After 20 years of a distinguished career as an endocrinologist at Harvard’s Joslin Diabetes Center, Dr. William Hsu joined L-Nutra in 2019 as Chief Medical Officer. In this role, Dr. Hsu leads the clinical development effort at L-Nutra, oversees the Medical Affairs Department, and advances the education and adoption of fasting and Fasting Mimicking Diet as an innovative tool to extend human healthspan. 

Among his prior roles, he served as Vice President at Joslin Diabetes Center, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, responsible for its international education and healthcare advisory programs. He served on multiple national-level professional committees, including the American Diabetes Association, setting national standards of medical care in diabetes. His previous research interests focused on the pathophysiology of diabetes and the application of digital technology in chronic care.

Dr. Hsu went to Cornell University for college and received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine residency training at Yale School of Medicine and completed his fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Harvard Medical School. He was Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

• 4:14 The science and benefits of fasting.
• 5:54 How different fasting methods affect the body.
• 8:45 Early studies on intermittent fasting, and how fasting has changed the way we think about weight loss.
• 10:51 How the 5-day fast-mimicking diet, unlike other methods, encourages autophagy—cellular rejuvenation.
• 14:50 How fasting changes our relationship to food—psychologically and physiologically.
• 19:30 Fasting vs. Ketogenic diet.
• 21:52 What types of foods are eaten in the ProLon diet?
• 26:39 Do we need to change our activities when on a fasting mimicking diet?
• 29:39 Practical tips on proper refeeding after fasting.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• ProLon website
• Fasting.com

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