Biodecoding and biohacks to improve body and mind health

Biodecoding holds that the body records the traumas we experience and replays them on significant dates, and it proposes reinterpreting those processes or changing your environment in order to heal. It is not a scientifically validated therapy.

## What biodecoding proposes

Biodecoding starts from a central idea: the body has memory. According to this approach, if a person suffers a physical or mental trauma between birth and a certain age, that episode will tend to recur constantly. That is why some people fall ill or become depressed at a very specific time of year.

The argument goes further, claiming that childhood development and the habits maintained in adulthood shape health. Living for decades in the same environment, with the same routines, leaves a biological imprint on biorhythms. The therapeutic proposal has two paths: reinterpreting life processes in relation to one's surroundings, or changing habitat and reinterpreting from the outside.

## Cellular regeneration and the rebound effect

One of the arguments used by this approach is that the body takes **7 to 8 years** to fully regenerate itself: every cell would be new. The problem, according to this view, is that if those cells become encysted or multiply excessively, cancer and other necrotic conditions appear.

There is a nuance that biodecoding emphasizes: when the body defends itself to the utmost against a trauma and those defenses fail, a rebound effect occurs months or years later. An illustrative case is that of someone who spends **5 years** living badly, eating poorly and working nonstop: that lifestyle causes illness, but the blow lands hardest right after leaving it behind, during the period of rest.

## What the evidence says

Biodecoding has no scientific backing. The relationship between emotions and health exists and is studied, but attributing a specific biographical origin to each illness and dating its onset is not a validated practice. Complete cellular regeneration within fixed timeframes is also not an established fact as formulated.

Faced with any health problem, the sensible thing is to consult a healthcare professional and not replace medical treatment with these techniques. As a framework for reflecting on habits and environment, it can make sense; as a diagnosis, it does not.