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Speed reading

Don't buy the speed reading course. Read more and learn more words.

Focus · Practice · members

Speed-of-processing training

Skip the brain-training subscription. You get faster at the game and nothing else.

Focus · Practice · members

Commercial brain-training software

Cancel the brain-training app. You're getting better at the game, nothing else.

Focus · Practice · members

N-back task

Cancel the brain-training app. You'll only ever get better at the app.

Focus · Device · members

Resting metabolic rate testing

Skip the metabolic test. What you burn at rest tracks the muscle you carry.

Metabolism · Device · members

Whole-body MRI screening

Don't book the full-body scan. It finds things that were never going to hurt you.

Vitality · Device · members

Ferritin and iron studies

Never read ferritin alone. Get transferrin saturation and CRP on the same draw.

Metabolism · Device · members

Full hormone panel

Skip the full hormone panel. Name the symptom first, then test for it.

Drive · Device · members

Homocysteine

Skip the homocysteine test. Dropping the number changes nothing that matters.

Vitality · Device · members

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein

Skip the hs-CRP add-on. Put the money into your blood pressure and your lipids.

Vitality · Device · members

Levels and CGM wellness apps

Cancel the subscription. The score is a number they invented.

Metabolism · Device · members

Heart-rate variability

Ignore this morning's HRV score. Read the month, never the day.

Vitality · Device · members