The Journal
YOUR BODY DOES NOT HAVE ONE AGE (IT HAS DOZENS)
You have one number on your birth certificate and your whole body is assumed to match it. It does not. Different tissues run at different speeds, some are years ahead of the rest of you, and part of what sets the pace is written in genes a standard panel never reads.
THE ENERGY DIP AFTER MENOPAUSE MIGHT BE PARTLY A LIPID PROBLEM
A 2026 study found blood levels of a key mitochondrial fat fall most sharply in women after menopause. The reason ties together oestrogen, methylation and a gene called PEMT.
YOUR MITOCHONDRIA ARE WRAPPED IN A FAT THAT GETS HARDER TO MAKE WITH AGE
Mitochondrial ageing usually gets blamed on damage. A 2026 study points at something quieter: a membrane fat your body builds by methylation, and makes less of as you age. Here is the pathway, and why two people on the same diet build different amounts.
MICROPLASTICS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN HUMAN BILE
GLUTATHIONE: HOW TO RAISE YOUR MASTER ANTIOXIDANT (AND WHY YOUR GENES DECIDE IF IT WORKS)
Glutathione is the body's master antioxidant, and the internet's answer is always the same: take NAC. For a lot of people that does very little. The reason is genetic, and it explains why the same advice works for one person and not another.
WHAT GENETIC TESTING REVEALS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH — AND WHY YOUR GP DOESN'T OFFER IT
Your genes don't just set your eye colour — they shape how you methylate, detoxify, respond to stress, and how much of each nutrient you actually need. Here's what a clinician-interpreted genetic panel reveals, and why it's a map for life, not a verdict.
NORMAL VITAMIN D, BUT STILL EXHAUSTED? WHY "SUFFICIENT" ISN'T OPTIMAL
"Normal" vitamin D, still exhausted? "sufficient" and "optimal" aren't the same number — here's the mechanism standard testing misses.
YOUR GUT TEST IS PROBABLY OUTDATED — HERE'S WHAT MODERN MICROBIOME TESTING ACTUALLY SHOWS
Most gut tests are decades behind the science. Metagenomic sequencing reads the complete genetic blueprint of your microbiome — every species, every function, every metabolite pathway. Here's what that reveals that standard testing simply cannot.
YOUR CHOLESTEROL PANEL IS NOT A CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT
Total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and triglycerides. That's what a standard GP lipid panel gives you. It's a starting point — not a comprehensive cardiovascular risk assessment. Here's what functional cardiometabolic testing reveals that a standard panel misses entirely.