The fasting-mimicking diet promotes longevity and metabolic health markers
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Clinical and experimental evidence indicates that a fasting-mimicking diet improves metabolic health markers, reduces disease risks, and promotes biomarkers associated with longevity.
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Fasting-mimicking diet causes hepatic and blood markers changes indicating reduced biological age and disease risk
2024 · cited by 61
Clinical trials and analyses show that cycles of a fasting-mimicking diet reduce biological age markers, insulin resistance, and hepatic fat.
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Effects of Fasting-Mimicking Diet and Specific Meal Replacement Foods on Blood Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
2020 · cited by 21
A randomized controlled trial demonstrates that a fasting-mimicking diet improves blood glucose control and reduces metabolic syndrome risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes.
PERIODIC FASTING MIMICKING DIET, LONGEVITY, AND DISEASE
2022 · cited by 1
Reviews of periodic fasting-mimicking diets indicate they regulate key longevity-associated pathways, reduce disease risk factors, and extend lifespan in animal models.