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In longevity medicine, our goal is optimization

Primary Precision Medicine — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:39:31 +0000

In longevity medicine, our goal is optimization. For glucose, that often means targeting an A1C of 5.0% or lower and a fasting glucose below 80 mg/dL.

Bloodwork is valuable, but it only tells part of the story. A fasting glucose reflects a single moment in time. An A1C provides an average over roughly three months. Together, they help us understand where you are—but not necessarily why you’re there.

That’s where continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) becomes useful.

CGM allows us to observe how your glucose responds in the real world: to food, exercise, sleep, stress, travel, illness, and recovery. Instead of guessing what’s driving your results, we can see it.

More importantly, we can identify patterns.

Some people experience brief glucose elevations that quickly return to baseline. Others spend hours each day with elevated glucose levels despite having “normal” lab work. Those patterns carry very different implications and often require different interventions.

The goal isn’t simply to collect more data. The goal is to better understand your metabolism so we can make more informed decisions, identify problems earlier, and build a personalized plan to improve your long-term health.

Longevity, guided.
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Primary Precision Medicine
Dr. Christopher Capicotto

#glucosemonitoring #continuousglucosemonitoring #a1c #bloodsugar #prediabetes

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This one’s for the Millennials and Gen Xers who drank a little too heavily in college—and maybe still do from time to time

Primary Precision Medicine — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:37:43 +0000

This one’s for the Millennials and Gen Xers who drank a little too heavily in college—and maybe still do from time to time.

The more alcohol you drink and the more often you drink, the higher your risk of liver damage. The challenge is that liver disease can develop silently for years before symptoms appear.

That’s why testing matters.

In this video, I explain how I assess liver health using bloodwork and FibroScan to look for early signs of damage before they become bigger problems.

As summer kicks off and the social events start piling up, be mindful of your alcohol intake—and consider getting your liver checked.

If we find a problem, there’s often something we can do to fix it. #partyon #drinkresponsibly
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Primary Precision Medicine
Dr. Christopher Capicotto
Longevity, guided.

#fibroscan #liverdamage #longevitymedicine

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Most people think they’re metabolically healthy because they don’t have diabetes

Primary Precision Medicine — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:08:43 +0000

Most people think they’re metabolically healthy because they don’t have diabetes (or prediabetes).

That’s a low bar.

In conventional medicine, the focus is often on diagnosing disease once it reaches a certain threshold. In precision medicine, the goal is to identify risk earlier and optimize health before disease develops.

Glucose is one of the most important windows into metabolic health, and it’s a perfect example of why those two approaches can look very different.

Swipe through to learn why.

Longevity, guided.
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Primary Precision Medicine
Dr. Christopher Capicotto

#glucosemonitoring #continuousglucosemonitoring #a1c #bloodsugar #prediabetes

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Breaking down DEXA Scans (Part 3/3)

Primary Precision Medicine — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:06:31 +0000

Breaking down DEXA Scans (Part 3/3)

The problem with scales? They only measure your total body weight.

A DEXA body composition scan, the gold standard for identifying fat and muscle, provides valuable insight into your muscle-to-fat ratio and your risk assessment for diseases like Diabetes, Stroke, or Heart Disease.

By breaking down body composition, we can create an informed treatment that helps you lose fat, gain muscle, and track actual changes. Regular testing allows us to monitor the treatment, determine if it’s having a positive effect, and adjust it as needed. No guesswork. No trial and error.

Whether you’re interested in our concierge longevity medicine or just periodic testing in our performance lab, schedule a consultation with Primary Precision Medicine at primaryprecisionmedicine.com to get started.

Longevity, guided.
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Primary Precision Medicine
Dr. Christopher Capicotto

#musclemass #dexascan #bodycomposition #longevitymedicine #precisionmedicine

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The future is here and it demands we consider a new range of vital signs

Primary Precision Medicine — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:59:11 +0000

The future is here and it demands we consider a new range of vital signs.

There’s a saying in medicine: Vital signs are vital. Traditional vital signs, like heart rate and blood pressure, reflect your current health status.

But longevity medicine doesn’t just look at your current health. It analyzes your specific health trends to predict how you will age, allowing us to adjust and optimize your health so you can thrive long into your 80s and 90s.

To do that, I’m proposing Longevity Vital Signs: key physiologic parameters that go further to track ongoing health changes so you can achieve peak health.

Here are the 5 essential longevity vital signs doctors should understand and optimize.

To my fellow doctors and clinicians, what are your thoughts?
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Longevity, guided.
Primary Precision Medicine
Dr. Christopher Capicotto

#weremember #memorialday #longevitymedicine #precisionmedicine #therealdrc212

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Breaking down DEXA Scans (Part 2/3)

Primary Precision Medicine — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:57:20 +0000

Breaking down DEXA Scans (Part 2/3)

A fragility fracture is a broken bone, typically in the hip, lumbar spine, or wrist, resulting from low-energy trauma. (Think a slip or fall from standing height.)

In your 30s, this type of fall may leave you with aches and bruises, but your risk of a fracture is relativity low because you have strong bone density. As bone density diminishes with age, your risk of a fracture increases because your bones are structurally weaker.

In older adults, the risk of dying within 1 year after experiencing a hip fracture is 20%-30%.

So how do you determine bone density and associated disease risk? With a DEXA scan.

Longevity, guided.
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Primary Precision Medicine
Dr. Christopher Capicotto

#fragilityfractures #dexascan #bonedensity #longevitymedicine #precisionmedicine

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It’s your VO2 max😮‍💨

Primary Precision Medicine — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:55:52 +0000

The single best predictor of how long you’ll live isn’t your cholesterol. It’s not your weight. It’s not your blood pressure.

It’s your VO2 max.😮‍💨

And it’s one of the most trainable numbers in your biology. 📈

Peak Health measures it and builds a protocol based on your biology to improve it.

Comment PEAK to learn how we can help you improve metrics like these and add better years to your life.

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Breaking down DEXA Scans (Part 1/3)

Primary Precision Medicine — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:53:18 +0000

Breaking down DEXA Scans (Part 1/3)

Longevity is heavily influenced by lifestyle, nutrition, and environment, not just genetics.
Longevity medicine seeks to identify person-specific disease risk so we can set a good aging trajectory for you.

One way we do this is through a DEXA scan.

DEXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) is a simple but powerful test that sets the gold standard for identifying fat, bone, and muscle.

This provides crucial insight, establishes a baseline, and helps us answer some basic questions such as:
• Are your bones strong or brittle?
• If you were to fall, are you at risk for a fragility fracture?
• Should you be concerned about developing osteoporosis?
• What is your fat to muscle ratio?
• How is your weight distributed throughout your body?

By understanding your bone density and body composition, we can identify your risk for diseases like Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Brittle Bone Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Osteoarthritis, and more.

DEXA scans are an incredible tool for tracking progress so we can intervene, monitor treatment, and adjust as needed.

Even if you can’t afford concierge longevity medicine, periodic testing in our performance lab for professional guidance is a great asset for your healthcare toolkit.

So, let’s chat!

Schedule a consultation with Primary Precision Medicine at primaryprecisionmedicine.com.

Longevity, guided.
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Primary Precision Medicine
Dr. Christopher Capicotto

#aging #dexascan #bodycompositionscan #longevitymedicine #precisionmedicine

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Have you heard the term “inflammaging?”

Primary Precision Medicine — Tue, 19 May 2026 21:14:54 +0000

Have you heard the term “inflammaging?”

Our body produces inflammation in response to injury, disease, and infection which triggers the healing process.

Inflammaging is the accelerated aging that occurs as the result of unchecked long-term inflammation damaging tissues and impacting organ function.

Long-term, low-grade inflammation increases with age. It damages cells, accelerates biological aging, and drives age-related diseases such as:
• Arthritis
• Heart Disease
• Diabetes
• Alzheimer’s

Inflammaging makes you look and feel older. It impacts brain health. It contributes to frailty. It damages tissue.

Longevity medicine considers all leading contributors to help you develop a treatment plan that significantly reverses or reduces your risk of chronic inflammation. We don’t just focus on one thing, we focus on the big picture.

Learn how to slow aging, improve your overall health and wellness, and extend your healthspan.

Schedule a consultation today at primaryprecisionmedicine.com.

Longevity, guided.
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Primary Precision Medicine
Dr. Christopher Capicotto

#aging #inflammaging #chronicinflammation #longevitymedicine #precisionmedicine

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Happy Mother’s Day from Primary Precision Medicine

Primary Precision Medicine — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:02:28 +0000

To the women who raise us, to the women who embody love, strength, and resilience, may your best years be yet to come!

Happy Mother’s Day from Primary Precision Medicine

Longevity, guided.
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Primary Precision Medicine
Dr. Christopher Capicotto

#mothersday #therealdrc212 #momappreciation #longevitymedicine #precisionmedicine

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