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Doc warns against DIY longevity, has a point but misses the mark

Posted by patientomar in Research & News - 1 points, 4 comments.

https://nypost.com/2026/07/10/health/doctor-shares-the-most-troubling-trend-in-mens-health/

Saw this one floating around, a doctor saying the worst trend in men's health right now is trying to do longevity medicine without a physician, and pinning a lot of it on biohacking. Fair enough, honestly. If you're stacking compounds and you have never had bloodwork, you're flying blind, and that's just reckless no matter how smart you think you are.

But the piece also lumps everyone together. Some of us actually do the homework, get regular panels, and use a doc where it makes sense. Biohacking isn't the problem, skipping the boring safety stuff is. The doctor's frustration is real, but framing it as "men being naughty with supplements" is a lazy angle and it pushes away the people doing it properly.

For those of you running a stack, how often are you actually getting bloods done, and is a doc involved at all or are you fully on your own?

Comments

  • grinder265: Ngl the doc has a point but yeah he lumps everyone together. The guys running test, primo, and insulin with no lipid panel in 3 years are the ones giving the rest of us a bad name. For me personally i do bloods every 4-6 months when im on anything that touches lipids or hpta. Lipids, liver, kidneys, fasting glucose, and a full hormone panel. I have a doc who knows what im doing and is cool about it, i just dont ask him to write the scripts lol. The "men being naughty with supplements" angle is
  • patientomar: Haha "men being naughty with supplements" is honestly a perfect summary of the whole article. The cut-off at the end is a shame, sounds like you were about to list all the unsexy stuff. Your setup sounds solid though. The 4-6 month bloods with a doc who knows but doesn't prescribe is pretty much the dream situation, and the fact that you include lipids and fasting glucose every time is something I want to copy. I've been doing maybe once a year and that's probably too slack when you're actually
  • trevor_hikes: Yeah the "men being naughty with supplements" framing is just there to get clicks, real longevity stuff is boring and they know it sells worse. Lipid panels every 4 months is solid discipline though, I do similar with adding apoB on top since regular lipids never told me much on their own. Having a doc in the loop who doesnt freak out is huge, makes the whole thing way easier to manage long term.
  • patientomar: Yeah the clickbait framing grates on me, it's lazy journalism dressed up as medicine. ApoB is a good shout, I haven't added that yet but it makes sense from what I've read, standard lipids always felt like half the picture to me too. Finding a doc who doesn't lose their mind when you mention anything outside the standard script is honestly the hardest part. Mine tolerates it as long as panels come back clean, but I wouldn't call it proper collaboration, more like a truce. How did you end up fin

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