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September 17th, 2017

I’ve been researching lately about fasting mimicking diets. I pre-ordered a book by an Italian researcher, Dr. Valter Longo. The idea is that fasting has some amazing healing benefits when it comes to weight, blood sugar, cancer prevention and reversal, breaking down of cardiovascular plaques and much more.

The problem with fasting is, for obvious reasons, it’s not sustainable :). The other problem is that most people are not willing to try it, even for a day or two, and many can’t for medical reasons.

So, Dr. Longo and colleagues came up with a solution that shows promise – the Fasting Mimicking Diet.

The research is in it’s early stages, but shows great promise. Dr. Joel Kahn, an integrative, plant based cardiologist reports having dropped 40 lbs and experiencing major health benefits over several months. And he’s reporting good results with patients.

The general idea is to eat a plant-only, low carb and protein, relatively high fat (by % of calories) diet consisting of 900-1100 calories for 5 days a month.The rest of the month you eat “normally”.

They’ve developed a packaged meal replacement program that can be used for folks in a hurry, travelling or not fond of food prep.

I haven’t done this myself – but I am considering ordering the packaged meals and trying to create my own version as well. I know that many of our clients would love the convenience of a packaged meal kit.

Here’s a few resources for learning more:

Longevity Diet by Dr. Valter Longo (pre-ordered) – English version due this fall:

https://www.amazon.com/Longevity-Diet-Discover-Activation-Regeneration-ebook/dp/B073YMYX7H/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505603399&sr=8-1&keywords=longevity+book+longo

Fasting Mimicking Diet by Odelia Rosie: I ordered this on kindle – will report back:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_18?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=fasting+mimicking+diet&sprefix=fasting+mimicking+%2Cdigital-text%2C175&crid=28F2E4EKP1R8F

Prolon Fasting Mimicking Diet:

https://prolonfmd.com/fasting-mimicking-diet/

This Doctor Tried A Fasting Mimicking Diet For 2 Months: Here’s What Happened

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-29933/this-doctor-tried-a-fasting-mimicking-diet-for-2-months-heres-what-happened.html

How a Fasting-Mimicking Diet Can Help You Live Longer

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/07/23/fasting-mimicking-diet.aspx

I Tried a Fasting Mimicking Diet