Our limits, stated clearly
Longevity medicine is full of promises that science doesn't support. We prefer to say first what we cannot do. It is the quickest way to explain what we actually do.
Honesty is part of the method
If we measure values validated by research and follow the data over time, we must also distinguish what has proof from what does not. A promise that science doesn't hold up is an error of method, not marketing. That is why we put it in black and white.
- We measure predictors with solid, citable evidence.
- We always distinguish what has proof from what is preliminary.
- We follow you over time with re-tests, we don't leave you with a report.
What we do NOT promise
- —We don't promise to lengthen your life.We measure factors associated with lower risk. Association and prediction are not a guarantee of individual outcome.
- —We don't promise to "reverse" or "rejuvenate" your biological age by X years.The signals that lifestyle may influence biological ageing are real but yet to be consolidated, and a single measure has margins of noise. We use biological age as monitoring over time.
- —We don't promise miracle cures or "regenerative" anti-aging therapies.Treatments such as infusions in healthy subjects, oxygen therapy, PRP, exosomes or stem cells presented as anti-aging do not have, to date, proof of an effect on longevity. Where they exist, they are clinical services for specific indications, under medical responsibility.
- —We don't promise that a supplement will make you longer-lived.Our products are food supplements, with the claims allowed by regulation. The studies on individual ingredients explain the rationale of a formula, not the efficacy of the finished product.
- —We don't promise an app that predicts or cures.Our app works on the history of your data over time, not on an isolated test, and is in development. It finds patterns over time; it does not issue diagnoses and does not replace the physician (it is a support tool, not a visit).
- —We don't promise that a single number tells you everything.The Longevity Score is a useful synthesis, not a verdict. Clinical decisions remain those of the individual values, read by a physician.
- —We don't promise results we don't yet have.Our own facility is in start-up: we describe what is validated and what is being built, without passing one off as the other.
What, instead, we do promise
- —To measure predictors with solid, citable evidence.
- —To explain to you what your data means and what it doesn't.
- —To always distinguish what has proof from what is preliminary.
- —To follow you over time with re-tests, not leave you with a report.
- —To tell you when something is not yet known.
In our content we use only verbs we can defend: measures, predicts (attributed to research), associated with, monitors, signals, interprets, follows over time. As a promise we avoid those we cannot demonstrate: cures, rejuvenates, lengthens life, reverses ageing, guarantees. If you find a text of ours that breaks this rule, it is an error: write to us.