In this send:
Kayla Barnes-Lentz, HIPAA, fasting glucose, visceral fat, WaterRower, Lp(a), Nokia, MethylAge, osteopenia, grip strength, “fish paradox,” Brazil nuts, turkey tail, hydrogen peroxide mouthwash…
Welcome back to HT. You’ve reached part II of this biometric double-header. In yesterday’s send, we toured Zoï’s teak wood Japandi womb of a facility and did dozens of clinical examinations on me. Invasive but somehow relaxing? As promised, today I am sharing the results of those tests in questionable detail. But, before that, a couple of High Touch-y things found around the house:
A touch of High Touch
A new subreddit has emerged for people who started taking GLPs and found themselves addicted to buying perfumes: r/PerfumeAddicts_GLP1. Its founder is amusingly adamant that there’s no way this could be transferential dopamine-seeking behavior (isn’t it?), and has amassed around 500 fragrances since starting Zepbound. Totally niche and fringe, and yet a surprising number of folks seem excited to have a strange correlation they’ve noticed in themselves named.
Further proof that celebrity wellness products are the new celebrity beauty brand—Kristin Cavalleri launches a canned protein fruit juice, Fizzen.
Novo Nordisk offers up that its star products—Ozempic and Wegovy—may be looked at for their aesthetic benefits beyond weight loss: hair loss, skin, etc. Ninety percent of the company’s revenue is currently driven by diabetes and obesity treatments, however, “We have to be obsessed with what our patients want,” per CEO Mike Doustdar.
A month after my visit to Zoï Paris, I had a follow-up Zoom call from back in New York to review my lab results with Dr. Grimonet. It took us about an hour to go through all of the lab findings and her recommendations for addressing any weak spots and personal goals. Again, this was the first time I’d ever really taken a clinical look at my body in any depth, beyond being told “looks fine, you’re good” after my annual physicals.
I’m sharing the main bits here, along with some relevant / representative lab scans. I get a lot out of others’ specifics—Kayla Barnes-Lentz is a big one for me, and I keep up with Bryan Johnson through the ether, but even just hearing from candid randos on the biohacking and supplement subreddits—as it introduces new ways for me to think about health “on paper.”
It’s kind of funny what great lengths Zoï went for my discretion—assigning me the pseudonym Océane Raynaud in external labs, upholding my medical privacy rights under Europe’s version of HIPAA—only for me to release the data to the tens of thousands of you reading this. The first of many ironies to emerge from the gulf between being measured and receiving one’s measurements.
Here’s what I learned about myself: