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How old is your heart?

What about your kidneys or your lungs?

They may not be the same age as the rest of you.

Introducing OrganAge, Everlab’s new way of estimating the biological age of your individual organs and systems, built from your own health data.

Because understanding how your organs are aging gives your care team the ability to focus on exactly the areas that matter to your body.

This is what preventative health looks like when we stop guessing and start putting all the pieces together.

We asked Dr Nik to call out the biggest lie in wellness.

His answer says a lot about how health claims get built in the first place.

A real biological mechanism becomes a study.

The study becomes a headline.

The headline becomes a protocol.

And suddenly, something interesting in the research is being sold as a health strategy.

Dr Nik’s take: follow the evidence, not the hype.

Ask a doctor what they check first in your results, and the answer usually isn’t what people expect.

For Dr Nik, it’s the DEXA scan, visceral fat, muscle mass, bone density, before anything else. That’s his starting point for understanding what’s actually going on.

Everything else he looks at gets built around that first read.

Grounding: science or scam?

Dr Steven Lu’s answer is more nuanced than either.

Because “grounding” can mean two very different things.

There’s the barefoot-on-sand version.

Then there’s the sensory technique used in psychotherapy: five things you can see, four things you can hear, what you can smell, what you can taste.

Same word. Very different practice.

Dr Eldi’s preferred tool for managing stress? Breathwork.

Dr Nik has heard it constantly, from friends, family, and patients: no symptoms, so no need to test.

He’s also watched it go wrong more than once. Feeling fine and being fine aren’t always the same thing, some of the biggest risk factors don’t come with symptoms attached.

His response to the “I feel amazing” argument some restrictive diets lean on: plenty of things make people feel amazing short-term.

That’s not the same as being healthy.

Can you be fit and still have terrible blood results?

We asked Dr Nik from Everlab. His answer: more often than you’d think.

You can train hard, look fit and still have your health telling a very different story beneath the surface.

Maybe your diet isn’t great. Your sleep is compromised. You’re constantly stressed. Or you’re relying on exercise to compensate for everything else.

The mirror might not show it.

Your blood results can.

Because fitness and health aren’t always the same thing.

Looking fit is one thing. Knowing what’s happening beneath the surface is another.

Most sleep advice focuses on the bedroom.

Temperature. Mattress. Blackout curtains.

But there’s more to sleep than what happens once your head hits the pillow.

How you wind down psychologically can play an important role too. Meditation, breathwork, and starting your wind-down earlier than feels necessary can help signal to your body that the day is coming to an end.

The hardest part? Putting the phone down for the last hour before bed.

As Dr Steven says, even something as simple as reading to your kids can be a better way to wind down than scrolling.

It’s not just about optimising your bedroom. The hour before bed matters too.

Testosterone optimisation is a topic we get asked about a lot.

From training and nutrition to sleep, lifestyle and supplements, there are plenty of things that can play a role. But where should you actually start?

Dr Nik breaks down the biggest levers for testosterone optimisation and what you can do to start making meaningful changes.

A practical look at what matters, where to focus your attention, and why it’s not always about adding another supplement.

Meet Everlab Concierge.

The new way to get answers about your health, right in the Everlab app.

Made for the times you want answers that are based on your health history and results, with a real clinical team there when you need them.

Ask a question. Understand what it means. Know what to do next.

Now available to Everlab members.

Are pilates and yoga enough?

Dr Eldi shares her view on where they fit into your training, and why strength training may deserve more of your time than you think.

Pilates and yoga absolutely have their place, especially for mobility, movement and mental wellbeing. But if building muscle and supporting bone density are the goal, they may not be enough on their own.

If you’ve got three hours a week to train, Dr Eldi says how you spend them really matters.

Sometimes, it’s not about doing more. It’s about making sure the training you’re doing is actually helping you build what you want to build.