I bought a Methylation DNA Test for myself & my 2 sons

I went to HEALFHX25 and found myself completely absorbed by Gary Brecka and his Ultimate Human brand. 

Gary Brecka is a brilliant storyteller

charismatic, commercial, and deeply passionate about human optimisation. His system is a cocktail of truth, trend, & theatricality. 

He starts with solid biological ideas (NAD+, epigenetics, circadian rhythm), stretches them with unproven claims, and wraps them in motivational language.

But that doesn’t make him a fraud ... it makes him an innovator, and as I always say

a big idea is just the beginning

When something captivates me, my systems brain automatically zooms out to see why it lands, what it reveals about the system it’s challenging, and where it fits in the wider cultural feedback loop.

At 19, I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia

I was passed from Dr to Dr, eventually being told it was a 'syndrome' i.e. "a condition characterized by a set of associated symptoms". 

Medical records were not digital,

but I kept the paper folders, blood test printouts, and symptom notes. 

Creating a system in fragments.

That instinct has become a powerful tool.

It gives me a full-system view of my own physiology — how stress, hormones, and environment interact — instead of treating each symptom in isolation.

I bought a methylation test for myself & my 2 sons, not because I expect it to fix anything, but because the data itself is valuable. 

Even if we don’t fully understand it yet.

It’s a baseline. 

Version 1.0 of our biology.

Here’s how I see it

✔️ Access. I couldn’t order this test through the NHS. That’s a systemic barrier. Buying Gary’s test isn't 'falling for the storytelling' its about reclaiming agency.

✔️ Foresight. Even if methylation data is early science, it’s still context. When research catches up, my sons and I will already have our own history.

✔️ Democratisation. People like Gary Brecka might commercialise these tests, but they also normalise access. That’s how innovation spreads from elite labs to living rooms.

✔️ Legacy. My sons are growing up treating their health as a system to understand.

For me, this isn’t about chasing biohacks, it’s about becoming active participants in our own life systems: collecting, observing, questioning.

The data may not give us answers yet, but it gives us something far more powerful - a starting point.

We’re essentially running our own citizen-science experiment, gathering data not as gospel, but as context.

That’s the kind of thinking real scientists love — curiosity with a dash of scepticism.

If we stay curious and learn to zoom out by adopting a more systems-thinking approach, we empower ourselves to understand our own patterns, and forces, and how they interact.

❓What do you think, have I bought into the hype, or just hacked the system?