The VitalHealth Optimization Panel (VHOP)
The most sophisticated biomarker assessment in integrative medicine — built on thirty years of fieldwork and twenty years of clinical outcomes.
The VitalHealth Optimization Panel (VHOP)
Most blood panels tell you whether you're sick. The VitalHealth Optimization Panel (VHOP) tells you how well you're living — and exactly what to do about it to reduce risk. Developed by Dr. Todd from two decades of reviewing patient bloodwork through the lens of ancestral nutrition science and modern clinical medicine, the VHOP maps the biological drivers of longevity, vitality, and chronic disease risk with a precision that standard lab panels simply don't reach. It is not a screening tool. It is a prescription for how to live.
Cardiovascular & Metabolic
Advanced lipid fractionation, inflammatory markers, insulin resistance, glycemic regulation, and vascular function — the full picture of what drives or protects against heart disease and metabolic syndrome.
Hormonal & Endocrine
Thyroid function, adrenal output, sex hormones, and the hormonal cascades that govern energy, mood, body composition, and aging. Assessed in context, not in isolation.
Nutritional Status
Key vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, and cofactors most commonly deficient in modern diets — including the key fat-soluble vitamins, B-complex status, magnesium, zinc, and omega-3 index.
Immun & Inflammatory
Systemic inflammation markers, immune system activation, and the biological signals that predict autoimmune risk, chronic infection burden, and accelerated aging.
Longevity & Biological Age
Oxidative stress markers, cellular aging indicators, and the metabolic signatures associated with the long-lived cultures studied in the Secrets of Long Life research — thirty-seven master elders, fourteen verified centenarians, five continents.
Gut & Detoxification
Markers of gut balance and therefore barrier integrity, liver function, and detoxification capacity — the systems most disrupted by modern diet and environment, and most responsive to food-first intervention.
OUR FRAMEWORK
Fx – Food First
Focus on nutrition and lifestyle as the foundation of health.
Nx – Smart Supplementation
Use targeted supplements to support identified needs.

Rx – Prescription Medicine
Consider medication only when clinically appropriate and necessary.
Every VHOP result is interpreted through the Fx→Nx→Rx framework: Food first, smart supplementation second, prescription medicine last and only when necessary. You leave your VHOP consultation not with a list of diagnoses but with a ranked, personalized action plan — grounded in what your biology is actually doing and what the world's most successful healing traditions have always recommended.
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