Longevity and Optimisation
When you want more from life
Standard health metrics are designed to identify disease. They aren’t designed to measure how well your biology is functioning.
You might be sleeping reasonably, eating well, exercising. Your GP has no concerns. But something has shifted, recovery takes longer, energy is less consistent.
Or you’re simply ahead of that. You want to know your biological age, understand what’s declining before it becomes a problem, and build a protocol that reflects your specific physiology and outcome goals.
Longevity medicine works at the cellular level. That’s where the meaningful change happens.
LONGEVITY AND OPTIMISATION
What we look at, and why it matters
Standard tests are built to find disease. They are not built to tell you how well you are functioning. That is a different question and the one you may want to ask.
Repair & recovery
When recovery from training, injury or everyday strain takes longer than it used to, this can point to changes in how your tissues repair.
Skin health & renewal
Skin is often where ageing shows first. Firmness, tone and how quickly it recovers reflect what is happening in the tissue underneath.
Longevity & cellular health
How your body is ageing can be measured. Biological age and the processes behind it change early, before anything shows on a standard test.
Brain & cognitive support
Focus, memory and word finding can change over time, and usually for reasons worth understanding rather than accepting.
Energy & performance
When stamina, strength or energy is not what it was, several systems could be involved, and physical performance draws on all of them.
Immunity & metabolism
Frequent illness, slow recovery, or persistent inflammation can signal that immune and metabolic regulation is under strain.
HOW WE INVESTIGATE
What we measure, and why
What we investigate
Many people come to us having already bought the supplements, read the books and followed a protocol built for someone else, with no way of telling whether any of it is working. Those protocols are built for a body in general, so we start by measuring yours.
The baseline covers biological age markers, your metabolic and cardiovascular health, your hormones, inflammation, your thyroid and adrenal function, your nutrient status and bone health, your organ function and your gut, along with your blood pressure, heart rate, weight and waist.
We read those results against what is optimal for you rather than against the standard normal range, and we look at the pattern across the whole panel rather than one value on its own. Whatever we recommend, we will discuss it with you and build a protocol and plan to suit your needs.
our process
Our Approach to Longevity and Optimisation
01
Assess
A thorough review of your current health status, goals, lifestyle, and previous testing. We establish where you are now, what your body is doing well, where function may be declining, and what you want to achieve. For existing IKAO clients this builds on work already done. For new patients it’s a starting point.
02
Investigate
A broad baseline, agreed with you in your consultation. Comprehensive blood and microbiome assessment covering biological age, hormonal status, metabolic and cardiovascular health, inflammation, adrenal and thyroid function, nutrient status, organ function, and gut health.
03
Personalise
Built from your results, your protocol is specific to your biology, targeting mitochondrial support, micronutrient correction and cutting-edge therapies. Where indicated, our clinical team includes Australian registered prescribers who can consider the clinically appropriate options for you.
04
Optimise
Longevity outcomes build over time. In follow up consultations we monitor your response, reassess markers, and refine your protocol as your biology shifts.
Get Started
Choose How to Begin
Longevity and Health Optimisation Investigation
30 MINUTES · $120
For healthy ageing and prevention when you have no particular complaint and want to know where you stand. We review your history, current health, any recent testing, and work out which markers are worth measuring.
Extended Longevity and Health Optimisation Investigation
60 MINUTES · $240
For a full baseline across several systems at once, or where there is a long history and previous testing you want interpreted. The extra half hour gives us time to work through all of it properly.
If you are unsure, start with the 30min. It fits most first conversations. However, if your history goes back years or there is previous testing to interpret, the hour does in one sitting what would otherwise take two appointments, at the same total cost.
Consultations run to the time booked. If yours needs longer, we will tell you before we go over, and the extra time will be charged.