I have been trying to figure out what “functional health” actually means for about a month, and the first thing I noticed is that the people selling it cannot agree on the term. The same business model gets called “functional medicine,” “functional health,” “root-cause medicine,” “integrative medicine,” and “personalized medicine” by practitioners who all want
I have an avocado oil spray bottle. I do not know what tallow is. A 50-year-old dude reads the actual research on seed oils, dairy, and the latest dietary advice cycle — and reports what the evidence says you should put in your frying pan.
Lilly’s retatrutide just delivered bariatric-equivalent weight loss in Phase 3. The numbers, why the low dose is the real story, and the gray-market reality that got there first.
I was diagnosed with anxiety in 2021, hit 373 lbs in 2024, and started TRT in 2025. The full story, the numbers, and what the discourse misses.
Your cholesterol panel at 50, decoded. The six numbers, the new 2026 guideline targets, the coronary calcium scan, and what the drugs actually do.
I am at goal weight on Zepbound. SURMOUNT-MAINTAIN is the trial I have been waiting for. Here is what holding the line at a lower dose actually looks like.
In May 2026, three major papers landed on Lp(a) — the genetic cholesterol marker that 1 in 5 adults carry at risk levels and almost nobody gets tested for. Here’s what the new evidence says, what to do if your number is high, and the aspirin advice you should stop following.
I read a USA Today story this week about the rise of “biohacking,” and my first reaction was that it mostly got the vibe right. More wearables. More self-ordered labs. More biological-age tests. More longevity clinics. More guys showing up with a screen full of numbers and the feeling that they’re finally getting serious about
I have spent the last two weeks trying to get the subreddit r/proactivehealth of the ground. I took the initiative of creating it after I got again disappointed by one of the influencer-names forums going to hell because the influencer turned out to be of questionable character. starting the Reddit community was a lot of
I need to vent for a minute. I work hard in the gym and I am a data nerd. I like toys and numbers but Garmin just pisses me off. I get why VO₂max matters and would love to track it (ideally without killing myself in a lab). What I am frustrated with is how
