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Biomarker testing is essential for knowing where you really stand with your health at any given time. There are several companies now that offer diagnostic testing independently of your primary health provider or standard insurance.
For 2024, I’ve chosen Lifeforce to provide my latest biomarker results. According to their website, Lifeforce provides: “A comprehensive proactive health program combining diagnostics, doctors, coaches, and science-backed longevity therapies.”
My membership option, which came in at $349.00, included a full blood screening, including:
- Hemaglobin A1c
- Magnesium
- DHEA-Sulfate
- Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
- FSH
- Progesterone
- Estradiol
- CBC with Differential/Platelet
- IGF-1
- Vitamin D, 25 Hydroxy
- Lipoprotein (a)
- C-Reactive Protein, Cardiac
- Testosterone Free, Profile 1
- Apolipoprotein B
- Lipid Panel
- Comp. Metabolic Panel (14)
- Thyroid Cascade Profile
- Homocysteine
The blood draw can be done at home or at a local facility. Once the results are in, a telehealth visit is scheduled for consult with a clinician to review.
And in case you are fortunate to have an HSA or FSA (health spending account or flexible spending account), Lifeforce can be paid through your benefits. Thanks to TrueMed, you can receive a letter of medical necessity that qualifies the testing for funding. Just complete a short medical history questionnaire and TrueMed will assess your situation, providing the documentation necessary.
According to their website, TrueMed’s philosophy reads:
“Chronic disease prevention doesn’t come from a prescription pad, a doctor’s office, or a surgeon’s scalpel. We need to incentivize true medicine that prevents and reverses the chronic conditions that plague the US today.”
Lifeforce follows up their testing with a telehealth visit. My doctor was readily available and spent almost an hour with me, going over the results and highlighting areas of improvement. The focus was on a couple of areas where the biomarkers indicated potential future risk. Recommendations for Vitamin D+K and DHEA over the course of the next three months and then a retest.
I will certainly keep you posted on the updates. For more details on some of the protocol I am currently implementing, check out these posts on Whoop wearable and Viome Oral Health Intelligence testing.
