The recipe for youth exists? Each of us can benefit from it.

Superstitions, magic, and pseudoscience — for centuries people have tried to overcome aging. However, the surest recipe for youth lies within our minds.

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8 min readFeb 27, 2024
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Representatives of the Homo sapiens species have dreamed of the elixir of youth since they first noticed signs of aging in themselves. That is, since the biblical expulsion from paradise or — more scientifically — since our ancestors became self-aware. Initially, the recipe for youth was associated with seeking the favor of the heavens. Then they turned to magic, or — one could say — pseudoscience.

Greeks were inspired by, among other things, the mythological sorceress Medea with her cauldron, into which she could throw dismembered corpses and pull out a living and rejuvenated body. Fortunately, less drastic methods were also considered.

Medea — [Photo: Frederick Sandys, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

Does the elixir of youth exist?

From the times of the Egyptian pyramid builders, a papyrus with a recipe for a cream made from exotic fruits has been preserved, which, when applied to the face…

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