Personalizing Your Health

I recently learned about WellnessFX, a San Francisco based start-up focused on “bringing personalized health data directly to the hands of consumers, conveniently and superbly.”  Testing cholesterol, thyroid function, liver + kidney health, nutrition + electrolytes, basic inflammation, performance hormones, and metabolic hormones — and then helping you interpret your personalized data — WellnessFX ambitiously sets out to empower people with actionable insights they can use to improve their health.   Pricing ranges from $29 – $529, depending on what you’re having tested.  I’m intrigued enough to give this a shot; if you’ve by chance had a WellnessFX screening, I’d love to hear your thoughts about whether it added value and which package to choose.  And stay tuned for a future post once I’ve had the screening done.

In the meantime, I thought I’d share something I came across as I was exploring the company.  They created a free e-book called “10 Small Steps to Wellness.”  The ten they chose are interesting — I love some of them (#s 2, 3, 5, 6, 7), but I think a few of them would be far from my personal top 10 small steps (i.e., I’d never bring weights on a business trip…I think a bit of dirt is good for you….I’m not sold that supplements are necessary/good for you…and I think I’d argue to flat out eliminate heavy drinking, versus just drink water to compensate).  Nonetheless, seeing someone else’s list is always a great catalyst to think about what might be on yours.  Here’s the list from WellnessFX:

What’s in your top 10 that’s not included in this list?  And if you’d like to write your own wellfesto (a collection of your commitments), please send it my way, and I’ll beautify it and post it!