This episode is brought you by Thriver, the personalized blood testing service that helps you feel

your best today and spend more years in good health. Hi guys, Spaners here. I am someone who recently

had a Thriver blood test kit, home test kit sent to me. So thank you, Thriver. And I have to say,

I was immediately impressed. I'm really squeamish about

things like a fingerprint test or anything involving a needle. So their home kit, where it's a device

that sticks to your arm and draws everything out without you having to see it. So there was nothing

to be squeamish about. You just press the big red button and it starts drawing blood. And I felt it, but I definitely wouldn't see it. So there was nothing to be squeamish about. You just press the big red button and it

starts drawing blood. And I felt it, but I definitely wouldn't describe it as painful or uncomfortable.

I only needed help from my son to change over the vial. So some tests require more than one vial,

but really it had a very low footprint on my day. It was incredibly convenient because as they say,

your blood has a lot to tell you. And those tests came back within about three days for me and it

highlighted all these areas. So it was really interesting to see. Oh, my cholesterol seems normal.

Liver and kidney tests all in the normal parameters. It did highlight that I'm low on vitamin B12. So that means I

need to eat some more eggs and some more meat, which fits in with my goal of more protein anyway.

This is another tool helping me track my health and do positive things, just to make sure that

I'm not dropping the ball on my health.

Over the last year and a half, I've done quite a lot to get myself back being fit and healthy,

but sometimes it can feel like you're fumbling around in the dark.

And these easy test and these blood test results from Thriver have really given me targets and aims

and a direction to

optimise my health. At the moment, I'm lucky, I'm 44 and I can still do sports and be active

and do my fitness, and I want that to continue for decades to come. To try it yourself, just

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