DIET COMPOSITION FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION

    公开(公告)号:WO2022012845A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-20

    申请号:PCT/EP2021/066377

    申请日:2021-06-17

    Inventor: LONGO, Valter

    Abstract: A diet composition for use in the treatment of depression in a human subject, the diet composition comprising a) a fasting mimicking diet (FMD) component to be administered for a first time period, which proves less than 50% of the normal calorie intake of the subject with both protein restriction and sugar restriction; and b) a re-feeding diet component to be administered for a second time period, which provides 60-100% of the normal calorie intake of the subject; wherein the fasting mimicking diet component and the re-feeding diet component are administered for multiple cycles, and wherein the subject undergoes a psychotherapeutic treatment for the whole duration of the multiple cycles; the first time period is preferably from 2 days to 10 days, convenienty 5 days; the second time period is preferably from 7 to 85 days, conveniently 25-26 days and the multiple cycles preferably comprise an administration once a month for at least 2 months.

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