The Quantified Doctor: Personal Experiments with Paleo and BodyTrack
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Paul Abramson MD (@paulabramsonMD) shares some of his personal self-tracking experiments and lessons learned at the Quantified Self Silicon Valley show & tell. @quantdoctor http://quantdoctor.com
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The Quantified Doctor: Personal Experiments with Paleo and BodyTrack
- 1. The Quantified Doctor:Personal Experiments with Paleo and BodyTrack Paul Abramson MD San Francisco, CA
- 2. What I Did ASSESSMENT Current health status Areas for improvement Questions I want answered
- 3. 7-pound weight gain in 2 months [was 155 in 2006] Yow!
- 4. Longstanding episodic headaches (now more frequent) 2/week 2/month
- 5. Baseline Labs2006: Weight 155# LDL 88 Size pattern: LARGE/BUOYANT HDL 57 HDL-2 = 16 TRIG 88 pretty good.. VLDL-3 = 13
- 6. Baseline LabsAugust 2011: Weight 172# (( not done* )) * D’oh!
- 7. Consulted a Quant Coach Define experiment(s) Get specific Implement tools Regular meetings & feedback Anne Wright BodyTrack Project CMU
- 8. #1 Implement a “Paleo Diet” No Grains - No Sugar - Minimal Legumes - Minimal Fruit
- 9. ∞ But is the Paleo Diet Safe? Or will my cholesterol approach ?
- 10. Tracking Dietary Change Weight - QD Blood Pressure – BID VAP (Advanced Lipid Profile) - Monthly CBC / CMP / hs-CRP / HgbA1c - Monthly Pictures of Food Carbs - Caffeine
- 11. #2 Figure Out What’s Causing the Headaches Dietary? Stress? Sleep? Barometric Pressure?
- 12. Tracking Headaches Pictures of Food Pictures of People Carbs + Caffeine Mood optimism (0-4) agitation (0-4) energy (0-4) Headaches (0-4)
- 13. Tracking Headaches Sleep quantity quality timing Environment barometric pressure particulates light
- 16. 1300data points self-entered into Mymee app from August 19 to October 11
- 17. BodyTrackData Visualization Processed carbs
- 18. BodyTrackData Visualization Processed carbs
- 19. Weight Lost 13 pounds Ate more No increase in exercise
- 20. My Labs 9/1/11 2006 10/3/11 LDL 88 161 131 LDL Size A A A HDL 57 68 71 88 122 77 TG 13 19 12 VLDL-3
- 21. What I Learned * KEY POINT * Get baseline data before changing things!
- 22. #1 The PaleoDiet seems to be safe
- 23. #2 A Quant Coach is really helpful!
- 24. #3 Subjective data is very important Pictureshelp with recall
- 25. #4 Active data entry is very important Mindfulness
- 26. headaches mood carbs barometric pressure hospital night shifts ignoring dozing off during activity New Mymee button: “eyes close”
- 28. KEY FEATURES OF A DATA PLATFORM Open source Users control their own data Device agnostic .org
- 29. Making Medicine Better Role of Quantified Doctor Role of Quant Coach Self-tracking and Mindfulness Developing an open source platform And more demonstration projects
- 30. Contact Paul Abramson MD @paulabramsonMD My Doctor Medical Group San Francisco mydoctorsf.com office@mydoctorsf.com The Quantified Doctor quantdoctor.com @quantdoctor
Editor's Notes
- Methodology: current status
- Lost weightNever hungryFeel much betterAbnormal labs normalizing
- Define terms preciselyAsk specific questionsLimit number of variables!Solve implementation glitchesProvide ongoing feedback
- Passive sensors won’t do it all
- Data integration
- Open sourceUsers must control their own dataDevice agnostic