Why I started tracking my blood work
In 2022, I was a stressed-out, overweight entrepreneur running a digital marketing agency, traveling constantly, and treating my body like it was optional. I knew something had to change when my doctor flagged elevated liver enzymes, high homocysteine, and elevated C-reactive protein — all markers pointing toward cardiovascular risk and systemic inflammation.
That wake-up call sent me Superpower Blood Test Review: Comparing Blood Work Services After 4 Years of Testingdown a path of blood work testing that has spanned four years, three different providers, two states, and more vials of blood than I can count. Today I am healthier than I have been in over 20 years, and regular blood testing has been a cornerstone of that transformation.
I am sharing my actual results, the providers I have used, and what I have learned — because I believe in walking the talk. Bryan Johnson shares his health data openly so others can follow his footsteps. I admire that approach. If my experience helps even one entrepreneur take their health seriously, this article was worth writing.
Here is what I have learned comparing Superpower, Liquivida, local lab providers, and the newer at-home service Rythm Health — and which combination I recommend for entrepreneurs who want to optimize their health without spending thousands of dollars a year.
Start with what your body is actually telling you
Most entrepreneurs treat health the way they treat a failing campaign — they ignore the data until something breaks. Blood work is your health dashboard. It tells you what is happening inside your body before symptoms show up, just like analytics show you campaign problems before revenue drops.
The challenge is that there are dozens of services selling blood panels now, and they range from $50 finger-prick kits to $5,000 executive health packages. The question is not whether to test — it is which service gives you the right data at the right frequency for the right price.
My blood work history across four providers
I have used four different blood work providers over the past four years. Each gave me a different experience, different data, and different levels of frustration. Here is what happened with each one.
Liquivida and Empire City Laboratories in 2022
My first serious blood panel was done through Liquivida (LQV Health) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, coordinated by Dionne Ledgister. The lab work was processed by Empire City Laboratories. This was a full venous blood draw — multiple vials, the real deal.
The results came back in August 2022 and included a CBC with Differential (hematology panel covering RBC, WBC, hematocrit, MCV, and more), a comprehensive metabolic panel, and liver function tests. My cardiologist Dr. Philip Ovadia reviewed the results and flagged two immediate concerns: elevated liver enzymes (AST and ALT) and elevated homocysteine, which he noted can indicate elevated cardiac risk.
That was the first time I saw hard numbers proving what I already suspected — my lifestyle was catching up with me. The data was comprehensive and the venous draw meant accurate, reliable results across dozens of markers.
Sunset Hills Family Practice in Henderson in 2022
Around the same time, my friend Mark and I went to Sunset Hills Family Practice at 2510 Wigwam Pkwy Suite 102 in Henderson, Nevada for blood work. This was a traditional doctor-ordered, full venous draw at a local clinic.
The experience was frustrating. The lab processing was handled by Premier Medical Lab (also called MyGeniusLab), and there were issues with incomplete results and billing confusion. I had to follow up multiple times before Damaris Perez eventually sent the remaining results from April 2022.
Dr. Ovadia also reviewed these labs and noted concern over elevated C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammation marker associated with cardiovascular risk. So now I had three red flags from two different providers: elevated liver enzymes, elevated homocysteine, and elevated CRP.
The data was good once I finally got it. But the hassle of dealing with a local lab that lost results and created billing confusion made me want a better option.
Superpower in 2025
Superpower was a significant upgrade. Their blood draw was done at 2465 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy Ste 120 in Henderson, Nevada. This required a 10-hour fast and involved multiple vials of blood via a full venous draw.
Superpower offers a Baseline Panel covering over 100 biomarkers for $199 per year ($17 per month billed annually). The panel covers blood cells and immune system health, metabolic health, heart and vascular health, liver health, kidney health, thyroid health, sex hormones, energy and stress markers, nutrients and vitamins, inflammation, advanced ratios, and proprietary metrics like BioAge and pace of aging.
Results are processed at CLIA-certified, CAP-accredited reference laboratories and come back in 5 to 7 days. My December 2025 results were noted as potentially skewed due to travel, which is an important reminder — your lifestyle in the days before a blood draw matters.
