Addressing the key determinants of health, beyond healthcare.

Many of us probably already have a sense of why we should be healthy and encourage health among the population, though we so often lose sight of our motivations behind this. I am as guilty as anyone of occasionally slipping up on my habits, and I have found that the solution tends to trace back to reconnecting with my purpose for the behavior. In other words, I have to take a step back and remember what I am optimizing for by doing these things. This is the sort of conversati

From viral TikTok posts to direct endorsements from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, people are talking about peptides as the next big thing in the field of medicine. Let’s start by clarifying that a peptide is simply a short chain of amino acids (typically in the range of 2-50 amino acids), whereas a protein is a longer chain of amino acids (typically 50+). Just as proteins are an incredibly broad, diverse class of molecules, the same is true about peptides. Thus,

What if I told you the health metric most consistently associated with longevity is essentially never even tested at annual physicals or doctor's visits? That's right: you've likely heard us comment before on VO2max as an incredibly important number to know for predicting both your lifespan and healthspan. This number has long been neglected by modern medicine as it has historically been thought of solely as a marker of exercise performance. Additionally, as we'll see in a mo