US Patent Issued to University of Southern California on May 5 for "Fasting mimicking diet" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,232, issued on May 5, was assigned to University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

"Fasting mimicking diet" was invented by Sebastian Brandhorst (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Valter D. Longo (Playa del Rey, Calif.), Min Wei (West Covina, Calif.) and Fabrizio Schirano (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fasting mimicking diet package providing daily meal portions for a predetermined number of days is provided. The fasting mimicking diet package includes a kale cracker composition, a first vegetable broth composition, a mushroom soup composition, a tomato soup composition, a quinoa-containing minestrone soup composition, a bean...