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Valter D. Longo (born October 9, 1967) is an Italian-American biogerontologist and cell biologist known for his studies on the role of starvation and nutrient response genes on cellular protection aging and diseases and for proposing that longevity is regulated by similar genes and mechanisms in many eukaryotes.

He is currently a professor at the USC Davis School of Gerontology with a joint appointment in the department of Biological Sciences as well as serving as the director of the USC Longevity Institute.

The University of Southern California (USC or SC) is a private research university founded in 1880 with its main campus in Los Angeles, California.

As California's oldest private research university, USC has historically educated a large number of the region's business leaders and professionals.

In recent decades, the university has also leveraged its location in Los Angeles to establish relationships with research and cultural institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim.

An engine for economic activity, USC contributes $8 billion annually to the economy of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and California.

Fasting is a willing abstinence or reduction from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period of time.

An absolute fast (dry fasting) is normally defined as abstinence from all food and liquid for a defined period, usually a period of 24 hours, or a number of days.

Water fasting allows drinking water but nothing else.

Other fasts may be partially restrictive, limiting only particular foods or substances.

A fast may also be intermittent in nature.

Fasting practices may preclude intercourse and other activities as well as food.

In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.

The word diet often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for or reasons (with the two often being related).

Although humans are omnivores, each culture and each person holds some food preferences or some food taboos.

This may be due to personal tastes or ethical reasons.

Individual dietary choices may be more or less healthy.