Villa Eden gets a makeover: from the new Centre for Advanced Preventive Diagnostics to Zerobody dry cryo and hydro-phytotherapy

Villa Eden was established in Merano in 1982, from the entrepreneurial intuition of Karl Schmid, who decided to transform an elegant private villa into a beauty farm. Today - as part of the Leading Hotels of the World group, with 25 suites, innovative culinary art, wellness and beauty treatments, its own cosmetic line, and a medical team always on hand - it is frequented by Italian guests with a growing percentage of international guests (65%) - Germans, North Europeans and Americans - with a turnover of almost five million euro in 2024 and a team of around 80 employees.

After its winter closure, the facility reopened renewed: from the expansion of the Eden Health Longevity Med Spa with the new Centre for Advanced Preventive Diagnosis to the Zerobody dry cryo, which exploits the regenerating power of controlled cold - to hydro-phytotherapy, which uses the healing properties of water combined with plant and algae extracts to improve blood circulation and metabolism, to customisable 'infusion cocktails', such as the Anti-Oxidant Infusion against cell-damaging free radicals and DNA, or the Metabolism Booster Infusion, which increases cellular fat burning. Last but not least, NanoVi technology - which carries a bio-identical signal aimed at stimulating the body's natural activities to repair cell damage through the patient's inhalation of a continuous flow of nebulised water.

Villa Eden was the first Longevity centre in Italy to propose this effective therapy and today it can boast over fifteen years of experience and is recognised as a reference point in Europe. Ozone oxygen therapy is a medical practice that falls within regenerative and anti-ageing medicine and is based on the use of a mixture of oxygen and ozone by systemic (major or minor autohaemotherapy, rectal and vaginal insufflation), subcutaneous, intramuscular and intra-articular means. The most relevant benefits range from the reduction of free radicals linked to cell damage associated with the ageing process to a number of functions such as improving oxygen supply to tissues, stimulating the immune response and reducing chronic inflammation.

Longevity medicine studies the factors that alter the way our genes are expressed. With just four hairs more than 800 key markers of well-being are mapped and it is possible to see how certain aspects of the modern lifestyle can influence and alter the body's overall well-being. Knowing this allows us to consider preventive measures to combat premature ageing, correct potential cellular weaknesses and address other problems associated with sub-optimal nutritional habits.

Pharmacogenetics represents the future of personalised medicine. In particular, pharmacogenetic testing can determine how the body metabolises drugs. By adapting the drug to the person's DNA, it provides important advantages: tailor-made precision to discover the perfect dose of the right drug; uncompromising efficacy to drastically reduce side effects; therapeutic perfection and guaranteed success.