The Longevity Diet
The 2018 book pairing a daily eating pattern with periodic five-day fasting cycles
The book that took the fasting-mimicking diet to a general audience. One half sets out an everyday pattern, mostly plants with some fish, low in protein and sugar, generous with olive oil and nuts. The other half covers five-day fasting cycles run a few times a year, with thirty recipes at the back. Evidence is argued through what the author calls the five pillars: epidemiology, basic research, clinical trials, centenarian studies and the study of complex systems. It has been translated into 25 languages, and the author proceeds go to his two nonprofits.
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- Valter LongoRecommends
Biogerontologist · The Longevity Diet
His 2018 book, now in 25 languages, setting the everyday pescatarian pattern next to the five-day fasting cycles. The author proceeds go to the two foundations he set up rather than to him.
Source: Valter Longo: The Longevity Diet
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