Nutrition scientist · PhD · Bestselling author

Reclaim your health & happiness

Dr. Samefko Ludidi helps executives, athletes and organisations build lasting energy through rhythm, food, movement and rest. Grounded in science, sharpened in the field.

PhD

Gastroenterology, Maastricht University. MSc Nutrition Scientist, BSc Human Movement Scientist

50,000+

books sold

CSO

The Longevity Store®, Europe’s #1 longevity supplement brand

UBUNDA™

Field research with the San, Ova Himba and Hadzabe

The Dr. Ludidi Method

One method. Four pillars.
Science based, human oriented

Not another diet. A way of living that brings your biology back in rhythm, built on science and on what communities that still live in the rhythm of their environment have never forgotten.

01

Rhythm

Rhythm dictates all vital life. When you eat, sleep and move matters as much as what. Break the rhythm, vitality gets lost.

02

Food

Food should be delicious & nutritious to be able to keep the healthy habit. Real, nutrient-dense food, including strategic fasting.

03

Movement

Movement is life. Everything that moves lives and everything that lives moves. Daily movement that fits your life, not a gym schedule.

04

Rest

Rest equals recovery and recovery is growth. It is the last and most underestimated aspect of the pyramid: the foundation of your energy.

Self-care

The four pillars, practised daily. What you do.

Self-work

Who you are while you do it: why you are stuck, who you want to become, how you get there.

The one fuels the other. Self-care gives you the energy for self-work; self-work gives you the drive to take care of yourself.

UBUNDA™ · Ancestral health research

Where the method meets its roots

From the ‡Khomani San to the HImba to the Hadzabe: Dr. Ludidi studies how communities that still live in the rhythm of their environment stay healthy, and translates it to modern life.

dr. Ludidi research in Africa

What clients say

Health is a skill you can learn.
Not a destination.

“Getting fit, and staying fit. That’s why I brought in Dr. Ludidi.”

Freek Vonk

Prof. dr. Freek Vonk · Biologist and TV presenter

“What doc does is the real deal. Health to him is no gimmick.”

Corey Calliet

Corey Calliet · Celebrity trainer and actor

“For the first time in all my years as an athlete, I didn’t have extreme cravings for fast sugars.”

Lizzy Gevers

Lizzy Gevers · MMA athlete

“His depth of knowledge is truly impressive. He has such a nuanced understanding of the human body.”

Gabriela McLain

Gabriela McLain · Celebrity trainer and fitness coach

“The special journey I took with Samefko Ludidi not only made me lose weight and become healthier, but also made me look at my entire lifestyle in a completely different way. So also mentally.”

Diana Matroos

Diana Matroos · Journalist, BNR Newsradio

Chief Science Officer, The Longevity Store®

Chief Science Officer at Europe's leading Longevity Supplement Brand: The Longevity Store®

At Europe’s #1 longevity supplement brand, Dr. Ludidi leads the science behind the formulas. Always with lifestyle at the foundation: rhythm, food, movement and rest.

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Selected collaborations

Trusted by brands, media and organisations

From product development to broadcast and company-wide vitality programmes.

Brands

Philips

Philips Domestic Appliances Europe

Developed The Food Academy

Page

Page

Gut health partner and campaign expert

The Longevity Store

The Longevity Store®

Chief Science Officer

Media

BBC London

BBC London

Health items on beetroot and sports performance, and on intermittent fasting

Men’s Health

Men’s Health

Monthly column and many online articles

Women’s Health

Women’s Health

Many online articles and the Clever Cookie award

Business Insider

Business Insider

Featured expert

Vitality in organisations

CBS

CBS

Vitality for employees

Maxion Wheels

Maxion Wheels

Vitality for employees

Máxima Medical Center

Máxima Medical Center

Optimising hospital food policy

BOOKS

Explore the Dr. Ludidi Method.

Eat well, fast responsibly, and reclaim your health. Dr. Ludidi’s signature method is clear, effective, and convenient.

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The Dr. Ludidi Method of Intermittent Fasting

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De Dr. Ludidi Vastenmethode

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