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About: Unmedicated, Unoperated & Healthspan Focused
The “Standard Script” says that after 55, life becomes a slow slide into polypharmacy and surgical “clean-ups.” I decided to write a different script.
Most of us are “trained” to expect it from media ads, caring for family members and hearing about friends and co-worker experiences: a statin for cholesterol, a pill for the thyroid, an anti-inflammatory for the back, and a scheduled joint replacement “when the time comes.”
I’m here to tell you that the script is optional.
My name is Dave Hartfelder, and for the last eight years, I have turned my life into a rigorous N-of-1 experiment. At 63+, I am living a life that many say is improbable, even impossible:
Unmedicated: I successfully worked with my MD to taper off lifelong thyroid medication by identifying specific environmental and nutritional triggers.
Unoperated: I’ve managed chronic back issues and flat-foot complications that once had me crawling across my floor without surgery or painkillers.
Healthspan Focused: My goal isn’t to live long, it’s to live actively and physically capable of doing all the things I want to do, for as long as I live.
Why Subscribe?
This isn’t “biohacking” it’s about understanding and focusing on improving your individual weaknesses or health improvement opportunities, if you prefer. This is an experience-based approach to health focused on the 55+ demographic, although many of the healthspan improvers we’ll cover can apply at any age. I’m not a doctor; I’m a practitioner of what works.
By subscribing, which is free and just requires an email that won’t be shared, you’ll get:
The Playbook: Detailed breakdowns of how I navigated regular headaches, thyroid health, blood pressure management, yearly sinus infections and structural integrity using analysis, data and mechanics over chemicals and surgery.
The “Toxin Audit”: Simple, low-cost ways to clean up your environment (from RO water systems to indoor air filtering and outdoor air quality monitoring to laundry and other detergents /cleaning agents).
Toolkits: Reviews of the tech and tools I use—from Garmin monitoring to percussive therapy, grounding / earthing and compression therapy.
The Cumulative Scorecard: Access to my custom Plus/Minus Healthspan Improvers and Detractors Spreadsheet to help you track your own daily “health accounting.”
Stop Managing Decline. Start Optimizing Health.
If you’re tired of the “pill for every ill” cycle and want to reclaim your physical autonomy, join me. Let’s explore what’s possible when we treat the root cause instead of just masking the symptoms.
