There has been a series of papers that have come out in the last year showing how following a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) affected patients with advanced cancers, and just last week, early Alzheimer’s. So, in this video we will go through what FMDs are and what this latest studies tell us.

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TIMESTAMPS
Intro 00:00
What is FMD 00:20
Cancer 03:20
Alzheimer's disease 06:10
Outro 08:30

References:
Nardon, M., Venturelli, M., Ruzzante, F. et al. FastingMimickingDiet does not reduce skeletal muscle function in healthy young adults: a randomized control trial. Eur J Appl Physiol 122, 651–661 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0042102104...
Exceptional tumour responses to fastingmimicking diet combined with standard anticancer therapies: A subanalysis of the NCT03340935 trial
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2022.0...
Fastingmimicking diet cycles reduce neuroinflammation to attenuate cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s models https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022...

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