Scientific Publications: Cardiovascular Diseases

The following collection gathers the main scientific publications on the role of diet, caloric restriction and the fasting-mimicking diet in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, with focus on metabolic risk factors and cardiovascular aging.

2025

Cell Reports Medicine / 2025
Micarelli A. et al. — Effects of the fasting-mimicking diet on cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors. Cell Rep Med, 2025.↗

Metabolic Health and Disease / 2025
Mishra A. et al. — Association between IGF-I deficiency and reduced cardiovascular risk: evidence from populations with growth hormone receptor deficiency. Metab Health Dis, 2025.↗

Med / 2025
Guevara-Aguirre J. et al. — Normal or improved cardiovascular risk factors in IGF-I-deficient adults with growth hormone receptor deficiency: 2025 update. Med, 2025.↗

The Journal of Nutrition / 2025
Tong Y. et al. — Effects of dietary restriction on cardiovascular health and metabolism. J Nutr, 2025.↗

2024

Med / 2024
Guevara-Aguirre J. et al. — Normal or improved cardiovascular risk factors in IGF-I-deficient adults with growth hormone receptor deficiency. Med, 2024.↗

Med / 2024
Mishra A. et al. — Normal or improved cardiovascular risk factors in IGF-I-deficient adults with growth hormone receptor deficiency. Med, 2024.↗

2023

Metabolic Health and Disease / 2023
Mishra A. et al. — IGF-I deficiency and cardiovascular protection: mechanisms and clinical implications. Metab Health Dis, 2023.↗

2022

European Journal of Applied Physiology / 2022
Nardon M. et al. — Fasting-mimicking diet does not reduce skeletal muscle function in healthy young adults: a randomized control trial. Eur J Appl Physiol, 122(3):651-661, 2022.↗

2020

Journal of Clinical Psychology / 2020
Maniaci G. et al. — Efficacy of a fasting-mimicking diet in functional therapy for depression: a randomised controlled pilot trial. J Clin Psychol, 76(10):1807-1817, 2020.↗

2019

Circulation Research / 2019
Brandhorst S. et al. — Dietary restrictions and nutrition in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Circ Res, 2019.↗

2017

Science Translational Medicine / 2017
Wei M. et al. — Fasting-mimicking diet and markers/risk factors for aging, diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Sci Transl Med, 9(377):eaai8700, 2017.↗

Journal of the American College of Cardiology / 2017
Juraschek S.P. et al. — Effects of sodium reduction and the DASH diet in relation to baseline blood pressure. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2017.↗

2016

Nutrients / 2016
Hamed S. et al. — Dietary interventions, cardiovascular aging, and disease: animal models and human studies. Nutrients, 2016.↗

JAMA Internal Medicine / 2016
Song M. et al. — Association of animal and plant protein intake with all-cause and cause-specific mortality. JAMA Intern Med, 2016.↗

2012

Circulation Research / 2012
Fontana L. et al. — Growth factors, nutrient signaling, and cardiovascular aging. Circ Res, 2012.↗

Publications are listed in reverse chronological order. Links lead to original articles on PubMed or archived PDFs.