Cutting-Edge Home Health Testing—with Dr. Christopher Mason of Onegevity – EP133
Home health testing is all the rage. But which one of the many services available provides the most accurate results? And is there a platform with more to offer than information? A platform that delivers actionable advice for solving your health challenges or improving your performance?
Dr. Christopher Mason is an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cofounder of Onegevity Health, a platform designed to empower individuals to maintain optimal health by democratizing access to actionable information from leading-edge biomedical research. Dr. Chris earned his BS in Genetics and Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his PhD in Genetics from Yale.
On this episode of Ali Fitness, Dr. Chris joins us to discuss what differentiates Onegevity from other genetic testing services. He explains why the team started with Gutbio and walks us through the process of testing your gut microbiome with a Onegevity kit. Dr. Chris also offers insight around Onegevity’s products in development, including Performbio for athletes and Fembio for women. Listen in to understand who can benefit from using their health intelligence platform and learn what Onegevity has to offer in terms of genetically tailored products and actionable results!
Topics Covered
[1:13] The fundamentals of Onegevity Health- Health intelligence platform
- Measure, monitor and act on info re: molecular profile
- Microbiome, genetics/DNA + blood
- Actionable and specific, customized plan for individual
- Uses more precise shotgun sequencing (vs. 16S) and AI
- Easy to collect sample, know system well
- Plastic part of biology (modify + improve)
- Healthy and curious, want to improve performance
- Suffer from dysbiosis, IBS or IBD
- Recovering from recent traumatic condition
- Reviewed by physician but anyone can understand
- Suggests genetically tailored products to resolve issues
- Trusted by physicians, professional athletes
- Systematic research to quantify what works
- Look at nutrition, training load, stress and sleep
- Incorporate data from wearables (e.g.: Fitbit)
- Expanding network of physicians in 42 states
- Partnership with Kirin for Japanese market
- Must be supervised by healthcare professional
- Fembio for issues specific to women’s health
- Order kit online (routed through physician)
- Collect and send stool sample
- Receive report via email or app
- Low-level exposure reduces risk of allergy later
- In early days of predicting and understanding
- ‘Proof is in the phenotype’ (how people feel)
- Use tool like Lab100 to quantify what works
- Use cutting-edge, modern methods
- Most extensive phenotyping platform that exists
Learn More About Dr. Christopher Mason
Resources
Onegevity + Kirin Press Release
‘The Rise of Food Allergy: Environmental Factors and Emerging Treatments’ in EBioMedicine
thanks for the round up. It’s great to be informed