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Dr Vishal Shah, Thriva's Chief Medical Officer and a GP by background, explains why establishing a baseline is one of the most important things you can do for your long-term health, and how to actually do it.

You might’ve felt post-yoga clarity: the sense that your mind has gone quiet and your focus has sharpened.

Most of us have a surprisingly inaccurate picture of what we actually eat. Research consistently shows that dietary recall is unreliable: people forget items, misjudge portions, and sometimes report foods they never consumed. 

Our home blood tests are clinically validated to produce results equivalent to a venous blood draw at your GP. The difference is in how the sample is collected, not in the accuracy of the result.

Twenty seconds a day could completely transform how you feel. And no, you don't need to spend this time doing jumping jacks or braving icy water. You just need to give someone a hug.

While cholesterol is a major contributor to heart disease, understanding how to improve it can feel complicated. For Heart Health Month, we looked at cholesterol data from thousands of Thriva users to find out what's actually associated with better lipid results.

As a young medical student in China, Dr Andrea Maier met a 90-year-old woman who wanted to do Tai Chi with her every day.  “She was so flexible in her joints,” Maier said of her former 4am Tai Chi partner. “I realised then that 90-year-olds, or even 70-year-olds, are very different. And that ageing is just beautiful and can be very successful.”

If you've ever done a blood test in the afternoon and received an unexpected result, the timing of your sample may be to blame. For a handful of biomarkers with strong diurnal variation, the time of day you take a blood test can meaningfully shift results.

Dr Andrea Maier explains what democratising longevity really means. She joins us to explore the socioeconomic factors that determine how long you live and the simple, accessible tests that reveal how well you’re ageing.

If you're tracking your cholesterol, you might be missing an important number. While LDL has been the gold standard for decades, a growing body of research suggests ApoB is a more accurate predictor of cardiovascular disease risk.

"We usually say the six months in space are more or less like 10 years on Earth," explained Dr Filippo Ongaro, a physician who worked with the European Space Agency. The accelerated bone and muscle loss these astronauts experience provides unique insight into how we can stay strong as we age.

In today’s pilot episode, get to know your hosts, Dr. Greg Potter and Charlie Edmondson.

You’ve braved the 6 am alarm, put contacts into groggy eyes, pulled gym kit onto achy limbs. It’s a feat of willpower to accomplish your workout in time to shower, eat breakfast, and ‘officially’ start your day along with everyone else. 

Dr Eric Helms explains the importance of strength training and how we can put the science into practice.

When it comes to feeling better now and protecting your long-term health, resistance training fits the bill. It strengthens bones, improves metabolic function, and builds the kind of physical resilience that pays dividends for decades. 

The U.S. has just released its new food pyramid and dietary guidelines for Americans. And while it's garnered plenty of media attention so far, we wanted to dig into what the guidance actually says.  Here’s our full breakdown of what it all means and what key takeaways you can apply to your own meals.

The standard advice says adults need seven to nine hours of sleep per night. While this isn’t explicitly wrong, it treats sleep like a one-size-fits-all prescription. In reality, sleep is more like a fingerprint; something uniquely shaped by your genetics, lifestyle, age, and more. 

In our first episode, we explore what really works when it comes to making the most of a night's sleep.

Six months ago, we shared Dr Lucas Denton’s story: a year of health improvement that started with a single blood test. But health journeys don’t have a neat beginning, middle, and end. Even after reaching your goal, you transition into maintenance mode.

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