Fasting condition as dietary treatment of diabetes
AssigneeUniversity of Southern California
InventorsValter D. Longo, Chia-Wei Cheng
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Abstract
A method of alleviating symptoms of, or treating, pancreatic beta-cell damage in a subject includes a step of identifying a subject having pancreatic beta-cell damage. Multiple cycles of a diet protocol are administered to the subject. The diet protocol includes administering of a fasting mimicking diet and a re-feeding diet where the fasting mimicking diet is provided for a first time period and the re-feeding diet is provided for a second time period.
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A diet package for administering a fasting mimicking diet, the diet package comprising:
- rations for the fasting mimicking diet to be administered for a first time period to a subject, the first time period including a first day, a second day, a third day, a fourth day, and a fifth day, the rations for the fasting mimicking diet providing less than about 50% of the normal caloric intake of the subject wherein the rations for the fasting mimicking diet includes protein in an amount that is less than 15 percent of total calories provided by the rations for the fasting mimicking diet and sugars in an amount that is less than 15 percent of total calories provided by the rations for the fasting mimicking diet, the rations providing less than 12 g of saturated fats on the first day and less than 6 grams of saturated fats on the second to fifth days.
A diet package for administering a fasting mimicking diet, the diet package comprising:
- rations for the fasting mimicking diet to be administered for a first time period to a subject, the first time period including a first day, a second day, a third day, a fourth day, and a fifth day, the rations for the fasting mimicking diet providing less than about 50% of the normal caloric intake of the subject wherein the rations for the fasting mimicking diet includes protein in an amount that is less than 15 percent of total calories provided by the rations for the fasting mimicking diet and sugars in an amount that is less than 15 percent of total calories provided by the rations for the fasting mimicking diet, the rations providing less than 12 g of saturated fats on the first day and less than 6 grams of saturated fats on the second to fifth days and wherein the diet package includes rations for 4 or 5 days.
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