The research

This library collects published research, most of it on fasting and the Fasting Mimicking Diet, each with a plain-language summary, the original citation, and a link to read the full paper.

Many of these studies involved L-Nutra, Prolon's parent company: some authors hold equity in L-Nutra or work for it, some universities license intellectual property to it, and some studies used FMD products it supplied or received its funding. Each study page links to the paper, which carries its own funding and competing-interests statement.

20 studies and 1 review

Tags mark each entry as a human study, an animal or laboratory study, or a review. Findings in animals or cells have not been shown in people, and human studies differ in size and design, so each summary states its own limits.

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Human randomized controlled trial
Randomly assigns people to groups to test a diet's effect; findings may not apply beyond the people studied.
Human study, secondary analysis
Re-examines data or samples from an earlier trial to ask a new question; it was not the trial's original purpose.
Human proof-of-concept study
An early-stage human study testing whether an approach is worth studying further, usually in a small group.
Animal study
Tests a diet or drug in animals, usually mice; results are not evidence of an effect in people.
Animal study with a human pilot
Mainly animal research, plus a preliminary pilot study in people that did not test all of the animal findings.
Preclinical study
Early laboratory or model research, often before any human testing; it does not show an effect in people.
Review
Summarizes other researchers' published work rather than reporting a new experiment; it adds no new data of its own.
Human cohort study
Follows people over time to look for links between habits and health; it shows associations, not cause and effect.
Meta-analysis
Combines results of many published studies into an overall estimate; it inherits the limits of the studies it combines.
Human case series
Describes what happened to a small group of patients, with no comparison group; it cannot show cause and effect.

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