Mandatory Daily Biomarkers for Trending Analysis
The Importance of Daily BIomarkers
As the GDF11 paper states, you need to take these daily measurements, and place them into a trending spreadsheet. We look at the trending of your HRV, BP, pulse, reaction time to determine your optimal GDF11 dose.
Here are the daily biomarkers that we require:
Heart Rate Variability
We give you a CorSense HRV sensor which sends heart data to the Elite HRV app you run on your phone.
Your daily measurements of HRV, RMSSD and PNN50, which should go up on GDF11, must be entered into your trending spreadsheet.
Blood Pressure and Pulse
We give you an Omron blood pressure/pulse meter for daily input of these key biomarkers.
BP and pulse should go down on GDF11.
Spirometry
To measure lung function, we give you this Microlife spirometer to measure
peak expiry flow (PEF) and forced expiry in one second (FEV1).
Everyone's PEF improves on GDF11.
Reaction Time
Reaction time, a key biomarker of neurological health, is taken daily on HumanBenchmark.com.
ALL members of the GDF11 cohort have seen significant reductions in reaction time.
Waking Glucose
We give you this AccuCheck Aviva blood glucose meter to check your waking blood sugar every morning.
Waking glucose should go down with GDF11 supplementation.
Mimi Hearing Test
The Mimi hearing test is a very accurate hearing test you can take on your phone. We require at least one test per week. Everyone's hearing improves on GDF11, especially in the high frequency range.
Smell and vision improve significantly on GDF11 also, but we chose hearing as a sensory biomarker since it is the easiest to measure.
Mechanism of action of GDF11 in the senses believed to be moving progenitor cells into an active state in the auditory, retinal and olfactory epithelia.
CAMRY Digital Hand Dynamometer Grip Strength Measurement
Hand grip strength is a fun biomarker and let's hear it for a strong handshake! You'll be happy to know that everyone's hand grip improves on GDF11 - typically 15+ percent.
We give you this digital hand grip dynamometer so you can track your hand strength improvement on GDF11.
Bluetooth Body Fat Scale, Body Composition Analyzer with Smartphone App
GDF11 reactivates muscle stem cells (satellite cells), so most of the cohort sees increased lean muscle mass and some body fat reduction. We give you this scale helps us track your body composition progress on GDF11.
Body Temperature
We give you this Metene Forehead and Ear thermometer to measure your waking body temperature. Because GDF11 reduces inflammation, your waking body temperature should trend down.