As one of Europe’s leading voices in functional nutrition and precision medicine, Dr. Farnetti isn’t just challenging medical orthodoxy—she’s rewriting its fundamental premise. Her revolutionary approach envisions health care not as a response to illness, but as a scientific blueprint for sustained vitality.“The future of medicine,” she asserts, “lies in preventing disease before the first symptom appears.” This paradigm shift promises to transform not just our lifespans, but the very quality of our years. Where traditional medicine waits for illness to strike,
her approach deploys cutting-edge nutritional science and personalized interventions to maintain wellness in healthy individuals. It’s a vision that turns the ancient maxim “prevention is better than cure” into a precise, actionable science.
BY GIOVANNA G. BONOMO
February, 2025
The Science of Prevention
At the heart of this new paradigm lies precision medicine, which Dr. Farnetti describes as "predictive, preventive, participatory and personalized." This approach aims to identify and address subtle bodily imbalances long before they manifest as clinical symptoms.
"Medicine today is at a turning point. From the treatment of disease it is moving towards a precise model: predictive, preventive, participatory and personalized, with the aim of anticipating and pre- venting pathologies, promoting healthy longevity."
The Fasting Controversy
While intermittent fasting has gained popularity, Dr. Farnetti offers a nuanced perspective. She suggests that a 12-hour overnight fast might be more beneficial than extended fasting peri- ods, which could trigger chronic stress responses.
"Daily fasting beyond 12 hours seems to trigger a chronic stress situation. More stress, more cortisol, less life expectancy."
She emphasizes that the quality of food choices matters more than fasting duration: "What matters is what you eat after fasting and during the day in terms of the insulin produced, not so much how many hours of fasting were maintained.
Understanding Inflammation: The Root of Aging
Farnetti identifies chronic inflammation as the primary driver of accelerated aging...