Dr. Joy Kong argues you need measurable data to improve health. Track VO2 max, blood work, body composition, and wearables like Oura Ring or Apple Watch to spot trends. When metrics shift during travel or stress, you can adjust exercise, sleep, or supplements accordingly.
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You can't improve what you don't measure. VO2 max, a DEXA scan for body composition analysis, doing the blood work, epigenetic testing, looking at environmental toxins— what is the toxic load inside of your body? And then even some of the basic things we use on a day-to-day: an Oura Ring, an Apple Watch, Fitbit, you know, the Whoop. All of this information, this is called your wellness data. Your wellness data allows you to trend and see how you're making positive movement in your health and wellness, or easily you could be going backwards. And it happens to all of us, even us health and wellness enthusiasts that are out there. We start traveling a lot, holidays come, you start seeing your numbers kind of just like shift and adjust. Gives you the opportunity to actually be conscientious of what's happening and then make the shift that's needed. Maybe include a new supplement, peptides, start working out differently, you know, sleep better. So tapping into your wellness data is extremely important for you to take control of your health.