Intermittent administration of a fasting-mimicking diet intervenes in diabetes progression, restores β cells and reconstructs gut microbiota in mice

Abstract Fasting and especially intermittent fasting have been shown to be an effective intervention in many diseases, such as obesity and diabetes. The fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) has recently been found to ameliorate metabolic disorders. To investigate the effect of a new type of low-protein low-...

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Main Authors: Siying Wei, Ruomei Han, Jingyu Zhao, Shuo Wang, Meiqin Huang, Yining Wang, Yan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Nutrition & Metabolism
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12986-018-0318-3