Slower aging, better sleep, actionable labs: Your 2026 Longevity Launchpad

Start here: 6 high-impact pieces to guide your 2026 sleep, cardiometabolic health and labs for to spot & act on early decline

These pieces give you a high-level view of how sleep, hormones, kidneys, and LDL intersect with brain health & long-term risk.

If you only revisit a handful of articles to orient your 2026 focus, start with one or two from this group.

1. Does “deep sleep” clear Alzheimer’s proteins?

Does "deep sleep" clear Alzheimer's proteins?

2. Melatonin as a Longevity Molecule? Safety Data, Metabolic Risks, and Antioxidant Promise

Melatonin as a Longevity Molecule? Safety Data, Metabolic Risks, and Antioxidant Promise

3. Are My Hormones Affecting My Sleep? An Overlooked Reason Hormone Therapy Falls Short

   Are My Hormones Affecting My Sleep? An Overlooked Reason Hormone Therapy Falls Short

4. 3 A.M. Wake-Ups: It’s Not Just Stress

3 A.M. Wake-Ups: It’s Not Just Stress

4. Kidney stones: Is avoiding spinach enough?

Kidney stones: Is avoiding spinach enough?

6. “My LDL-C is 186—I eat whole foods & exercise: what else is left to do?”

"My LDL-C is 186—I eat whole foods & exercise: what else is left to do?"

Select personalizable tools & frameworks to lower inflammation, cholesterol, and improve sleep for better aging outcomes

These are the pieces to come back to when you’re ready to adjust something concrete—nutritional pitfalls that undermine longevity, lab follow-up, or how you use melatonin.

Pick one tool that matches your current friction point, run it, then come back for the next:

• The Vault Food-Inflammation Audit: A 6-Part Protocol for Stubborn Inflammation & Lipid Markers

• 6-Part Framework To Detect Early Aging from Routine Labs & Reverse Course (SPIRAL)

• Why Melatonin Often Don’t Deliver (& 5 Safe Adjustments for Better Sleep)

• Elevated White Blood Cell Count Within Normal Range Consistently Linked to Higher Mortality in Large Studies (& What You Can Do Today)

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Explore by focus area: brain health, staying asleep, nutritional pitfalls & daily longevity choices

Use this section to jump straight to the collection of articles that matches the aspect of longevity you’re working on now—sleep, hormone-related sleep, lab-based prevention, or day-to-day choices that reduce LDL cholesterol, inflammation, and brain health risk.

Sleep, brain health & aging
What can I change in how I sleep now to better protect my brain and long-term aging?

Routine labs for heart, brain & long-term aging
How can I use my usual blood tests to adjust my plan and lower future heart and brain risk?

Staying asleep & 3 a.m. wake-ups
Why am I waking up in the middle of the night, and what can I do about it?

Hormones & midlife sleep
What steps can I take if I suspect hormones are disrupting my sleep in midlife?

LDL-cholesterol, inflammation, nutritional pitfalls, kidney stones, supplements & daily longevity choices
What should I change in daily choices, nutrition, and supplements to improve cholesterol levels, reduce inflammation, and lower kidney stone risk?

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You can always browse the full Longevity Vault collection here.

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Members’ Only Lab Hub

Your membership includes preferred access to advanced diagnostics—making both routine & specialty testing more accessible while maintaining accuracy and depth—all available at home, with no doctor’s visits required (though blood draw tests may require booking with a phlebotomist).

We’ve also included swab and blood spot options where available. If you’d like to see more swab or blood spot options added, just let me know.

Longevity Vault Members’ Lab Hub

We’ve selected a wide range so you can see the types of testing available. Alongside core lipid and cardio-metabolic panels, you’ll also find hormone, gut, inflammation, neuroinflammation, and heavy metal markers.