I lost 56 pounds. My biological age dropped 5.7 years.
Then I built the system that did it. For professionals and high performers in Houston.
Stephen Myshak, Founder & CEO, 1836 Wellness
One individual's results. Individual results vary.
Book a 30-min Fit Call with MeHouston, TX · 125-Marker Executive Panel · Mobile Phlebotomy · Telehealth
My annual physical said I was fine.
I was 281 pounds. I was tired by 2pm every day. My sleep was garbage. I was sharp in meetings, but the cost was caffeine, willpower, and the slow background dread that I was watching my body break down in real time.
Standard primary care ran the usual panel: complete blood count, lipids, A1c, maybe a thyroid stimulating hormone level. About 15 markers. Everything came back "within normal limits."
I was 52 years old. I knew something was wrong. I just couldn't prove it.
So I went looking for the data my doctor didn't run.
When I actually measured everything that mattered, here's what we found.
WEIGHT
−56.2 LBS
FUNCTIONAL BIO AGE
−5.7 YEARS
COMPOSITE HEALTH SCORE
+11.3
FASTING INSULIN
−69% (Pre-diabetic → Optimal)
One individual's results. Individual results vary.
Fasting insulin of 17.5 µIU/mL is pre-diabetic. My standard physical never measured it.
The 125-Marker Executive Panel did, drawn at its complete depth. Along with ApoB, homocysteine, hs-CRP, the full thyroid cascade, the full hormonal panel, full lipid particle analysis (NMR), and every other marker in the instrument across 12 health domains.
My 1836 Functional Bio Age, a single 7-domain composite scored from all of it, gave me one clear read of how fast my body was actually aging. The Protocol Engine analyzed everything through 376 clinical formulas and 35 decision rules and gave me a personalized intervention sequence.
Twelve months later, the same panel told a completely different story.
The problem isn't medicine. The problem is what medicine measures.
Standard care isn't broken because doctors don't care. It's broken because the model wasn't designed for what's actually killing high performers in 2026.
Your annual physical was built to catch acute disease: heart attacks, cancers, infections. It does that part fine.
What it doesn't do: measure the metabolic deterioration that happens between age 35 and age 60. The insulin resistance that's quietly destroying your cardiovascular system. The hormone shifts that explain why you can't sleep, can't recover, and can't lose the 20 pounds you've been carrying for a decade. The inflammatory burden that's silently aging your brain.
The 15 markers your doctor runs miss the 100+ markers that explain why you feel the way you feel.
1836 Wellness exists to close that gap.
We test 100 markers across 12 health domains at the entry tier. We calculate your 1836 Functional Bio Age, a single 7-domain composite score. We calculate your ASCVD cardiovascular risk and 10-year mortality risk. Then a nurse practitioner walks you through every result that matters and builds you a personalized protocol. Your treating provider may prescribe therapies only where clinically indicated after evaluation. Specific medications are determined during your clinical consultation, not advertised.
No 10-minute visits. No prescription default. No "see you next year for another physical."
Just measurement, interpretation, intervention, and follow-up. Done at the depth this matters at.
Real results from a 4-month patient
Karen's story
"I'm 53 and post-menopausal. My cholesterol had been climbing for years, and my doctor's answer was a statin. I didn't want a statin for the next 30 years of my life. I wanted to know if there was another way. Four months on the 1836 protocol: LDL down 43%. Triglycerides down 34%. HbA1c moved from 5.6 to 5.4. The team built the program around my data and adjusted it when something needed correcting. That's the part conventional medicine never offered me."
– Karen T., 53, Houston · 4-month patient
Results from clinical protocols vary based on individual factors including age, baseline metabolic state, adherence, and pre-existing conditions. Biomarker changes documented in CLIA-certified reference laboratory results. 1836 Wellness does not guarantee results.
Is this for you?
This is for you if:
- You're 18–65 and live in Texas
- You've already done the "everything looks fine" annual physical and you know better
- You've tried diets, gym memberships, supplements, and other quick fixes, and gotten partial or temporary results
- You track something: Whoop, Oura, Eight Sleep, CGM, Apple Watch, a meditation app, a journal
- You can afford $3,500 for a 12-week protocol and you see your health as an investment, not an expense
- You want the data, the protocol, and the accountability. Not another wellness influencer telling you to drink more water
This is NOT for you if:
- You're looking for insurance-covered care (we're cash-pay, concierge-tier)
- You want a quick fix or a single prescription (this is a 12-week protocol with measurement, intervention, and follow-up)
- You haven't seen a primary care doctor for a physical in 2+ years (start there first; we're an upgrade, not a replacement)
- You're under 18 or over 65 (we'll add age ranges later; we're optimizing for the demographic that benefits most right now)
- You're not in Texas (we're telehealth-only, licensed in TX; AZ and FL expansion in 2027)
- You think 100 markers sounds excessive (it's not. But if it sounds wrong to you, this isn't the right fit)
If that last list describes you, that's fine. We're not the right fit. Save your time and ours.
Two ways in.
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