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Dr Valter Longo describes 500-person Italy trial of quarterly fasting-mimicking diet

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published October 17, 2026 · Thomas DeLauer · Autophagy Doctor: Eat This for 4 Days and Shrink Fat More than Fasting (no muscle loss)
Dr Valter Longo describes 500-person Italy trial of quarterly fasting-mimicking diet
Thomas DeLauer
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Autophagy Doctor: Eat This for 4 Days and Shrink Fat More than Fasting (no muscle loss)

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"Now what we test in Italy is every 3 months. It's a little it's a little um ambitious, right? So is it possible that you know it's not even once a month we go once every three months that you you could go with bad food for three months and now uh you know you do five days. Is that sufficient? We'll see. But uh but uh you know this is a big trial 500 people."

Dr Valter Longo says his team ran an Italy trial of about 500 people testing a five-day fasting-mimicking diet done once every three months. He calls the schedule “ambitious” and says results are not yet available.

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Autophagy Doctor: Eat This for 4 Days and Shrink Fat More than Fasting (no muscle loss)
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