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Valter Longo is the director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and of the Program on Longevity and Cancer at IFOM (the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology) in Milan. His studies focus on basic and clinical research on nutrition, aging, and diseases. toon meer Dr. Longo received the 2010 Nathan Shock Lecture Award from the National Institute on Aging, the 2013 Vincent Cristofalo "Rising Star" Award in Aging Research from the American Federation for Aging Research, and the 2016 Glenn Award for research on the biology of aging. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 50 most influential people in healthcare. toon minder
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The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind… door Valter Longo
I've done two rounds of FMD on the advice of this book. The writing quality is so-so, but the research & reporting on lab work is what is valuable.
I'll admit, I skimmed parts of this book. What I took away is the impression of how thoroughly researched Dr Longo's research was. I've been doing the Fasting Mimicking Diet for a year and a quarter, 4 times a year. I've noticed improvement in certain areas: no longer do I suffer bursitis in my shoulder, my osteoarthritis has improved somewhat, and I no longer get pre-cancerous lesions on my face, as I used chronically to do. Worth the five days, four times a year.
"Campa cavallo che l'erba cresce" - questo modo di dire mi è venuto in mente mentre leggevo il libro. Avevo letto una recensione sul giornale e mi ero convinto che, dinosauro come sono, avevo diritto anche io a raggiungere gli obiettivi che l'autore si prefigge per chi legge il suo volume. Senza mettere in dubbio il suo lavoro, non ne avrei le capacità e il tempo, penso che tra tutte queste ricette e contro ricette, elenchi e sotto elenchi, schemi e contro schemi, mi sono sentito quel cavallo che non mangia e aspetta che l'erba cresce ... Gli dò tre stelle per l'impegno profuso nel suo lavoro e prometto di mangiare come ho sempre fatto senza mai smettere di guardare l'erba che cresce ...… (meer)
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