Importance of Phenotypic Flexibility and Hormesis for Improving Strength and Resilience

  • Scientists have been using the term “phenotypic flexibility” to describe health. Strive to live a life that increases your resilience and ability to tolerate all sorts of extremes.
  • In the fields of biology and medicine ‘hormesis’ is defined as an adaptive response of cells and organisms to a moderate (usually intermittent) stress.
  • All biological organisms adapt and evolve as per the environmental stressors Controlled exposure to stress and pain induces growth factors in body which makes us stronger and more resilient.
  • When we expose ourselves to stressors which we can control, we would gain the internal strength to handle external events that are out of our control.
  • Examples include exercise, dietary calorie restriction, fasting, holotropic breathwork, yoga, cold baths, sauna and exposures to low doses of certain phytochemicals.

~Praveen Jada

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