These days, being healthy goes way beyond going to a traditional physician once a year. I’ve found that taking my health into my own hands, including with biomarker testing, I get better outcomes than ever before. That’s where Superpower comes in!
Disclaimer: The information provided on this blog is for general educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
What is Superpower?
Superpower has given me control over my own health, more than I’ve ever felt before.
It’s an annual subscription for testing of over 100 biomarkers to help me understand what’s actually going on in my body.
With the annual Superpower membership, you get a comprehensive blood draw each year which tests over 100 biomarkers to help you understand what’s going on and what to do. The results are provided within a week of testing and are easy to understand instead of filled with confusing medical jargon. Actually, when you’re completing the onboarding process, you can tell them how jargony you want the results to be, which is pretty awesome. With your results, you get a personalized plan to help you optimize your health, as well as your biological age based on your results, to track your health over a lifetime.
I have to say, the way they got started and their story is pretty amazing. They started this company “To transform the current healthcare system into one that is personalized, proactive, and performance enhancing. So that you can unleash your inner superpower.” As stated on the Superpower website.
The Superpower founding team consists of three men who want to help people gain control of their own health and live healthier, longer lives. They raised $30 million to start their company, the most comprehensive biomarker testing service on the market!
The company was founded in 2023 after one of the members spent $2 million in medical bills trying to figure out what was going on in his own body, beyond what conventional medicine could offer, including misdiagnoses, which almost cost him his life. The CTO lost his best friend to a brain tumor when they were teens, just two days before he was scheduled for an MRI. They know that these cases aren’t unique; this type of thing happens all the time. That’s why they started Superpower.
Other companies offer testing similar to this but what sets Superpower apart is that they provide a comprehensive care platform, which I’ll talk more about below, taking you beyond test results to how to optimize your health. Getting the same blood tests every year is great for tracking health over time.
Click the button below to learn more about why they created Superpower.
What Biomarkers are Tested?
When you go to a traditional doctor’s office, they may order a few tests, but nothing like this. For example, I went for my annual physical earlier this year and my doctor ran a comprehensive metabolic panel of about 10 markers. From that, she had me start Vitamin D supplements, though there were other markers that were out of range that aren’t being addressed. That test of just a handful of markers cost me more, even with insurance, than the annual fee of Superpower, which tests 10x what I had tested at my doctor’s office.
Here is what they test for with their basic 100+ biomarker package:
367 – Cortisol, Total [SERUM] [RT]
402 – DHEA Sulfate, Immunoassay [SERUM] [RT]
482 – Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) [SERUM] [RT]
905 – Uric Acid [SERUM] [RT]
4021 – Estradiol [SERUM] [RT]
5224 – Apolipoprotein B [SERUM] [RT]
5616 – Iron, TIBC and Ferritin Panel [SERUM] [RT]
6399 – CBC (includes Differential and Platelets) [BLOOD] [RT]
7286 – Bilirubin, Fractionated [SERUM] [RT]
7444 – Thyroid Panel with TSH [SERUM] [RT]
10124 – hs-CRP [SERUM] [RT]
10231 – Comprehensive Metabolic Panel [SERUM] [RT]
14966 – Testosterone, Free, Bioavailable and Total, MS [SERUM] [RT]
16802 – Hemoglobin A1c with eAG [BLOOD] [RT]
17306 – Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy, Total, Immunoassay [SERUM] [RT]
19543 – Lipid Panel with Ratios [SERUM] [RT]
If you want more than those 100+ biomarkers, there are add-ons they’ll suggest to you throughout the onboarding process, based on the information you enter about your health. You can choose to add on more for an additional cost.
The add-ons are really great, if you choose to do that. There are so many different aspects of your health that you can look deeper into including:
- Autoimmunity Panel
- Female Fertility & Hormone Panel
- Advanced Panel
- Metabolic Health Panel
- Nutrients & Vitamins Panel
- Methylation Panel
- and more!!
Sign Up Process
First, I did my due diligence and researched Superpower as a company, what they stand for, and what all would be tested. Then I entered in my credit card information to purchase the first year of the service, basically getting me one test that will test over 100 biomarkers to help me understand what’s going on inside.
Then I answered a lot of health related questions including height, weight, symptoms, medical history, supplements and medications I’m on, family history, allergies, and so on, for them to get a better understanding of what’s going on in my body.
