Epigenetics Testing
TruDiagnostics: Finding Your Real Age
State-of-the-Art Epigenetics Testing
Epigenetic DNA testing is the state-of-the-art way to determine aging factors, namely, telomere length, cellular age, and the biological markers of age. Your Renue Journey starts with an Epigenetic Test to assess your actual age at the cellular level.
Because of its many benefits, epigenetic testing is a fast-growing diagnostic option in the anti-aging and regenerative medicine fields. Nowadays, experts have been arguing that epigenetics testing might overtake blood testing for diagnostics in the next 20 years.
Epigenetic Methylation Testing
As you probably know, biological age has been a measurement for a long time. However, it has never been very sophisticated or useful in predicting results. This changed in 2013 when two biological age predictors were developed after looking at methylation on the genome (the individual’s genetic code). These were highly accurate at age prediction and even more accurate at predicting the risk of certain age-related diseases. Evidence suggests that epigenetic methylation is a fundamental process of aging and, as a result, it is the most predictive biomarker for all age-related diseases.
Since age is already the number one risk factor for all chronic diseases, having such a test makes sense. The test is hugely relevant because it allows us to evaluate immediately how interventions are changing the risk of illness and lifespan. We don't have to wait 40 years for long-term data to predict therapies' effect on an individual.
The epigenetics test is also personalized to allow for interventions directly based on the patient's results, not to mention that the test is as simple as a blood finger stick test.
Biological vs. Chronological Age: How old or young you really are!
What is your chronological age?
This refers to the number of years, months, and days you have lived since your birth. Your chronological age (time-related) is how we usually define our age when we're asked how old we are.
What is your biological age?
Imagine that after a check-up, your doctor tells you that you have the "constitution of a 25-year-old." That would be an estimate of your biological age, the age at which your body functions or performs.
On the other hand, you may be 25 years old, but your body might function at a 35-year-old level because of several factors, for example:
Genetics
Family history
Weight
Lifestyle:
Smoking
Exercising
Diet and nutrition, and more
Why does it matter?
Your chronological and biological ages may differ. For example, a 30-year-old person who does not exercise, eats a diet of mainly processed foods, and smokes regularly might have a biological age that is greater than 30.
Ideally, we would want to have a lower biological age to reduce the risk of age-related conditions. That is where your epigenetics testing comes into play. For example, suppose you are chronologically 50 years old and have a biological age of 55. That isn't good! Still, after your test results, we can recommend ways to slow your aging process.
Look at the image. It illustrates how the speed of people’s aging process can vary.
What will you get from your Epigenetics Test?
Bringing accountability to regenerative medicine is one of our core values. Therefore, at The Renue Medical Centre, we start our patient’s treatment with TruDiagnostics epigenetic testing.
DNA is extracted from the blood sample, testing 900,000 sites for their status. As a result, we have a lot of data that we can interpret for outcomes. The interpretation is made via algorithms that link these values to health outcomes to calculate your biological age.
The Renue patients will receive their TruDiagnostics report with their TruAge when they start their Journey and later evaluate their progress.
Remember: Age is just a number that can be lower than you expect!
Book a consultation or call us to talk to a Patient Advisor about the Epigenetics Test.