For the price and depth of markers, Superpower is hard to beat as an annual comprehensive panel. They also offer optional at-home phlebotomist visits, though I went to the lab location.
Enter Rythm Health — the new at-home option
In October 2025, I came across Rythm Health and flagged it as worth investigating. Rythm is a subscription service at $79 per month (you can skip anytime, cancel anytime, and it is HSA and FSA eligible). They send you an at-home kit every 30 days, pick up the sample, and return it overnight for priority processing. The service includes personalized AI insights.
Their panel covers approximately 22 distinct biomarkers across six categories: Hormone Balance (Estradiol E2, Progesterone for females, Total Testosterone, Free Testosterone), Heart Health (ApoB, LDL Cholesterol, HDL Cholesterol, hs-CRP, LDL/ApoB Ratio, Remnant Cholesterol, Total Cholesterol, Total Cholesterol/HDL Ratio), Metabolic Efficiency (Ferritin, Albumin, Vitamin D, Triglycerides, Triglycerides/HDL Ratio), Thyroid Function (TSH, Free T3), Liver and Kidney (Creatinine, SHBG), and Longevity (Rythm Score, Biological Age, Personalized Baselines).
The big selling point is convenience and frequency. A kit shows up at your door, you do a finger prick, they pick it up, and you get results with AI-powered analysis. No fasting, no driving to a lab, no scheduling appointments.
How these services compare head to head
After using all of these services, here is how they stack up on the factors that matter most to a busy entrepreneur.
Price: Rythm Health costs $79 per month (cancel anytime). Superpower costs $199 per year ($17 per month billed annually). Traditional labs like Sunset Hills vary — typically covered by insurance with a copay, but out-of-pocket costs can add up fast if your insurance does not cover the specific panels you want.
Number of biomarkers: Rythm tests approximately 22 markers. Superpower tests over 100 markers in their baseline panel. Traditional labs typically run 50 to 80 markers depending on what your doctor orders (CBC, CMP, lipid panel, thyroid).
Sample method: Rythm uses an at-home finger prick kit with a small blood sample. Superpower and traditional labs use full venous draws with multiple vials, which gives them enough blood to run far more tests.
Frequency: Rythm sends a kit monthly (every 30 days). Superpower is designed as an annual panel (once per year). Traditional labs are as-needed, typically once or twice a year based on doctor orders.
Convenience: Rythm is the highest — the kit comes to you, and the sample gets picked up from your home. Superpower is medium — you can go to a lab or book an at-home phlebotomist. Traditional labs are the lowest — you must schedule, drive to a clinic, fast overnight, and wait for results.
The finger prick question — is a tiny vial as good as multiple tubes
This was my biggest concern about Rythm. When you go to a real lab, they take multiple full vials of blood. A finger prick kit collects a few drops. Can you really trust the data from such a small sample?
The honest answer is that it depends on what you are testing. At-home finger prick kits collect a much smaller blood sample than a traditional venous draw. This has real implications. A smaller sample limits the number and types of tests that can be run, which is why Rythm covers approximately 22 markers compared to Superpower’s 100-plus.
Finger prick samples can also have slightly higher variability because the blood may be mixed with tissue fluid, and squeezing the finger can cause hemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells), which can skew certain results.
That said, for the specific markers Rythm tests — hormones, lipids, thyroid, basic metabolic — modern dried blood spot and microsampling technology has gotten quite accurate. For markers like ApoB, hs-CRP, testosterone, and cholesterol, the finger prick data is generally considered reliable enough for trend-tracking purposes.
The trade-off is clear: you get fewer markers but you get them more often and with zero friction. For monthly monitoring of key health indicators, that trade-off makes sense.
What Rythm is missing that matters for your health
Given what Dr. Ovadia flagged in my past results, there are notable gaps in Rythm’s panel that entrepreneurs should understand.
