Interviews

During stressful periods, the risk of a prolonged loss of energy with symptoms of exhaustion increases, especially when there aren't enough periods for recovery. To stay vibrant despite mental stress, recharge your batteries, and support your natural defences, it's worth taking a critical look at your lifestyle. Particular attention should be paid to ensuring an adequate supply of micronutrients, cellular energy, and resilience (mental fortitude).

In times when many of us feel increasingly stressed and powerless, we can support our mental health through a mindful lifestyle and regular periods of rest - including actively building our resilience so we can face new challenges with inner strength.

Anyone wishing to remain healthy and high-performing into old age should focus on prevention. Alongside adequate protein intake combined with strength training, micronutrients such as magnesium, vitamins D3 and K2, and omega-3 fatty acids play a key role at the cellular level.

If you want to stay focused and keep a cool head during stressful times, and remain attentive despite demanding challenges, you need to give your brain cells regular periods to regenerate. This can be achieved through sensible daily routines and deliberate breaks from sensory overload.

Every person is biologically unique. Yet general recommendations still often dominate traditional health counseling. Why does the same diet lead to vitality in one person while lowering energy levels in another? The answer lies in our biological profile.

Dr. Bernd Fiebich is the principal investigator of the Fiebich Research Group on “Neurochemistry and Neuroimmunology” at the University Psychiatric Hospital in Freiburg im Breisgau. His areas of expertise include Alzheimer's disease, dementia, neuroinflammation, and psychoneuroendocrinology.

Many longevity strategies advocate efficient, targeted, and consistent self-optimization, recommending that people always make the most of all available therapies. This often leads to feeling overwhelmed, which disrupts natural well-being and physical recovery—and ultimately stands in the way of healthy aging.

For the brain to perform its vital functions smoothly on mental, cognitive, neural, and psychological levels, a nutrient-rich diet containing a wide range of micronutrients is essential. In this regard, the medical community is increasingly interested in how supplements based on vitamins, minerals, and phytoextracts, or phytochemicals, can be beneficial as complementary treatments, taking individual circumstances into account.

Dr. Mareike Awe advocates for intuitive eating—moving away from the pressure to optimize and one-size-fits-all diet rules, and toward self-care and a better awareness of our body’s signals. The key is to recognize and overcome typical patterns such as emotional eating (e.g., due to stress or as a reward) and to gradually develop a routine that works for you: intuitive eating with healthy meals and a needs-based intake of micronutrients, as a sustainable path to well-being, vitality, and longevity.

To age healthily as a woman and specifically support well-being, various longevity approaches can be effectively combined—taking into account age- and gender-specific changes in hormone levels and other metabolic changes.

The desire to look youthful after age 40 is stronger than ever. This is where personalized longevity strategies come into play, combining a healthy, anti-inflammatory diet and minimally invasive therapies with targeted micronutrient supplementation and injections.

Micronutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and trace elements play a role in numerous processes related to metabolism, energy balance, and hormonal and mental well-being. The scientific community is focusing on the question of whether and to what extent modern micronutrient therapy, as a complementary, medically supervised measure alongside a nutrient-rich diet, is appropriate on an individual basis.