Then I was able to schedule a time to get my blood drawn at a local lab, or have them come to me for an additional fee. Since my local lab is quite a ways away, I decided to opt for them coming to me.
For having blood drawn at home, or wherever you choose, they give a 2-hour window. They suggest you get this done within a couple hours of waking as it’ll be more accurate for corisol readings, and you need to fast before testing.
As you go through the onboarding process, you’ll list all of the medications or supplements that you’re on. This information not only gets used for when they’re looking at your results, but also for your to-do list before the test. For example, I’m on thyroid medication, so they suggested that I don’t take it the day of the test until after the blood draw. Other supplements I’m on including one with biotin, they suggest to stop it at least 24 hours before the test, if not longer.
It’s really nice to have specific instructions for when to schedule your test, especially as a woman if you’re menstruating, and what to stop taking and when before your test. Other places that I’ve gotten tests like this through in the past, even my local doctor’s office, they don’t give any instructions other than fasting. So already I feel like my results are going to be more accurate though Superpower than elsewhere.
Other temporary limitations include 24 hours before testing to avoid strenuous exercise, alcohol, and heavy, fatty foods. Begin fasting 10 hours before your appointment, including food and caffeine. Still drink water though, including before your test to make it easier for the blood draw.
I ended up setting up my testing about a month in advance due to the availability of appointments and my cycle.
After you’ve scheduled your appointment, you can log into your Superpower dashboard and connect more services, if you’d like.
This is where you can see your next steps, what you’ve already done, and finish onboarding tasks such as syncing data from a wearable health tracker, verify your identity to import past medical data, and even give the gift of Superpower to someone else.
Superpower Concierge
In addition to the testing, results, and plan based on those results, there is a concierge you can chat with anytime. Either you can connect with their Superpower AI for simple questions, advice, and analysis OR you can contact your care team who will respond in under 24 hours on weekdays.
This is so great to have.
I’ve been through A LOT of programs over the years and the hardest thing is going it alone and not being able to ask questions to a qualified person. Often, I’d get generic answers from other services such as self-study programs, which really isn’t helpful.
That’s not the case with Superpower! You can actually get answers to your questions with a quick turnaround!
I actually had to contact them about my lab appointment, and they were able to help me within an hour. Not just the AI bot, but their actual care team. The day before I was supposed to go in for my blood draw, a Winter storm warning was issued, and it was clear that traveling to my blood test wasn’t going to be feasible. Not only that, with elevated stress levels of driving in a blizzard, my cortisol levels would have been so high that there wouldn’t be an accurate reading.
I wasn’t sure what to do, so I explained the situation to the concierge via text, and they got back to me within an hour to tell me that they surely don’t want me to jeopardize my health by driving in such conditions, and that the stress of driving in such conditions may affect the results. They said it was just fine to reschedule.
Again, other programs that I’ve tried in the past, don’t have the support that Superpower does. It’s amazing to have this great support included!
Why I Chose Superpower
As you may know, I have dealt with numerous health issues over the years, actually, basically my whole life. The health issues have gotten significantly worse in my late-20s when I had my first known autoimmune flare and was finally diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease.
Since then, I’ve been making major diet and lifestyle changes, hoping to feel better, with little to no relief. I took a bit of a hiatus from 2016-2022 when I had my first child and then my twins, plus the stress and chaos of having three kids within 2 years.
Finally, I started taking care of myself again in 2022, as I detail in this blog post. I started working with different functional medicine providers and nutritionists to figure out how to not feel so fatigued every day and get out of the fog of depression I was in. I also have GI issues such as bloating and looking 4 months pregnant though I am not, that I really would love to have go away!
Anyway, I’ve done a lot to try and feel better and have had few visible results, so I wanted to look deeper with a more comprehensive test to see what’s going on in my body.
My Results
Once I complete my Superpower Biomarker testing, I’ll share my results!!
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As a mom of identical twins and a son two years older, I have gained invaluable experience in the realm, and chaos, of parenting. With a Master's Degree and Education Specialist Degree in School Psychology, I spent years as a school psychologist, helping children navigate through their educational and emotional challenges. Now as a stay at home mom and professional blogger, I combine my areas of expertise to help you in your parenting journey.