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Journal · Notes from the practice

Notes on vitality, from the practice.

Long-form essays, lab explainers, and the protocols we keep coming back to. Written by Dr. Jones for our patients — and for you.

A lab vial labeled for free T3 thyroid testing in soft window light
Hormones6 min read

Why we test free T3, not just TSH.

The thyroid panel most clinics order misses the actual signal — by anchoring on TSH, it can call a struggling thyroid 'normal' for years. Here's what a complete functional read looks like, why it changes treatment, and how we use reverse T3 ratios to find what conventional labs miss.

Anatomical heart and stethoscope resting on warm linen beside a lab report
Longevity8 min read

ApoB, Lp(a), and the cardiovascular signal we keep ignoring.

A reframing of cardiovascular risk that goes well beyond LDL — and what we can do once we see it.

Small glass peptide vials arranged on warm terracotta stone
Protocols9 min read

Peptides we use, and the ones we don't.

BPC-157, TB-500, semaglutide, ipamorelin, MOTS-c — a frank read on what the evidence supports and what we recommend in practice.

Plate of whole foods with salmon, greens, and avocado beside a measuring tape
Metabolism7 min read

The GLP-1 exit strategy nobody talks about.

Starting semaglutide is easy. Coming off without losing the gains is the work. Here's how we structure the taper.

Amber collection bottle on a printed hormone lab chart in soft window light
Hormones5 min read

DUTCH testing: when it changes the plan, when it doesn't.

A frank read on dried urine hormone testing — what it adds, what it doesn't, and the cases where it shifts everything.

Bowl of sauerkraut, kombucha, and fresh ginger on cream linen
Gut8 min read

Reading a GI-MAP without overreacting.

What the comprehensive stool panel tells us, what it can't, and the most common over-treatments we see.

Soft close-up profile of a woman's luminous, calm skin in window light
Aesthetics6 min read

ProCell microchanneling: the science vs. the spa version.

What growth-factor microchanneling actually does at the cellular level — and what to expect across a series.