Today we introduce you to hormesis. A rare word that translates as the body’s response when trying to adapt to moderate stress. This response can lead to health benefits and delay aging.

Among the most important hormetic agents that have been identified to date are radiation, heat, exercise and dietary restriction. Obviously, we are not going to invite you to spend a vacation next to a nuclear reactor, but we are going to tell you about several factors that can trigger hormesis in our body and help you to understand its many benefits.

The explanation is coherent. As today’s lifestyle has deprived us of the many stimuli necessary for cells that promote health and longevity, it would be good to incorporate them back into our habits.

Well-planned fasting, cold, heat or hypoxia would make our body to ‘get out of its comfort zone’ and gain metabolic flexibility which translates into stronger health.