Bio-Marker Tracking w/ Gil Blander, PhD, Founder & Chief Science Officer, InsideTracker
Release Date: 07/10/2018
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info_outlineGil Blander, Ph.D., Founder & Chief Science Officer of InsideTracker, joins T.A. for a conversation on blood biomarkers and performance optimization.
Gil Blander is the Chief Science Officer and co-founder of InsideTracker, company dedicated to providing personalized health and wellness recommendations through blood analytics. Gil received his Ph.D. in biology from the Weizmann Institute of Science and completed his Doctoral fellowship at MIT. Gil is widely recognized as an expert in the science of aging and leads a team of specialists in nutrition and exercise physiology.
InsideTracker is designed for people that want to enhance their performance, increase their energy levels, feel better, and maintain a healthy weight. It is widely used by a variety of professional athletes as well as everyday people interested in health optimization. By analyzing a vial of blood, Gil and his team at InsideTracker provide their customers with a personalized diet and exercise plan.
In this episode, we answer questions on nutrition and aging. What is your inner age? What are the advances we’re seeing in age tracking technology? What leads a person to get involved in this sort of work? What vitamins and supplements should people take? Should everyone follow the same diet?
We hope you enjoy!
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