FAQs
- How does preventive health differ from traditional healthcare?
Preventive health focuses on proactive measures to maintain wellness and prevent diseases before they occur. It emphasizes regular screenings, lifestyle adjustments, and early intervention strategies. In contrast, traditional healthcare often addresses health issues after they arise, focusing on diagnosis, treatment, and management of existing conditions. Preventive Health aims to identify risk factors early, promote healthy habits, and improve overall well-being, whereas traditional healthcare primarily deals with reactive measures to treat illnesses. Preventive health can significantly reduce healthcare costs. This is because it often costs less to prevent a disease or to treat it early than to manage severe or chronic conditions. Traditional healthcare, with its focus on treatment, typically involves higher costs due to the need for medication, or surgeries.
- Could I speak with someone before starting my program?
If you have chosen the 12-month membership plan, you will have the option to meet with our scientists before starting the program. During this session, you can go over your personalized recommendations report and have any questions addressed regarding your health or the recommendations. With the 6-month plan, you have the option of including this consultation as an add-on to your membership.
- Who do you partner with for the tests?
For lab tests, we work with Quest Diagnostics, a renowned name known for their accuracy and reliability. For DNA profile, we recommend getting a report from 23andMe, a leading provider of genetic testing services in the United States. Partnering with trusted names as Quest Diagnostics and 23andMe allows us to deliver comprehensive insights into your health, ensuring that you receive the highest quality and most accurate results for your health assessments.
- Which biomarkers are included as part of the lab test panel?
Your lab test will include, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel or CMP, Complete Blood Count or CBC, high sensitivity c-reactive protein or hs-CRP, Magnesium or Mg, 25-OH Vitamin D or Vitamin D2, Vitamin D3,Vitamin B12 or Cobalamin, Hemoglobin A1c or hbA1C, Homocysteine and Complete Lipid Panel with Triglycerides, Total Cholesterol, HDL Cholesterol, LDL-Cholesterol, Chol/HDLC Ratio, Non HDL Cholesterol. Add-on tests such as Apolipoprotein or ApoB, Omega Index, GGT, Ferritin etc. may be added based on your individual health needs.
- How often do I need to get my blood tests?
As part of continually optimizing and fine-tuning your program, we schedule periodic assessments typically once every 4-6 months. However, if you wish to get your labs done more frequently, you will have the option to order/request test(s) via the App.
- How do I get my Genetics/DNA test from 23andMe if I don't already have one?
You'll need to order a Health+Ancestry test from 23AndMe. Instructions to securely upload the report will be provided in the App.
- What wearables - smart watches, fitness trackers, health monitors are supported?
Our platform supports a wide range of wearables and health monitors to enhance your wellness journey. Here are the devices we integrate with: WhOOP Apple Watch Fitbit OURA Ring Garmin Additionally, we also support data coming through from Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM), and Smart Weighing scales that write to Apple HealthKit. These integrations allow you to seamlessly track and monitor various aspects of your health and fitness, providing valuable insights for a personalized and effective wellness experience on the program.
- Is regular usage of wearable necessary for the program?
Yes, and here’s why:
1. In-depth Sleep Monitoring:
Important sleep metrics such as overall quality/quantity of sleep, including the Deep & REM phases are only calculated if you use a wearable device while sleeping. This information helps us identify potential variances such as inadequate sleep duration, poor sleep quality, or irregular sleep patterns, and with this data, we are able to provide targeted recommendations and interventions to improve your sleep, which in turn positively impacts your overall wellness.2. Lifestyle Tracking & Management:
Through the data from your wearable device we'd be able to track your lifestyle markers such as heart rate, and different forms of physical activity. These markers provide a holistic understanding of your daily activities and will help us gauge your physical fitness. By analyzing these data points, our program generates personalized insights, enabling you to make informed decisions about your lifestyle choices and optimize your wellness journey. Also, please note, this data is factored into your program recommendations and feeds into the personalisation of your micro-nutrition stack as well.
