Longevity & Healthspan
A decade of compressed morbidity, planned like a portfolio.
The evidence is now unambiguous: the majority of late-life disease is postponable, and much of it preventable, through five levers — muscle, VO₂max, metabolic health, sleep, and screening. This program turns that evidence into a twelve-month personal plan built on your own bloodwork.
It begins with the most complete diagnostic picture we can assemble, continues through ten days of practised habit-building in a Blue Zone, and extends through a year of quarterly reviews. The goal is not maximum lifespan. It is the compression of morbidity — more years that feel like your good ones.
Program lead
Dr. Elena Vásquez
Medical Director
“The best medicine looks like a life you'd choose anyway.”
What the work rests on
Muscle as an organ
Strength is the strongest single predictor of late-life independence. We train it, test it, and program it for the year.
The metabolic floor
CGM, ApoB, and insulin sensitivity — the panel that predicts the diseases worth preventing, corrected through food you enjoy.
Cardiorespiratory ceiling
VO₂max moves mortality risk more than any drug. Zone 2 volume plus measured intervals raise it, at any age.
Screening calendar
The unglamorous lever: the right scans and panels at the right ages, scheduled for you, decade by decade.
The daily practices
- 01Zone 2 — 45–60 minutes, conversational pace
- 02Strength — the big four, three times weekly
- 03Protein-anchored meals inside a 10-hour window
- 04Sleep window held constant, ±30 minutes
- 05One social meal daily — the Nicoya rule
Outcomes
- 60-marker blood panel, interpreted, twice
- DEXA & VO₂max baseline and trajectory
- A twelve-month written protocol
- Quarterly physician reviews for one year
Retreats carrying this program
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