I return to talk about the fast-mimiking diet of Dr. Valter Longo, and in particular, in this article I want to provide you with some additional information on the Prolon kit, after having consulted the company L-Nutra about it. For those wishing to learn more about Dr. Longo’s fasting-mimicking diet, I refer you to this in-depth article . To find out more about the features of the kit and how to get it, click here .

But if you want to have some more information, read below.

The Prolon L-Nutra kit for Dr. Longo’s fasting-mimicking diet.

1. How much it costs: it costs about 200 euros, including VAT and shipping costs.
2. What’s it about? In a kit of products to do the fasting-mimicking diet, lasting 5 days.
3. How can I order it?  At the moment, on the Prolon website, here.
4. Is it possible to replace the foods in the Prolon Kit?  Basically, to do the fasting-mimicking diet it is recommended to make the kit and it is impossible to do it yourself without the supervision of a nutritionist who follows the patient. In fact, L-nutra and the medical staff decline any responsibility for do-it-yourself treatments or experimental methods that do not involve the use of the kit or modify it. This is clearly stated in the FAQs that are provided by the company. In short, if you improvise the fasting-mimicking diet, you do it at your own risk.
5. To get the kit, just order it and pay? Yes. But if you have insulin resistance, you can’t do this protocol. See point six.
6. Who can do the fasting-mimicking diet?
   All healthy subjects aged 18 to 70 can follow the fasting-mimicking diet, except pregnant or lactating women, athletes in training or competition, people who are underweight or with low muscle mass, people with disorder food, hypotensive people, those taking hypoglycemic drugs or insulin, people with immune problems and generally poor health. People who are over 70 years old and have particular pathologies that are not serious or chronic should consult a doctor.
7. Can I do my regular activities during the fasting mimicking diet? Nì. You can neither train nor undergo physical efforts, you have to try to be alert and attentive, especially when driving.
8. Have any side effects been recorded with the Prolon kit? Being a low-calorie and low-protein protocol, it can cause nausea, headache, irritability, a sense of weakness, hunger, drowsiness, apathy, muscle aches, humor, fainting.
9. What are the benefits of the fasting mimicking diet? The company reports as beneficial effects the reduction of abdominal fat and the risk factors of various diseases, especially cardio-vascular. Patients also report greater mental clarity and a tendency to make healthier food choices.