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Low-calorie 'fasting-mimicking' diet has potential to treat people with IBD

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Posted 3/12/2019 7:09 PM (GMT -5)
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190306/low-calorie-fasting-mimicking-diet-has-potential-to-treat-people-with-ibd.aspx

I need to read over this again but seems interesting. They performed research on mice and some preliminary research on humans.
Posted 3/12/2019 10:51 PM (GMT -5)
Good find! Here's the full article with all the details:

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/pdf/s2211-1247(19)30181-0.pdf
Posted 3/13/2019 2:37 AM (GMT -5)
Interesting. Seems to be more targeted at crohns than UC?
Posted 3/13/2019 9:35 AM (GMT -5)
It just seems a bit misleading to call it diet-based therapy. It is a therapy focused on manipulating gut microbes. The manipulation is via content and timing of nutrition. Thats not exactly what mode people thing about when they hear "diet"
Posted 4/7/2019 3:49 PM (GMT -5)
So I dug around a bit on this and it seems this "diet" is more of a product that you purchase. $250 for some pre packaged food items. Yikes. USC has a financial interest in the product, but the main researcher donates 100% of his profits to enhancing health through nutrition. Here is the link.

https://prolonfmd.com/fasting-mimicking-diet?gclid=CjwKCAjwv6blBRBzEiwAihbM-WnL014eKY4WtUQKjiTM6yU1akeVZPjlbY4msAZeVMEhyiHkf2NUbBoC7kwQAvD_BwE

I have to admit I still haven't read the full report that curl3d linked. If someone would break down the macronutrient info I would definitely try it on my own... but I'm not spending $250 for some nuts and tea. Interesting concept nonetheless. You basically fast but re-feed with prebiotics over 5 days once per month for up to 3 months. It doesn't seem like this was developed specifically for IBD from quickly looking into it.
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