hormetic

Adjective

Meaning

hormetic (not comparable)

(biology) Of or pertaining to hormesis or to a hormetin

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Examples

It’s a tough and fatiguing slog for a few weeks, but this “hormetic” stress eventually restores normal sleep. Source: Internet

The key is BALANCE – have yourself a very solid foundation of real, healthy food, but add in small amounts of “less desirable” foods to have a hormetic effect and keep your body’s defenses strong and tolerances to those foods functional. Source: Internet

Just as icing retards the natural healing process, so does it impair the inflammation process driving hormetic adaptation to exercise. Source: Internet

While I couldn’t agree more that regular, quality sleep is vital to our ability to thrive, I am curious to know if there has been any research on a hormetic effect of the occasional sleepless night (or the occasional night with poor quality sleep). Source: Internet

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