Hormesis (from Greek hormæin, meaning "to excite") is the term for generally-favorable biological responses to low exposures to stressors. These stressors - such as brief cold showers and baths, saunas, Tabata, GXP and other HIT training - may stimulate the immune system and produce significant health benefits: such as to slow the process of ageing and produce good health and fitness.
Sunday, 14 November 2010
anti-agingfirewalls.com
The process of hormesis is thought to be mediated primarily via heat shock proteins (HSPs). This blog further explores how hormesis and heat shock proteins work, focusing primarily on the HSP70 superfamily of proteins... the complexity of the biomolecular processes involved... http://anti-agingfirewalls.com/2010/07/03/hsp70-to-the-rescue/
Getting Stronger
Great source of information on all things hormesis:
http://gettingstronger.org/hormesis/
http://gettingstronger.org/hormesis/