Longevity Center

When stress has become a regular part of your daily life, it's important to find ways to recharge and de-stress. Natural methods that don't require medication or complicated procedures have been proven to be effective in combating stress.

Stress is a protective response of the body that triggers beneficial adaptation mechanisms, increasing physical and mental activity, preparing us to react quickly in critical situations. Such stress can be useful in the short term, as it helps to cope with immediate challenges. 

While a few decades ago, in the era of diets and quick-weight-loss myths, weight loss was mostly about calorie restriction, we now have much more science-based facts that allow us to understand the processes that occur in the body. And these facts are changing our ideas about what really works and what doesn't.

“If the human immune system were simple, we would all be extinct long ago,” — with these words began her famous TED talk by Yale University immunology professor Akiko Iwasaki. This statement reflects the revolution that is taking place in our understanding of immunity. From the simple concept of “one pathogen — one response,” medical science has come to understand immunity as a complex adaptive system that is constantly learning.