Rythm does not test homocysteine, which was elevated in my 2022 Liquivida results and is an important cardiac risk marker. It also does not include a full CBC with differential, which means you would not get white blood cell counts, red blood cell counts, hemoglobin, or hematocrit. Rythm does not include liver enzymes (AST and ALT), which were also flagged in my Liquivida results. It does not include a full metabolic panel with electrolytes, glucose, or HbA1c. It also lacks cortisol, DHEA sulfate, and several other markers that Superpower includes in their baseline.
On the other hand, Rythm does include some markers that are genuinely valuable and often missing from traditional panels. ApoB is increasingly considered the best single predictor of cardiovascular risk, and both Rythm and Superpower include it, while traditional doctor-ordered labs often do not unless you specifically request it. Rythm also tests Free T3 (not just TSH), which gives a more complete thyroid picture.
The monthly frequency is the real differentiator. Seeing how your cholesterol, testosterone, and inflammatory markers trend over time is far more useful than a single annual snapshot. If you are making changes to your diet, exercise, sleep, or supplements, monthly data shows you whether those changes are working.
The strategy I recommend for entrepreneurs serious about health
Rythm at $79 per month is not a replacement for a comprehensive annual blood panel. It is a different product entirely — a high-frequency, low-friction monitoring tool for a curated set of key health markers. The best approach is a layered strategy.
Keep Superpower (or a similar comprehensive panel) for your annual deep-dive baseline. At $199 per year for over 100 markers including CBC, metabolic panel, liver, kidney, and all the inflammation and hormone markers, it is the best value for a thorough once-a-year picture. This is also where you would track homocysteine and liver enzymes, which are the specific markers Dr. Ovadia flagged for me.
Consider Rythm as an add-on for monthly trend-tracking if you are actively making lifestyle changes (diet, exercise, supplements, sleep) and want to see how those changes are moving your key markers in near real-time. The $79 per month ($948 per year) is a significant spend, but if you are making interventions based on the data — adjusting testosterone optimization, tracking cholesterol response to dietary changes, monitoring thyroid function — the monthly cadence is genuinely useful. You can also skip months, so you could do it quarterly for $237 per year instead of monthly.
The convenience factor is real. My history with the Sunset Hills blood work shows the hassle of dealing with local labs — Premier Medical Lab lost results and created billing confusion, and I had to follow up multiple times. Having a kit show up at your door eliminates that entirely.
How my health has transformed through consistent testing
The reason I am so passionate about this is because blood work changed my trajectory. In 2022, I was a stressed-out, overweight entrepreneur with elevated liver enzymes, high homocysteine, and high CRP — three markers all pointing toward cardiovascular risk. Dr. Ovadia told me straight: I needed to lose weight, sleep more, and exercise consistently.
I took the data seriously. I made changes to my diet, prioritized sleep, and built exercise into my routine. By 2025, when I did my Superpower panel with over 100 markers, the improvement was measurable across the board. I am healthier today than I have been in over 20 years.
None of that happens without the data. You cannot improve what you do not measure. And for entrepreneurs who are used to making decisions based on dashboards and analytics, treating your health the same way is a natural extension of how you already think.
The bottom line for busy entrepreneurs
Rythm is incomplete compared to a full lab draw, but it is testing the right 22 markers for ongoing health optimization. At $79 per month it is pricey if used every month, but reasonable if used quarterly. For someone with specific flagged concerns like elevated homocysteine, elevated liver enzymes, or elevated CRP, you should pair it with an annual comprehensive panel that catches those markers.
Superpower at $199 per year plus Rythm every 2 to 3 months ($237 to $316 per year) gives you both depth and frequency for under $550 per year total. That is a strong combination. You would not need Sunset Hills, Liquivida, or any local provider unless you specifically need a doctor to order something insurance will cover.
If you are an entrepreneur who has been ignoring your health, start with a comprehensive panel from Superpower to establish your baseline. Then consider adding Rythm Health for quarterly monitoring if you are actively making changes and want to see them reflected in your numbers.
Your body is the one asset you cannot replace. Treat it like you treat your business — with data, consistency, and a willingness to invest in what the numbers tell you.