Dec 19, 2022
What biomarkers does your doctor
measure? During my conversation with experts practising in diverse
fields of wellness and healthy longevity, something that rarely
comes up is the use of biomarkers, either to suggest a practice
direction or to monitor results of interventions. As a Medical
Biochemist, and past director of a department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine, for me, precise and accurate outcome
measurement is a fundamental tenet of good practice. In today’s
conversation we are going to discuss how biomarkers can be used to
optimize health and performance and how we can use food as
medicine.
My guest today is Ari Tulla, a
San Francisco-based entrepreneur, angel investor and advisor,
with a portfolio of 40 startups, including Virta Health, Good Eggs,
and Ōura. Ari was the CEO of Quest Analytics, the market leader in
doctor data and network management, and co-founder and CEO of
BetterDoctor, a doctor search engine. He is the co-founder & CEO of
Elo, the smart nutrition service, whose mission is to transform
food from the leading cause of disease, to medicine. When not working or
co-parenting his two young children with his wife, Ari spends his
time on the steep cliffs, powdery slopes, and big cold waves that
only Northern California can offer. I asked
Ari whether tackling the steep cliffs and big cold waves was done to trigger hormesis, the
principle that short, intermittent bursts
of stressors like extreme cold trigger a cascade of cellular
reactions that enhance overall health, slow aging, to make one more
resilient to future stress. Or does he just surf and ski for the
fun of it? He said
both. We discussed how biomarkers as part of a comprehensive
battery of test can be useful in directing the use of food and
medicine.
Learn more about
Ari at the links
in the show notes.https://www.linkedin.com/in/aritulla/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/elo-health/
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