Prolon on The Tim Ferriss Show

The Tim Ferriss ShowJune 9, 2026

#869: Max Levchin, PayPal and Affirm — The Path from The Soviet Union to Building Multi-Billion Dollar Companies (Plus: Real-World Socialism vs. Capitalism)

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And that is why Valter is interesting. He's best known for something called the fast mimicking diet, FMD, which is essentially a way of eating that produces many of the benefits of fasting while still allowing you to eat food. So if we look at that a little more closely, he took what he learned in these randomized controlled trials and so on, and packaged it into a five day program called Prolon, p r o l o n. It's five days. So for five days, you restrict your food a bit. And what Prolon does is makes it idiot proof. Comes in one box, everything is laid out, there's no guesswork, you just follow the packages. And in scientific studies, five day cycles of the fast mimicking diet improve markers tied to metabolic health and aging, help people drop fat while holding onto lean muscle, and even associated with measurable drops in biological age. And to put some numbers to it, with glycemic management, blood sugar management, we're able to see in one RCT improvements in fifty three percent of FMD participants versus eight percent of controls. So, it does make a difference. You get the benefits of fasting, including autophagy, your body's cellular self cleanup process, while still eating real structured plant based meals. So, you don't have to negotiate with yourself. You don't have to struggle. It all comes in one box, and it's right there, laid out, simple to follow. And there are other people who recognize friends of mine like Patrol who also have used Prolon. For a limited time, Prolon is offering my listeners 15% off-site wide plus a 40% bonus gift when you subscribe to their five day program. Just visit prolonlife.com/tim. That's prolonlife.com/tim to claim your 15% discount and your bonus gift.

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The Tim Ferriss Show
#869: Max Levchin, PayPal and Affirm — The Path from The Soviet Union to Building Multi-Billion Dollar Companies (Plus: Real-World Socialism vs. Capitalism)
Host: Tim Ferriss
Publisher: Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig