A word from Dr D O Flynn

About 12 years ago, I got interested in fasting as an intervention to promote wellness having supported a patient of mine doing a weeks FMD (fasting Mimicking Diet) in France. My patient had a very positive response. This led me to the works of Valter D Longo, main researcher at that time on the subject of FMD (Fasting Mimicking Diet).His research gave very plausible explanations as to why a seven day low calorie fast can be a benefit.

So I started doing a 7 day FMD every 6 months for my own health, and have done so now for the last 12 yrs at my home in Cumuruxatiba, Bahia, Brazil. (Practice what you preach and an ounce of prevention…...)

Throughout this time I have been more active in researching this topic and sharing this information with talks to colleagues and the public. There is now a very big online community with supportive information on this. I made a video, To Fast or not to Fast, which outlines my take on the science as we currrently know.Click here to access.

I use this this approach with my patient population and find it to be a very useful tool for the restoration of health. There are many options and ideas available nowadays for this form of Restoration Medicine.

In my medical student days as a sideline in Cork,Ireland. I was drawn to the restoration of classic cars. My favourite was a Triumph Spitfire , Mark IV, which we brought back to life, finishing with a wonderful metallic blue spray job.

To me there are clear parallels with my day job in clinic, encouraging and guiding patients through their own restoration projects. Its amazing what can be achieved with time and effort, investing in ones health through maturity, dividends are guaranteed.

To this end I have set up a website, old school format, The Wellionaires Club. I have created this platform to join the growing number of healthcare professionals and others online who are inspiring individuals to look at how best they may improve their wellbeing through the sharing of knowledge and awareness re the benefits of going back to the basics of exercise , diet, sleep, fasting, outdoors, light , and other forgotten tips from Grandma’s cupboard.