Valter Longo

A groundbreaking guide to how fasting and nutritechnology are revolutionizing the prevention and treatment of cancer, from the bestselling author of The Longevity Diet Despite all our scientific advances, which have allowed us to prevent and treat so many deadly diseases, almost one in two people will develop cancer in the U. S. In Fasting Cancer, Dr. Valter Longo, one of the leading scientists in the field of nutrition and cancer, reveals the results of decades of research on the fasting and nutrition technology-based studies to defeat cancer in the body, making only tumor cells much more vulnerable to therapy while protecting the healthy cells. Fasting Cancer creates a new path in which the patient is an active codriver of the therapy by turning on the body's ability to fight cancer. Dr. Longo's studies show that the fasting-mimicking diet is beginning to make cancer therapies potentially more effective and less toxic to patients, thus providing an evidence-based complementary approach to mainstream treatments. The book also describes how the everyday Longevity Diet and plant-based ketogenic diet can support cancer therapies. Rich in patient stories and clinical data, Fasting Cancer is a read that invites everyone--doctors, healthcare professionals, patients, and family members--to understand the extraordinary potential of a new approach to help fight cancer.

MATAR DE HAMBRE AL C NCER, NUTRIR AL PACIENTE Cuando se habla del tratamiento del c ncer, Valter Longo, el experto mundial en la relaci n entre alimentaci n, longevidad y salud, cambia por completo el enfoque para complementar el tratamiento. Tras a os de investigaciones y programas experimentales, el autor demuestra que la aplicaci n de protocolos controlados de ayuno es un aliado muy poderoso en la lucha contra varios tipos de tumores, y a partir de esa idea explora nuevas y posibles combinaciones con las terapias est ndares. A pesar de los avances de la ciencia, casi una de cada dos personas corre hoy el riesgo de enfermar de c ncer. C mo es posible que hayamos logrado reducir la posibilidad de padecer enfermedades mortales como las cardiovasculares y muchas otras, y no hayamos obtenido un xito parecido con el c ncer? La explicaci n la encontramos en el hecho de que los tumores son extremadamente complejos -ninguno es igual a otro- y est n formados por c lulas que no siguen un desarrollo previsible. Ahora bien, todos tienen algo en com n: est n hechos de c lulas «confundidas y rebeldes que comen mucho m s que las sanas, sobre todo si se atacan con terapias convencionales. Seg n esta premisa, ayudar a prevenir, pero tambi n a vencer, las enfermedades tumorales es posible haciendo que las c lulas enfermas se mueran de hambre. Este libro abre una nueva v a para que el paciente se convierta en protagonista activo de su tratamiento y curaci n. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION STARVE CANCER TO DEATH. NURTURE THE PATIENT. When speaking about cancer treatment, world expert in the links between diet, longevity, and health Valter Longo changes his approach entirely to complement the therapy. After years of research and experimental programs, the author proves that controlled fasting protocols are a very powerful ally in the fight against several kinds of tumors, and from that notion explores new and possible combinations of the standard treatment. Despite scientific advancements, almost one in every two people is at risk of developing cancer. How is it possible that we have managed to reduce the possibility of suffering mortal diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and others, but we haven't been equally successful regarding cancer? The explanation is that tumors are extremely complex--none identical to another--and are formed by cells that don't follow a foreseeable development pattern. Nevertheless, they all have something in common: they are made up of "confused, rebellious" cells that eat much more than healthy cells do, especially when attacked with conventional therapies. Following this premise, it is possible to help prevent, but also defeat tumoral diseases by starving the sick cells to death. This book opens a new pathway for the patient to become an active protagonist in his own treatment and health.

