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Protocol Stack

The complete hardware specification for Protocol 1.0. Every category slot maps to a Consensus 14 biomarker. Adopted tools link to full field reports. No sponsorships.

Pillar 01 Metabolic Intelligence

Metabolic Intelligence

⌞ Tools for tracking fuel efficiency, glycemic flux, and ketone metabolism.

⬢ Adopted into Protocol Essential

Continuous Glucose Monitor

Real-time glycemic data stream. Required for mapping postprandial amplitude, circadian sensitivity windows, and Time in Range.

⬢ Adopted into Protocol Essential

Ketone & Glucose Meter

Capillary blood testing for GKI calculation, HOMA-IR estimation, and CGM cross-validation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Exogenous Ketones

HVMN — Ketone-IQ

Precision ketone supplementation for GKI manipulation independent of fasting duration. Required for protocol testing of metabolic flexibility under training load.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Microbiome & Continuous Glucose

ZOE (UK) — ZOE Programme

Combined gut microbiome profiling with CGM integration. Maps the precise glycemic response to individual foods — moving beyond population averages.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Metabolic Intelligence Software

Levels Health — Levels

CGM data platform with food-response logging and metabolic scoring. Higher fidelity than standard CGM apps — connects glucose data to dietary and lifestyle variables.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

Pillar 02 Physical Architecture

Physical Architecture

⌞ Equipment for measuring the structural chassis — muscle, fat, and vascular health.

◎ Evaluation in Progress Essential

Body Composition Scanner

Hume Health (UK) — Body Pod

Segmental fat and muscle analysis. Consumer scales measure total weight — this protocol requires tissue-level data.

This product is under review. A field report will follow once evaluation is complete. No outcome is pre-determined.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Essential

Grip Strength Dynamometer

Lafayette Instrument (UK) — Smedley III

Objective measurement of grip strength — a validated Consensus 14 longevity marker. Consumer hand grippers do not provide calibrated force data.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Essential

Zone 2 Heart Rate Monitor

Polar (UK) — H10

Chest-strap accuracy for training zone validation. Wrist-based optical HR is insufficient for metabolic conditioning protocol.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Active Recovery Technology

Therabody (UK) — RecoveryTherm / Theragun

Percussive and thermal recovery hardware for post-training structural chassis maintenance. Moves beyond passive rest — actively accelerates tissue repair and reduces autonomic load.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

6-Lead ECG Body Composition Scale

Withings (UK) — Body Scan

Integrated ECG and segmental body composition. Maps Vascular Age alongside muscle and fat data — a single device covering two Consensus 14 markers simultaneously.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

Pillar 03 Neural & Autonomic Resilience

Neural & Autonomic Resilience

⌞ Hardware for monitoring HRV trends, sleep architecture, and circadian alignment.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Essential

High-Fidelity Wearable

Oura (UK) — Ring Gen 3

Continuous HRV tracking, Deep SWS monitoring, and sleep staging. Must provide raw HRV data — not just readiness scores.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Circadian Lighting

Lumie (UK) — Halo

Wavelength-controlled lighting to protect endogenous melatonin synthesis and anchor the circadian phase.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Sensate (UK) — Sensate 2

Non-invasive infrasonic resonance device for vagal tone modulation. Clinical backing for HRV uplift and parasympathetic activation — hardware for the autonomic pilot.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Neurostimulation & Audio-Visual Entrainment

BrainTap — BrainTap Headset

Brainwave entrainment via audio-visual stimulation for cognitive recovery and sleep architecture optimisation. Protocol application: neural clock speed maintenance.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Smart Sleep System

Eight Sleep (UK) — Pod Cover

Active temperature regulation and sleep staging integration. The benchmark for thermal sleep optimisation — directly targets Deep SWS architecture and nocturnal HRV recovery.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

Pillar 04 Systemic Defense & Repair

Systemic Defense & Repair

⌞ Hardware for modulating the cytokine cascade, heat shock proteins, and vagal tone.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Infrared Sauna

MiHIGH (UK) — Sauna Blanket

Heat shock protein activation and senescent cell clearance. Requires sustained core temperature elevation — not steam or dry sauna.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Cold Immersion

Monk (UK) — Cold Plunge

Controlled cold exposure for inflammatory reflex modulation and HRV uplift. Temperature precision is required — cold showers do not meet protocol thresholds.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Photobiomodulation

Red Light Rising (UK) — Advantage / Target Panel

Red and near-infrared light therapy for mitochondrial activation, cytokine cascade modulation, and cellular repair. Targets the systemic environment at the organelle level.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Cellular Repair Supplementation

Timeline Nutrition — Mitopure

Urolithin A (Mitopure) for mitophagy activation — clinically validated cellular senescence clearance. One of few supplement-category interventions with Grade A evidence for longevity markers.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Recommended

Medical-Grade Air Purification

MedicAir (UK) — MedicAir System

PM2.5 and VOC elimination from the systemic environment. Chronic particulate exposure is a confirmed CRP and inflammatory load driver — defending the environment is defending the biology.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

Pillar 05 The Biological Roadmap

The Biological Roadmap

⌞ Diagnostics for measuring epigenetic velocity, DunedinPACE, and the Consensus 14 index.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Essential

Epigenetic Age Test

Chronomics (UK) — Epigenetic Test

DNA methylation analysis to measure biological age and DunedinPACE — the speed at which you are aging. Required for protocol baseline and annual tracking.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Essential

Comprehensive Blood Panel

Medichecks (UK) — Advanced Blood Tests

ApoB, HbA1c, Vitamin D, CRP, homocysteine, and fasting insulin. Standard GP panels omit the majority of Consensus 14 markers.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Essential

Glycan Biological Age Test

GlycanAge (UK) — GlycanAge Test

Inflammaging measurement via IgG glycan analysis. Focuses on the immune system's biological age rather than DNA methylation — a distinct and complementary aging vector to DunedinPACE.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

◈ Shortlisted for Evaluation Essential

Personalised Blood Diagnostics

Thriva (UK) — Advanced Blood Test

Subscription blood testing with personalised trend tracking. A direct alternative to Medichecks — evaluation will compare data presentation, panel depth, and Consensus 14 marker coverage.

This product has been identified for evaluation.

Evidence Base

Adopted hardware has a published field report documenting real-world testing methodology and outcomes.

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