At 32, heart disease is personal for me. My father and grandfather both suffered heart attacks in their early 40s. Despite this, the healthcare system remains reactive—checking in only once a year with minimal focus on nutrition, stress management, or advanced testing for prevention.
I’m building a focused, precision health system for myself because millions like me are in the same position—and 80% of heart attacks are preventable. With less than a decade to act, I’m applying the same intensity and focus as top athletes and billionaires use to optimize performance. But instead of starting broad, I’m starting narrow, focusing on a single critical biomarker that impacts heart attack risk, and iterating from there. If this resonates with you, I'd love to learn about your experience and hear your feedback as I build this approach.
As someone at risk, my answer is no. I pay $650/month for insurance and have both a primary care physician and cardiologist, but my data remains siloed, and I haven’t been given a personalized prevention plan. Instead, I'm left to manage my own care in a high-risk group, waiting for something to go wrong.
What about my sleep data? What I eat? How I move? My stress levels? None of these factors are actively monitored. We don’t have healthcare; we have sick care—a system that responds only when the damage is already done.
I’m starting with a specific biomarker, like triglycerides or ApoB, to see how targeted changes in diet, sleep, and exercise can directly impact heart attack risk. The idea is to run focused, evidence-based experiments over the course of a month, adjusting based on individual responses. Once we see success with one biomarker, we’ll move to the next.
Most people like me are trying to manage their risk by juggling fragmented advice. Instead, we can focus on one key marker, measure baseline data, make targeted changes, and assess impact—all in a personalized, repeatable process. This allows for precision in what works for each individual.