Fasting-mimicking diet causes hepatic and blood markers changes indicating reduced biological age and disease risk

Fasting-mimicking diet causes hepatic and blood markers changes indicating reduced biological age and disease risk

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Abstract In mice, periodic cycles of a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) protect normal cells while killing damaged cells including cancer and autoimmune cells, reduce inflammation, promote multi-system regeneration, and extend longevity.Here, we performed secondary and exploratory analysis of blood samples from a randomized sww x clinical trial (NCT02158897) and show that 3 FMD cycles in adult study participants are associated with reduced insulin resistance and other pre-diabetes markers, lower hepatic fat (as determined by magnetic resonance imaging) and increased lymphoid to myeloid ratio: an indicator of immune system age.Based on a validated measure of biological age predictive of morbidity and green and gold masquerade mask mortality, 3 FMD cycles were associated with a decrease of 2.5 years in median biological age, independent of weight loss.Nearly identical findings resulted from a second clinical study (NCT04150159).

Together these results provide initial support for beneficial effects of the FMD on multiple cardiometabolic risk factors and biomarkers of biological age.