Cardio
Heart, blood pressure, lipids
Cardiovascular health is really three things at once: the pump (heart muscle), the pipes (blood vessels), and what flows through them (lipids, blood pressure). Omega-3s lower triglycerides and calm vascular inflammation; potassium and magnesium are the electrolytes that govern blood pressure and a steady heartbeat; the B-vitamins clear homocysteine, a vessel-damaging amino acid; and vitamin K keeps calcium in bone rather than artery walls. This is the system where decades of small daily inputs compound into the single largest cause of mortality.
How your supplements + diet cover this system right now — the nutrients feeding it, where the gaps are, and your own lab readouts.
The load-bearing nutrients — if these are deficient, this system shows symptoms first. Click any to see daily targets, top food sources, and supplements that supply it.
Lab markers that report on this system’s health.
Save a lab session under My Journey → Biomarkers to see your own values for these.
Where the biochemistry happens for this system.
DNA methylation, homocysteine clearance, methyl-donor supply
Glutathione, SOD, catalase — quenching oxidative stress
Insulin sensitivity, GLUT4 translocation, glycemic control
Heme synthesis, erythropoiesis, oxygen carrying capacity
Cholesterol/triglyceride handling, β-oxidation of fatty acids
Prebiotic fibre + live cultures → short-chain fatty acids (butyrate)
eNOS → nitric oxide, vasodilation, endothelial function
Vitamin K-dependent factors II/VII/IX/X, fibrin formation
Cortisol synthesis, adrenal cofactor supply, calming neurochemistry
Systems that share a load-bearing nutrient with this one.