The Virgin Diabetic Podcast

#26 Fasting Mimicking Diet with Dr. William Hsu

• Denise A. Pancyrz • Season 1 • Episode 26

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In today's interview we are talking to Dr. William Hsu about Intermittent Fasting and Fasting Mimicking Diet.

Dr. Hsu received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency training at Yale School of Medicine and completed his fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Harvard Medical School. He was Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

After 20 years of a distinguished career as an endocrinologist at Harvard’s Joslin Diabetes Center, Dr. William Hsu joined L-Nutra in 2019 as Chief Medical Officer. In this role, he leads the clinical development effort at L-Nutra, oversees the Medical Affairs Department, and advances the education and adoption of fasting and Fasting Mimicking Diet as an innovative tool to extend human healthspan.

HIGHLIGHTS 

  • Definition of HEALTHSPAN
  • The very basic concept of fasting.
  • Fasting mimicking diet.
  • Intermittent Fasting Diet vs Prolonged Fasting or Fasting Mimicking Diet.
  • Recommended periods of time for the Mimicking Diet depending on your health condition.
  • The importance of re-feeding.

SUGAR-FREE QUOTES

  • "Fasting is one of the most original diets that all living organisms have been on"
  • "In our country (USA) around 86% of people die of non-communicable disease that are preventable. These are, by large, driven by the way we eat".
  • "You don't want to do periodic fasting so often that the body doesn't have time to replete  all the nutrients."

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