Dr. Andrew Belaveshkin

 If you are reading these lines, you are most likely concerned about your health, think about your future, want to become tougher and stronger, live longer and better. Concern about the optimal state of health is already an indication of health since people who live one day simply don’t think about the long-term consequences of their actions. However, you are here, which means that you believe in yourself and are ready to handle various challenges. Referring to the question: “What’s the most important thing for you?” we confidently respond, “Health!” I guess you’d be surprised if I suddenly say that health shouldn’t be your primary goal. After all, we end conversations by wishing each other to stay healthy, and one of the toasts during feasts (which aren’t always healthy) will definitely be to everyone’s health. With all responsibility, I declare that the excessive pursuit of health is a symptom of poor health. A person who sets health as their main goal is certainly unhealthy and...

 Walking past the beautiful Bank of England building one day, I was reminded of a curious principle named after Charles Goodhart, a former advisor to the Bank of England. In 1975, he formulated a rule now known as Goodhart's Law: "Any observed statistical regularity tends to break down once pressure is applied to it for control purposes." In essence, when we set a target to achieve a certain metric, the old patterns that once made that metric meaningful stop working. Simply put, "when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."     Epigenetic age: When we replace hard endpoints in research with biomarkers, we risk making critical errors. For example, epigenetic age can be reduced by taking vitamin D, growth hormone, folate (B9), B12, and consuming certain foods (like poultry). However, none of these interventions reduce mortality or extend lifespan.   The Vitamin D paradox: High levels of vitamin D in the blood are strongly linked to lower risks...

  Often, people come to my courses with a desire to not only improve their well-being, but also to create a health culture in their family: to influence their household members and let their children grow up in an environment where self-development, healthy eating, and sport are cultivated and encouraged. When we create such an atmosphere, it supports us and promotes the assimilation of the values ​​of health automatically. If you grew up in an environment that didn’t pay attention to health culture, all this work must be completed from scratch. Hopefully, this book will help you with that. Health is more than caring for yourself. Health culture is a social inheritance, a crystallized experience and practice that sets high standards for oneself and others and defines values and priorities. When you take care of your health and become an example for your friends and household members to follow, you transform their cultural environment, making it healthier. We promote...