The Fasting-Mimicking Diet was developed by Valter Longo to deliver the benefits of fasting without an actual fast. What does the science show about the Fasting-Mimicking Diet? What are the benefits and limitations? And how does the Fasting-Mimicking Diet work exactly?

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References & additional resources:
Benefits of FMD in mice & men:
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/5/1523
https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/...
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146...

Compared to a Mediterranean diet:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4432...

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0:00 The Fasting-Mimicking Diet
2:20 Effects in mice
3:12 Effects in humans
4:30 Does the weight loss explain it all?
5:38 Comparing to a Mediterranean diet
10:54 Bottomline
11:29 Limitations
12:35 Recreating it