without requiring participants to abstain from food entirely. The diet has been clinically tested and commercialised by a company called L-Nutra, with the goal to take … Read more
This post looks at research in which fasting prior to chemotherapy has been shown to be beneficial. Specifically how it has been shown to protect healthy cells from the toxic effects of chemotherapy, demonstrated in human cells in vitro, mice models and breast cancer patients. Reducing chemotherapy side-effects and DNA damage. In addition to protecting … Read more
Whilst Valter Longo is perhaps currently best known for his work on the Fast Mimicking Diet, he recently came out with a book; The Longevity Diet. Detailing the way he suggests approaching food (when we’re not fasting!). In creating The Longevity Diet, Valter travelled around the world studying centenarians. He put together a formula he … Read more