The internationally renowned, clinically tested, revolutionary diet program to lose weight, fight disease, and live a longer, healthier life. Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? The clinically proven answer is yes, and The Longevity Diet is easier to follow than you'd think. The culmination of 25 years of research on aging, nutrition, and disease across the globe, this unique program lays out a simple solution to living to a healthy old age through nutrition. The key is combining the healthy everyday eating plan the book outlines, with the scientifically engineered fasting-mimicking diet, or FMD; the FMD, done just 3-4 times a year, does away with the misery and starvation most of us experience while fasting, allowing you to reap all the beneficial health effects of a restrictive diet, while avoiding negative stressors, like low energy and sleeplessness. Valter Longo, director of the Longevity Institute at USC and the Program on Longevity and Cancer at IFOM in Milan, designed the FMD after making a series of remarkable discoveries in mice, then in humans, indicating that specific diets can activate stem cells and promote regeneration and rejuvenation in multiple organs to significantly reduce risk for diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's, and heart disease. Longo's simple pescatarian daily eating plan and the periodic fasting-mimicking techniques can both yield impressive results. Low in proteins and sugars and rich in healthy fats and plant-based foods, The Longevity Diet is proven to help you: - Lose weight and reduce abdominal fat - Extend your healthy lifespan with simple everyday changes - Prevent age-related muscle and bone loss - Build your resistance to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's and cancer Longo's healthy, life span-extending program is based on an easy-to-adopt pescatarian plan along with the fasting-mimicking diet no more than 4 times a year, just 5 days at a time. Including 30 easy recipes for an everyday diet based on Longo's five pillars of longevity, The Longevity Diet is the key to living a longer, healthier, more fulfilled life.

Live healthier for longer with the international bestselling guide that will change your life'The diet that holds the key to staying young . . . Dr Valter Longo is now considered one of the most influential voices in the 'fasting movement' The Times'Dr Valter Longo is one of the real scientific pioneers when it comes to researching the impact of food on health' Dr Michael Mosley, bestselling author of The Fast Diet and The Clever Guts Diet________This is the clinically tested, revolutionary and straightforward diet to help you slow-down ageing, fight disease and lose weight. Following 30 years of research, Professor Valter Longo - a biochemist and one of the world's leading researchers into ageing - discovered that the secret of longevity lies in cellular regeneration triggered by a special diet. And that by adhering to his fasting-mimicking diet, we can heal ourselves through food. The Longevity Diet will guide you through the process with:· An easy-to-adopt lifetime plan· Fasting-mimicking diet 3-4 times a year, just 5 days at a time· 30 easy and delicious recipes based on Longo's 'Five Pillars of Longevity'In this lifelong, health-boosting plan, you will feel the benefits of fasting without the hunger and live a longer, healthier and more fulfilled life. And you'll get to try easy, plant-and-fish based recipes . . .· Great for the heart and rich in antioxidants: black rice with courgette and shrimp· For a good source of iron, snack on dark chocolate and yoghurt· For dessert try tangy dried cranberries and walnuts________Make simple changes that can extend your healthy lifespan*Prevent age-related muscle and bone loss*Build your resistance to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's and cancer*Maintain your ideal weight and reduce abdominal fat

The internationally renowned, clinically tested, revolutionary diet program to lose weight, fight disease, and live a longer, healthier life. Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? The clinically proven answer is yes, and The Longevity Diet is easier to follow than you'd think. The culmination of 25 years of research on aging, nutrition, and disease across the globe, this unique program lays out a simple solution to living to a healthy old age through nutrition. The key is combining the healthy everyday eating plan the book outlines, with the scientifically engineered fasting-mimicking diet, or FMD; the FMD, done just 3-4 times a year, does away with the misery and starvation most of us experience while fasting, allowing you to reap all the beneficial health effects of a restrictive diet, while avoiding negative stressors, like low energy and sleeplessness. Valter Longo, director of the Longevity Institute at USC and the Program on Longevity and Cancer at IFOM in Milan, designed the FMD after making a series of remarkable discoveries in mice, then in humans, indicating that specific diets can activate stem cells and promote regeneration and rejuvenation in multiple organs to significantly reduce risk for diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's, and heart disease. Longo's simple pescatarian daily eating plan and the periodic fasting-mimicking techniques can both yield impressive results. Low in proteins and sugars and rich in healthy fats and plant-based foods, The Longevity Diet is proven to help you: - Lose weight and reduce abdominal fat - Extend your healthy lifespan with simple everyday changes - Prevent age-related muscle and bone loss - Build your resistance to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's and cancer Longo's healthy, life span-extending program is based on an easy-to-adopt pescatarian plan along with the fasting-mimicking diet no more than 4 times a year, just 5 days at a time. Including 30 easy recipes for an everyday diet based on Longo's five pillars of longevity, The Longevity Diet is the key to living a longer, healthier, more fulfilled life.