Fasting Mimicking Diet: How To Do It, Benefits, and More
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Fasting Mimicking Diet: How To Do It, Benefits, and More

The FMD (Fasting Mimicking Diet) translates as “diet that mimics fasting”. The FMD is a diet developed by Valter Longo, a gerontologist and biology professor. He is an expert in cell biology and genetics. Moreover, he is well known for his work on fasting. He developed this approach as part of his rejuvenation research and…

AUTOPHAGY: The cell’s adaptive mechanism during fasting

AUTOPHAGY: The cell’s adaptive mechanism during fasting

Autophagy, also called “autolysis” or “autophagocytosis”, comes from the Greek word for “eating oneself”. It is a natural mechanism that consists of the partial degradation of the cell’s contents by the cell itself, cleaning, and recycling within the cell. This phenomenon has been known since the 1960s thanks to the medical doctor and biochemist Christian…