Prof. Dr. Staniša Stojiljković: Every new interest is an advance on the front called life
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Tuesday, 16.12.2025.
00:10
Tuesday, 16.12.2025.
00:10
(Photo: Danijela Stojiljković)
Professor, lecturer, the best nutritionist and physiologist, but above all, a friend who celebrates life and health. This is how you were described by those you worked with, whom you taught, but also those whom you helped to improve their health. For a long time, you were the head of the Department of Environmental Engineering, or, as you like to say, the ecology of the organism. Can you explain what that term stands for?
- The ecology of the organism holistically looks at the processes in the organism from a wider energy standpoint, introducing entropy as a measure of quality. We monitor and connect the respiratory system with the food processing system, then enzymes, hormones and neurotransmitters, paying particular attention to additives in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. We are obsessed with cleaning the digestive tract, liver, kidneys, and the most important thing is to clean the brain from beta amyloid and the body from excess histamine. The ecology of the organism helps us in this.
How can we preserve our health in times of extreme pollution of food, water, soil and air?
- It is a very complex question, but the essence is to recognize the order of magnitude of the danger from water, food and air. Being afraid of every little thing is disastrous, and it is now an element of modern marketing, scare to sell a product. Care must be taken of the cumulative components found in all three areas mentioned. Our body warns us with external manifestations, bad breath from ammonia (Helicobacter pylori), constipation, diarrhea, constant infections, dry skin, weak nails, bad sleep. We need to react in time.
You have built a specific approach to body detoxification that has lifted more than 10,000 people back to their feet. What is it all about, how does that detox affect the body?
- It is a holistic approach to the organism or a functional detox, which is based on the elements of cleansing the organism, balanced nutrition and energization, using the Shenemil products, which I have implemented. I always recommend a 60-minute consultation where we create a body map and give advice on food and drink preparation, rest and sleep. Sometimes through consultations we discover more important influences than some technical analysis (ultrasound or something similar). Someone practices sleeping after a large meal, someone constantly drinks water with a high pH value, someone uses large amounts of zinc, which depletes copper and weakens the cardiovascular system.
You teach students the methodology of comprehensive knowledge about the organism, emphasizing that health rests on four levels - physical, psychological, social and spiritual.
- For a working life of 42 years, at all three levels of study, I proposed topics for seminar papers to students within the scope of their interests. I have processed around 1,000 seminar papers, and more than 200 students have graduated from me. The goal is to get the most out of the student`s potential, not to look for "weak points".
In the last few years, there has been a lot of talk about the health effects of glyphosate. There are studies that show that this dangerous herbicide was found in the urine of 80% of respondents and that it is linked to some serious diseases, cancer for example. How does glyphosate reach us and how do we protect ourselves?
- Unfortunately, there is no place where it has not been, in the plant and animal world. It is far more dangerous than gluten and lactose. In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, part of WHO) classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans" (Group 2A). This means that there is limited evidence in humans (eg an association with non-Hodgkin lymphoma), but sufficient evidence in animals from laboratory studies. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the EU Chemicals Agency (ECHA) believe that there is insufficient evidence that glyphosate is carcinogenic to humans when used as directed. However, one should be careful.
20 years ago, you first mentioned Balkanotherapy. What is it about?
- The climate of the Balkans abounds in resources, minerals, ore wealth, plant and animal life, nature, rivers, spas, drinking water and centuries-old tradition. It is unfortunate that we failed to exploit our own resources. I am developing fermentation processes. I made a starter culture of sourdough powder, so called. homemade powdered yeast that has come to life commercially. We can ferment tea blends, legumes, seed crops. More and more, I introduce new terms into the analysis, the glymphatic system for beta amyloid, Akkermasiu mucinphia, a new probiotic bacterium, then the analysis of hair hair HTMA, homocysteine, methionine and S-adenosine methionine, as very important parameters for assessing health status. I`m trying to replace supplements with food to a greater extent.
You are known for making the best out of the bad. How can we put everything around us to use? You stress that Serbia has a rich ecosystem, which many countries would like to...
- There are countless examples. I did my master`s degree on horse chestnut, it should be planted at least several tens of thousands of seedlings per year. Then the loblond grass, which grows in fields in the southern regions, is called "Cinderella" and is extremely healthy. India cultivates it on a farm. Purslane is a weed, it contains cyanogenic glycosides, but drying and steaming can quickly remove them, so this plant is used for tea mixtures for the urinary tract. Not to mention the huge areas under the meadows. We do not perceive the wealth that we have at our disposal.
All these years of a wonderful career, you were not just a professor. You implemented the knowledge in the family manufactory of natural clay products. What kept the Shenemil company going - the power of clay or the strength of the family?
- Working with the Vinča Institute, managing the sub-project obtaining bentonite from the ground, i.e. practical application, in 1996 at the Vinča stand at the New Technologies Fair, I exhibited some clay-based products. Since companies like Zdravlje and Nevena at the time were not interested, and especially my institution, the Faculty of Technology, I was forced to start with a family company.
From this perspective, after more than four decades of career, what do you think are the benefits of Stanisa Stojiljković as a professor, and which ones as a person, an individual?
- My wife was often asked what I do for a living. She replied: "You better ask me what he doesn`t do!" It is a benefit that I matured in the field of natural sciences through technical sciences, and my inclination to always experiment still guides me towards conquering new technologies. 25 years ago, I started studying the human organism, food processing processes, studying food additives, cosmetics and medicines, in order to integrate all my knowledge into functional detox through about twenty of my products.
Your new book is already ready and will soon be in front of readers. What did you write about?
- "The Way to the Truth - Questions and Answers" is a professional, first of all, popularly written book, so sometimes we even explain complex processes in the body, diseases and the ways to their solution in a humorous way. The aim is more education and breaking the fear paradigm. I tried to present the harmony and disharmony of our organism in a simpler way in a popular way.
Every day you continue to write your Success Diary with dedication. Is there anything else you`re dying to write in it?
- I will start with the preparation of the study Ecology of the organism, which will be comprehensive. Stress is mentioned a lot, without going into the mechanisms of histamine formation, its ability or inability to degrade. I am working hard on the vagus nerve, beta amyloid in the brain, enzymes DAO (Diamine Oxidase) AND HTMA Histamine N-methyltransferase) for the degradation of histamine, in order to act preventively to reduce stress. In our area, nutritionism is most often mentioned only as a combination of food, but it is a science that deals with a wider aspect. I pay more attention to the map of the individual`s organism, in order to advise the kinetics of nutrition according to its resources, not only the choice of food.
What is your formula for success and what motto guides you through life?
- I believe that knowledge is like a big circle surrounded by ignorance. The more I learn, the more I see that this limit is getting bigger, and thus the responsibility to expand it. Every new interest is like a new advance on that front. I don`t do it out of boredom, but because of the calling. It`s not just about personal satisfaction, but about the duty to move that border, to share knowledge and build further. Why is this a powerful motto for multidisciplinary people, which includes me? First, it combines knowledge and responsibility - I`m not just a collector of facts, but a builder of bridges. Then, it justifies my diversity and ultimately gives meaning to everything I do; my curiosity becomes a mission rather than a hobby.
Danijela Kljajić

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