We said no

Preimplantation polygenic embryo screening

Don't pay to rank your embryos on IQ or height.

Drive · Device · members

Disease-risk polygenic scores

Don't buy the DNA risk score. Your blood pressure tells you more.

Vitality · Device · members

Test-retest reliability of commercial epigenetic age tests

Don't buy a biological age test to score your protocol.

Vitality · Device · members

DunedinPACE

Don't buy the aging test. The one thing that moved it was eating less.

Vitality · Procedure · members

Second-generation epigenetic clocks

Skip the biological age test. Two years of eating less didn't shift the number.

Vitality · Procedure · members

First-generation epigenetic clocks

Don't build a protocol around your epigenetic age. It's guessing your birthday.

Vitality · Procedure · members

CYP1A2 genotype and caffeine response

Don't buy the caffeine gene test. Time yourself on coffee instead.

Focus · Procedure · members

Combinatorial pharmacogenomic testing

Don't pay for the depression gene panel. Ask for CYP2D6 and CYP2C19.

Calm · Device · members

COMT Val158Met and candidate-SNP trait interpretation

Ignore your COMT result. Don't build a stack on it.

Focus · Procedure · members

MTHFR C677T / A1298C genotyping

Ignore the MTHFR line on your DNA report, and skip the methylfolate.

Vitality · Procedure · members

Acute:chronic workload ratio

Stop training to your load ratio. It doesn't predict who gets hurt.

Strength · Practice · members

Overtraining markers

Stop buying cortisol panels. Overtraining shows up as your lifts falling for weeks.

Strength · Practice · members