3. Real-Time Feedback and Motivation:
One of our key components of our program is the daily wellness score that is calculated by a combination of your supplementation and lifestyle scores, in equal measure. We're afraid, if you choose not to wear a device, your scores will be significantly impacted and reduced by half. The wellness scores have consistently proven to be a powerful motivating factor amongst our community of users, encouraging them to strive for improved health and well-being. And more importantly using the data from your device we're able to provide real-time feedback on your progress, keeping you engaged and motivated throughout your wellness journey - whether it's a gentle nudge to get more exercise or sleep, helping you stay on track towards your wellness goals. - What health areas does the Program cover?
Our program covers a comprehensive range of health markers through five specialized tracks: 1. Foundational Health + Nutrient Optimization: Focuses on establishing a strong baseline of essential nutrients for overall well-being. Guaranteed optimization of Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, Folate (B9), Magnesium, Calcium, Iron, and other markers that contribute to over 400 vital biochemical processes in your body, for peak foundational health, immune function, cognitive, and physical performance. 2. Disease Risk Mitigation: We target the four most important health risk markers: Inflammation (hsCRP), Cardiovascular Health (ApoB), Metabolic Health (HbA1c), and Cognitive Health (Homocysteine). 3. Quality of Life: Enhances aspects related to mental and emotional well-being, contributing to an improved quality of life. Experience significant improvements in your energy, stamina, memory & focus, immunity, digestive health, stress & sleep, within the first 90 days on the program. 4. Muscle & Cardio Conditioning: Targeted protocols to improve peak performance in cardiorespiratory fitness & lean muscle mass. 5. Biological Age: Addresses factors that impact your biological age - a key marker of cellular & organ health, immune & metabolic function, helping you optimize your healthspan. Our targeted approach ensures that all key areas of your health and wellness are addressed effectively, leading to a more holistic and personalized program experience.
- What is Biological Age?
Biological Age is an estimate of your internal age. It is a composite biological score (in years) derived from multiple biomarkers, indicative of cellular, metabolic and whole-system health. It is considered as a key indicator of healthspan, the number of disease-free years one will live, vs Lifespan, which is your chronological age. It reflects the state of your body's physiological functioning and can be influenced by factors that either accelerate or decelerate the aging process. Measuring and tracking your biological age can help you understand your rate of aging and the key nutritional, lifestyle and health factors that are influencing this process.
- Why is being in a BlueZone important to my health and longevity?
Being in a Blue Zone is crucial for your health and longevity because it represents a community-centric approach to well-being that has been associated with better health outcomes and long healthspans. At Project Serotonin, we've integrated the BlueZone concept into our program giving you the opportunity to create your own health-verse by inviting your loved ones to join you on the journey towards peak health and longevity. This can include friends, family, partners, or anyone you care about. Our data clearly shows that when you have a connected experience on the program journey it leads to significantly better results for everyone, creating a positive ripple effect within your community.
- What does Project Serotonin factor into my program recommendations?
Your program recommendations are hyper-personalized to you with over 800,000 data points - including your genetics, blood biomarkers, supplements, diet, exercise, sleep, health history, and prescriptions - to design the most precise program for YOU.
- How are my personalized supplements chosen?
We are brand agnostic and are just focused on matching the right product with the necessary ingredients to your health needs. With a stringent choice of brands, we use a proprietary algorithm that considers multiple profile inputs to choose the formulations and doses that are best suited for YOU.
- Is my data safe and secure with Project Serotonin?
We take your privacy seriously, just as your health. We adhere to strict data privacy protocols to ensure that your information remains safeguarded at all times. Our platform utilizes state-of-the-art encryption technologies to protect your data from unauthorized access or misuse. We are committed to transparency and will never share your information with third parties. Additionally, we comply with all relevant privacy regulations and standards to maintain the highest level of data protection. Your trust is paramount to us, and we are dedicated to upholding the utmost integrity in handling your information.
- Is the cost of my supplements included as part of the program membership?
Depending on precise product recommendations for you and the actual usage, the cost of the supplements will be billed separately and is not included in the membership.
- What payment types are supported?
We support all major Credit and Debit cards.
- Can a HSA or FSA card be used for payments to Project Serotonin?
Yes.