Lifestyle
The word stress has become something of a "curse word" these days — in most cases you probably think of something negative. Yet the original purpose of stress is self-protection. To quickly resolve a dangerous situation, it activates your body with explosive speed. Because of it you can exert forces and perform movements you otherwise couldn't — which can be very useful in certain situations. However, if you're exposed to chronic stress, your body constantly feels threatened and this constant emergency readiness has negative effects on your system. A range of unexplained and treatment-resistant complaints can be traced back to stress.
Obesity in Hungary affects 65 percent of the adult population. Sixty-two percent of women and 67 percent of men—altogether roughly 5 million people—are considered overweight or obese. These data emerged from the national survey on nutrition and nutritional status.
In the United States and Western Europe, one of the fastest-growing industries is that related to the long-term preservation of health: consumption of dietary supplements is increasing rapidly. Millions of people take various extracts, vitamins, minerals, probiotics and other similar substances.
It's well known that regular physical activity and a healthy diet have a major influence on health; but how much do you do to preserve your health and how aware are you of what benefits your body?
If you are battling a chronic disease, you have probably asked yourself many times: "Who will help me?" The answer may be surprising, but the most important person who can truly help is you. This does not mean you must face every problem alone, but that you can hold the key to healing in your own hands.
There can be many reasons to switch to a vegetarian diet. For example, to preserve or regain your health, because of spiritual beliefs, concerns about animal welfare, fear of antibiotics and hormones used in animal husbandry, or to avoid excessive exploitation of environmental resources, etc.
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin best known for its antioxidant properties. Chemically, it comprises a group of compounds known as tocopherols and tocotrienols. Its most important role in the body is to protect cells from oxidative damage caused by free radicals, thereby slowing the aging process and reducing the risk of various chronic diseases.
Your body has remarkable abilities to maintain and renew itself. One of the most important — and for a long time hidden — mechanisms is autophagy, literally meaning “self-eating.” This cellular process plays a fundamental role in maintaining your health, preventing chronic diseases, and even in their treatment. In 2016, Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi received the Nobel Prize for elucidating the mechanisms of autophagy, which drew attention to this extremely important biological phenomenon.
As a physician, I have seen for decades that most diets do not work, at best producing only temporary results. I imagine you have tried some kind of diet yourself. Many types are recommended—low-carb, low-fat, intermittent fasting, calorie counting. And despite the self-denial... the results are usually temporary.
The root of the problem is that these general methods do not take individual differences into account. Each of our metabolisms works differently, and what helps one person may fail for another. The key is not only how much we eat, but understanding how our body processes nutrients.
The Lumen device fills precisely this missing link: it measures in real time whether your body is burning fat or carbohydrates, and therefore provides personalized guidance for your nutrition. This is not just another "gadget"—this is a revolution in nutrition grounded in science.
