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The Proof with Simon Hill

Protein, fasting, cancer, and longevity | Valter Longo, PhD

The Proof with Simon Hill

Simon Hill

Nutrition, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Episode #237. Dr Valter Longo introduces intriguing questions to the show: could protein consumption actually be harmful to our health? How important is muscle tissue? Can fasting be used as an adjunct cancer treatment? We investigate these questions and many more, diving into the research on IGF-1, mTOR, and the fasting-mimicking diet. Specifically, we discuss: Intro (0:00) Ideal diets for longevity (2:58) Important Pathways for aging (9:15) IGF1 Elevation (16:24) Actue vs Chronic elevation of IGF1 (19:46) Danger of Protein Over Consumption (25:11) Impact of exercise on IGF1 (32:52) Muscle Mass and Longevity (38:35) Study on High Protein Later in Life (41:59) How to get IGF1 tested (48:03) Low IGF1 & Cognitive Decline (49:54) Resistance to IGF1 (53:00) Mendelian Randomization Studies (54:38) Fasting Mimicking Diet (59:21) Fasting and Cancer (1:16:03) Ketogenic Diet & Cancer (1:27:51) Outro (1:32:15) To connect with Dr Valter Longo, you can find him on Instagram and Facebook. Learn more about Dr Longo’s research on his website, https://www.valterlongo.com/, where you will also be able to view and purchase his book, The Longevity Diet. Make sure to listen to Dr Longo’s previous appearance on The Proof, Episode #106. Discover supporting studies and more insights in the full show notes. Enjoy, friends. Simon Want to support the show? The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons) Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill Author of The Proof is in the Plants Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Download my complimentary two-week meal plan and high protein Plant Performance recipe book

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0:00.0

Friends, let me introduce you to my brand new Digital Recipe book, Plant-Based Femettes.

0:10.0

15. Must-Have Recipes that will take your fermented food game to the next level, nourishing

0:16.0

your microbiome and saving you dollars on your grocery bill at the same time.

0:21.6

Why eat fermented foods? Well, research shows that regular consumption of fermented foods

0:27.2

lowers inflammation in the body. The type of inflammation that underpins and exacerbates

0:33.1

chronic conditions like cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's dementia. Inside Plant-Based

0:38.2

Femettes is 15 recipes, including my very own soy yogurt and soy labne. A delicious

0:44.3

cold brew, kefir smoothie, and my baked miso egg plant and soba noodle salad. The book

0:49.8

also includes science supporting the consumption of fermented foods and a handful of frequently

0:54.5

asked questions such as do fermented foods contain alcohol and what's the difference

0:59.2

between pickled and fermented foods. To support your gut, this show and my wonderful

1:04.8

team here at the proof, get your copy of Plant-Based Femettes at theproof.com-fordslash-femettes.

1:11.3

That's theproof.com-fordslash-femettes. There'll be a link for this in the show notes.

1:20.6

I think that there is nothing wrong with having proteins and of course building muscle,

1:25.7

but the amount that you need to get there is much lower than what people think. Don't

1:31.5

forget though, acute versus 110 healthy, right? Two different worlds. I can inject you

1:37.0

insulin and I can show you lots of benefits and I can publish a thousand papers. It doesn't

1:41.5

remove the insulin resistance later on and the diabetes that you're going to get eventually.

1:45.9

So our job is to make people live to 110. Somebody's job is to prepare somebody for

1:50.5

the Olympics. That's a different job.

1:52.5

Welcome to theproof podcast. A space for science-based conversation exploring the health and longevity

2:00.9

benefits that come with mastering nutrition, physical exercise, mindfulness, recovery,

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