Does the Fasting Mimicking Diet Live Up to the Hype?

Published: Feb. 21, 2018, 8 p.m.

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Valter Longo is a leading fasting researcher. Since the early 2000s, he\\u2019s been one of the top guys running legitimate fasting studies in cancer patients, regular people, and, of course, rodents. He\\u2019s gotten great results, elucidating the idea that fasting causes human cells and tissues to enter \\u201csurvival mode\\u201d which allowed them to survive the withering effects of cancer treatment. I\\u2019ve cited many of his studies in\\xa0previous posts.

(This Mark\'s Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

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