Episode 46: Dr. Valter Longo on how fasting helps fight cancer & reverse chronic disease

Dr. Valter Longo was named by TIME Magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in health—and he's widely considered the world's leading authority on the science of fasting. What you're about to hear might completely rewire your understanding of the human body.

 

For decades, we’ve been told:
*That going without food is dangerous.
*That we constantly need fuel.
*That hunger equals harm.

 

But Dr. Longo’s research tells a different story. Under the *right* conditions, fasting doesn’t weaken the body—it activates it. It triggers powerful internal systems of repair, regeneration, and resilience.

 

And the implications are staggering: From cancer to autoimmune disease to multiple sclerosis, this may be one of the biggest breakthrough interventions in modern medicine.

 

In this conversation, we explore:
*The cutting-edge science behind fasting
*How it supports healing on a cellular level
*Why the healthcare system still resists it
*Why his trials haven't gotten billions in funding
*The difference between water fasting and the Fasting Mimicking Diet

 

CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
5:11 - The origins of Dr. Longo’s discoveries
9:04 - What happens in the body during fasting
15:08 - Autophagy recycles the “garbage” in your body
18:00 - What happens in the first 7 days of fasting
21:23 - Someone went 382 days without eating?
27:12 - How fasting transforms how we look at the body
32:12 - The dangers of fasting & muscle loss
46:41 - Fasting for religious reasons
48:45 - The Fasting Mimicking Diet
55:26 - Dr. Longo's trials on fasting & cancer
1:14:41 - Why hasn’t this gotten billions in funding?
1:31:53 - Fasting, MS & benefits for all chronic diseases
1:47:53 - Implementing fasting in your life

 

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Fasting Cancer (book): https://amzn.to/44PVdt4

 

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