Dr. Yakov Aidlin completed his medical studies in Russia in 1982, specializing in psychotherapy. After several years work in the field, in 1986 he was appointed to district physician and served as the head of psychiatry and psychotherapy.

At the same time he established a private clinic, the first of its kind, that dealt with a unique method of curing addictions, stuttering, psychosomatic disorders and neuroses.

In 1990 he immigrated to Israel, and based on his extensive experience in the field of curing addictions, continuing to develop a holistic approach to nutrition and health. and also a special method unique to curing food addictions. Since Dr. Aidlin opened his Institute in 1994, more than 20,000 people have taken his course, with a success rate of over 90% for losing weight and maintaining the loss over a five-year period.

Dr. Aidlin’s approach combines nutritional science and general medicine with recent findings in applied psychology and education, as well as insights from Eastern schools of meditation and self-awareness.

Dr. Aidlin gives courses on "A Mind-Body Approach to Eating and Health" at Aidlin Institute in United States (New York).