In Dialog With Dr. George Gaitanos, Chief Working and Scientific Officer, Chenot Group

Dr. George Gaitanos is the Chief Working and Scientific Officer, Chenot Group. With greater than 35 years’ expertise within the promotion of optimum well being he has labored with elite worldwide athletes as an knowledgeable in power metabolism and restoration, Dr. Gaitanos is now liable for the event of the award-winning programmes delivered at Chenot well being wellness retreats worldwide.  

Learn our fascinating interview to find extra about his strategy to sustaining optimum well being. 

How / what first sparked your curiosity within the Chenot Methodology?

The Chenot Methodology® was very attention-grabbing to me as a result of there was an outlined, effectively framed methodology specializing in ageing within the sense of prevention relatively than treatment. Again then ageing was not seen as a medical situation so the Chenot Methodology® was superior in its give attention to well being as a substitute of illness. Now we see ageing as a situation that impacts all of us.  

And the way did your involvement with the Chenot Group evolve?

I joined Chenot 10 years in the past as Scientific Director. I used to be lucky to work intently with Henri Chenot to assist him develop the Chenot Palace idea and the programmes we provide immediately. Whereas the rules of the Chenot Methodology® are the identical as these first developed by Henri within the 70s, I’ve labored to make sure that all the things we do immediately is backed up by the most recent scientific analysis. I really feel very humbled to have taken the reins from Henri, and to have the ability to proceed to develop his imaginative and prescient for optimum well being.  

Your present position is key to the continued improvement of the model inside the well being wellness sector. Please inform us extra about how you’ve gotten positioned Chenot Palace Weggis as a number one well being and wellness retreat. 

Our differentiation is that at Chenot now we have constructed our success round an idea (the Chenot Methodology®) with a scientific background and holistic strategy to wellness, combining precision medication, Conventional Chinese language therapeutic and luxurious hospitality. The basics of what we do are fairly easy: We’re aiming to revive our physique’s pure capability to heal itself from inside. 

And the way will you proceed to take care of this place and differentiate from different wellness retreats?

What differentiates us from different retreats is that we’re centered on selling well being, we give attention to prevention relatively than treatment. Our purpose is to unlock the potential of your physique, to enhance performance and show you how to turn out to be the healthiest model of your self. Our Methodology can also be regularly evolving, backed by the most recent science and newly accessible remedies.

What can a shopper anticipate from the award-winning programmes at Chenot Palace Weggis? 

Shoppers come to Chenot for a complete reset – we take a look at their physique and well being as a system of interconnected elements, we clear it and re-energise it in order that they depart able to carry out higher and attain optimum well being.

Do these programmes differ from retreat to retreat? For instance, does the geographical location have any affect? 

Wherever you determine to expertise Chenot the identical rules underpin our strategy to well being wellness. Geographical location doesn’t play a significant position, the important thing distinction is the extent of flexibility and depth of the expertise. Our Chenot Palace resorts are subsequent era well being wellness retreats, the Chenot Espace resorts supply a extra versatile strategy to the Chenot Methodology® and the Chenot Spas present an introduction to our strategy to well being wellness with the opportunity of a la carte remedies. 

With medical and technological advances, persons are residing longer than ever earlier than. Do you suppose we (the human race) are ready for better longevity? How can we higher put together ourselves to guide a completely energetic and fulfilling life at any age?

A key downside we face as a society when in search of to guide totally energetic lives in our later years, is our angle in the direction of well being. Western medication has all the time been designed round illness, not well being. We’d like a mindset shift which seeks to advertise well being relatively than deal with signs.

Do you imagine that folks ought to ‘develop previous gracefully’?

What does it imply to develop previous gracefully? Does this imply accepting that as time passes we inevitably expertise a decline in perform, resulting in illness? I’d favor individuals to get older healthily – respect and help their pure organic features, promote restoration and revel in social connections and, in fact, a way of objective.

A scientific personalised wellness programme is a really distinctive expertise, one thing that’s extremely wanted within the luxurious market. How have you ever seen calls for evolve? And what are your predictions for the following 5 years inside this sector?

There’s a rising pattern to know extra about actual time well being standing, and persons are more and more turning to progressive applied sciences and units to achieve invaluable insights into their our bodies.

One of the vital thrilling developments that helps to find out the organic ageing standing is the launch of the Chenot Molecular Lab for Optimum Residing. Right here we are able to quantify the relative expression of essential genes related to the presence of silent irritation, oxidative stress, hormonal imbalance, structural integrity of connective tissue and organic ageing – we are able to see whether or not these genes are turned ‘on’ or ‘off’ and to what diploma. This innovation addresses one other present pattern – personalisation of wellness choices. Solely 20% of your well being is predetermined by your genetic make-up, whereas 80% is decided by your way of life which is why understanding the expression of genes is essential. After the check, we’re in a position to prescribe an efficient personalised remedy plan to downregulate undesirable gene exercise and optimise well being.

Luxurious is very subjective – what does it imply to you? 

Our well being is invaluable as a result of with out it, all of the wealth and luxurious objects on the planet lose their worth and that means. Good well being permits us to guide fulfilling lives, it permits us to get pleasure from significant relationships amongst many different issues. Well being additionally impacts our psychological well-being, productiveness, and general high quality of life. Taking care and management of your personal well being is luxurious in itself.

What’s your life motto? If in case you have one. 

Cease ageing, begin residing.