We are pleased to welcome Dr Valter Longo to this episode of Living Well with MS. Dr Longo is the scientist behind the Fasting Mimicking Diet. He is a bio-gerontologist and cell biologist who serves as a professor at the USC Davis School of Gerontology and as the director of the USC Longevity Institute. He is the creator of the fasting-mimicking diet, a program that claims to mimic the effects of periodic fasting. To read Dr Longo’s full bio, click here. 

02:08 Today’s rising fascination with fasting diets 

03:50 Main differences between the fasting-mimicking diet and other fasting diets 

05:03 Diving into blue zones, where a higher percentage of the population lives to 100 

06:55 The correlation between the centenarians and people who are fasting  

11:04 Does fast mimicking help people with MS live better and longer? 

14:03 The different types of fast-mimicking diets, including 5:2, 16:8 and occasional water fasting 

24:54 What should we eat between fasts? 

29:28 What is the ProLon diet, and for those on a budget, how can people get some of the benefits on their own? 

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