Scientifically designed fasting diet lowers risks for major diseases like diabetes, cancer and heart disease and other age related disease
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A randomized trial shows cycles of a five-day fasting diet designed by a USC researcher safely reduces the risk factors for age-related diseases.
What if you could lose weight and reduce your risk of life-threatening disease without any changes in what you eat - other than a five-day special diet once every few months?
That's what happened for 71 adults placed on three cycles of a low-calorie, "fasting-mimicking" diet. The phase II trial, conducted by researchers at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, demonstrated a host of benefits from the regimen.
The diet reduced cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure and signs of inflammation (measured by C-reactive protein levels), as well as fasting glucose and reduced levels of IGF-1, a hormone that affects metabolism. It also shrank waistlines and resulted in weight loss, both in total body fat and trunk fat, but not in muscle mass.
In effect, the diet reduced the study participants' risks for cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other age-related diseases.
This study provides evidence that people can experience significant health benefits through a periodic, fasting-mimicking diet that is designed to act on the aging process," said Valter Longo, director of the USC Longevity Institute and professor of biological sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. "Prior studies have indicated a range of health benefits in mice, but this is the first randomized clinical trial with enough participants to demonstrate that the diet is feasible, effective and safe for humans.
"Larger FDA studies are necessary to confirm its effects on disease prevention and treatment," he added.
ProLon(R) is designed to achieve the beneficial effects of fasting while providing micronutrient nourishment (vitamins, minerals and others) of which the body is deprived during fasting. It minimizes the psychological burden of pure fasting.
ProLon(R) comprises proprietary plant-based soups, bars, drinks, snacks, herbal teas, vitamins, and supplements.
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What if you could lose weight and reduce your risk of life-threatening disease without any changes in what you eat - other than a five-day special diet once every few months?
That's what happened for 71 adults placed on three cycles of a low-calorie, "fasting-mimicking" diet. The phase II trial, conducted by researchers at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, demonstrated a host of benefits from the regimen.
The diet reduced cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure and signs of inflammation (measured by C-reactive protein levels), as well as fasting glucose and reduced levels of IGF-1, a hormone that affects metabolism. It also shrank waistlines and resulted in weight loss, both in total body fat and trunk fat, but not in muscle mass.
In effect, the diet reduced the study participants' risks for cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other age-related diseases.
This study provides evidence that people can experience significant health benefits through a periodic, fasting-mimicking diet that is designed to act on the aging process," said Valter Longo, director of the USC Longevity Institute and professor of biological sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. "Prior studies have indicated a range of health benefits in mice, but this is the first randomized clinical trial with enough participants to demonstrate that the diet is feasible, effective and safe for humans.
"Larger FDA studies are necessary to confirm its effects on disease prevention and treatment," he added.
ProLon(R) is designed to achieve the beneficial effects of fasting while providing micronutrient nourishment (vitamins, minerals and others) of which the body is deprived during fasting. It minimizes the psychological burden of pure fasting.
ProLon(R) comprises proprietary plant-based soups, bars, drinks, snacks, herbal teas, vitamins, and supplements.
Read more