The Longevity Diet with Valter Longo

Posted June 7, 2018

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Date: March 12, 2018

Episode Description

In this interview, Valter Longo explains The Five Pillars of Longevity. Using research and clinical trials, Dr. Longo has proven that periodic fasting, done for several consecutive days, is a very powerful intervention.

Dr. Risk’s Thoughts

It’s important for us to talk about diet these days. Fasting is a common topic, but a lot of people find it very difficult. Valter Longo has a fasting mimicking diet that can make it easier, and I have recommended this to many people to start with. I also think it’s important for us to put together longevity information, as there is so much mis-information out there!

Guest Information

Valter Longo is the director of the Longevity Institute at USC in Los Angeles, and of the Program on Longevity and Cancer at IFOM (Molecular Oncology FIRC Institute) in Milan. His studies focus on the fundamental mechanisms of aging in simple organisms and mice and on how they can be translated to humans. Dr. Longo received the 2010 Nathan Shock Lecture Award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA/NIH) and the 2013 Vincent Cristofalo “Rising Star” Award in Aging Research from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR). Not coincidentally, Longo is from a town in Italy that is home to some of the longest-lived people in the world.

diabetes, diet, fasting, the longevity diet, Valter Longo, weight loss

Rebecca Risk