A new study from the University of Southern California shows that restricting calories just five days a month for three months:
- helped people lose weight,
- reduced a number of risk factors for cancer, diabetes and heart attacks, and
- improved markers for living a longer life and tests for immune function
The study author, Valter D. Longo, says that “the research demonstrates the first anti-aging, healthspan-promoting intervention that doctors could feasibly recommend for patients.”
Gabe Mirkin
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Sports medicine doctor, fitness guru and long-time radio host Gabe Mirkin, M.D. brings you news and tips for your healthful lifestyle. A practicing physician for more than 50 years and a radio talk show host for 25 years, Dr. Mirkin is a graduate of Harvard University and Baylor University College of Medicine. He is one of a very few doctors board-certified in four specialties: Sports Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Pediatrics and Pediatric Immunology.
