Can fasting help you live longer? Here’s what the science says.

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Research shows fasting has real health benefits, but few people will stick to a days-long fast, and extended fasting can cause muscle loss and other problems. Here’s what you should know

Valter Longo spent childhood summers in Molochio, the village in the Calabria region of southern Italy where his parents were born. It happens to have a high concentration of. Longo grew up to earn a Ph.D. in biochemistry and to study how food influences longevity. Although based in Los Angeles and Milan, he often returned to Molochio, hoping to discover the life-extending magic of the local diet.

Domenico Calisti, 59, visits nutritionist Antonella Pellegrino and undergoes a health check as part of Valter Longo’s fasting-mimicking diet clinical trial in Varapodio.Longo packaged the fasting-mimicking diet into a food kit, which includes nutrient-rich crackers, olives, soup mixes, herbal tea, and supplements.

by the International Food Information Council said they fasted intermittently. By contrast, 2 percent reported following a vegan diet, 3 percent said they were vegetarian, and 5 percent said they ate a Mediterranean-style diet. However, the meaning of “intermittent fasting” varies widely—12 hours a day, 16 hours, alternate days, one day a week.

All this variation and improvisation leaves Longo determined to answer fundamental questions. “Fasting is just a word, like eating,” he says. “You have to move into exactly what kind of fasting works and why.”Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.: Maria Rosa Tranquilla, 93, poses for a portrait with her six-month-old great-granddaughter, Kiara. Children born today in prosperous countries are likely to live into their nineties.

 

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Fasting is beneficial for health as it allows us to focus on when and what we eat, but prolonging the one-month period is not recommended.” “Prolonging the fast prevents the conversion of fat into energy in the long run. the body turns to your muscles as an energy source.

I get good results eating once every other day. When I eat I choose fruits, nuts, yogurt for an evening snack. Dinner I mix potatoes, arugula, black beans, garbanzo beans, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, soy sauce, olive oil, onions. I only drink water and or sour sop

Agree on the real health benefits! And days-long fasting is much easier if you're doing it with other people, which is why we're running a fasting challenge this weekend, encouraging people to try fasting for 24, 48 or 72 hours. Find out more below!

Y’all might enjoy a recent video I made reviewing ’s recent series, Limitless! The first part is a deep dive into the science of fasting:

I’m on day 11. 20 is my record. If it hits the fan my family will eat 20 days before me.

Fasting has been an inherent part of Sanatan Culture in India since ages and west is discovering now. India n Santan Culture deserves more credit than given. MeghUpdates SanatanaDharma

I fasted when I was falsely arrested and in prison for over a year by current Deputy district attorney Rebecca Ashley Goodrich in 2013 here's the video of the arrest

Preach.

What to know: **** this.

Or just eat food that’s really healthy and not too much of it and ditch the timer, ok?

extended fasting is just regular starving lol

Millions of Muslims fast without too many problems.

The best benefit from not eating food is saving money by not having to get much food... Right?

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