Beating Lifestyle Conditions – IntelliScience

AltLife’s IntelliScience approach is designed to restore your
health by acting on the root causes that are impacting your
body’s ability to function healthily

The pills we take for these lifestyle conditions give us a sense that we are in control. However, these pills only manage the symptoms or lessen the velocity of damage. They do not address the root cause – the underlying metabolic imbalance or lack of cellular health or the weakened defense mechanisms. And hence, there is no way that the condition(s) gets better or potentially cured. In fact, over time the underlying conditions get worse and impact our health and the way we lead our lives.

We take a three-pronged approach to address the root causes of your condition with the following goals:

  1. Reduce metabolic imbalance and change hormonal resistance to sensitivity (insulin, leptin)
  2. Improve cellular health and hence optimize cellular function
  3. Strengthen the defense mechanisms of the body to ensure reduced chances of any disease

Our programs integrate these goals with every aspect of your daily life that has an impact on lifestyle diseases.

Food & Nutrition

We nourish both body and mind to establish harmony. Powered by our AI based platform – ANA (AltLife NutriSmart AI) –
our meal plans are designed to ensure:

  • Inclusion of the right mix of macro & micro-nutrients

  • Inclusion of prebiotics and probiotics

  • Inclusion of natural antioxidants, anti-inflammatory nutrients and adaptogens

  • Inclusion of completely organic, unprocessed & toxin-free ingredients

  • Inclusion of the right amount of all these nutrients to meet the respective Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)

The program structure ensures that you eat at the right time of the day in sync with your body’s circadian rhythm.

Physical Fitness

Scientifically combined routines like aerobic training,
strength training, flexibility training, agility training,
plyometric, yoga along with meditation to ensure:

Primary imbalances like insulin resistance, increased HbA1c levels, impaired glucose homeostasis, reduced muscle mass, increased fat mass, poor lipid profile, hypertension & increased inflammatory parameters are addressed.

Secondary imbalances like loss of flexibility, balance, strength, altered pain sensations esp. in the lower limbs, initiation of degenerative arthritis because of extra weight and poor metabolism, are addressed.

Our coaches and trainers are empanelled with a pedagogy of:

  • Strength and conditioning science

  • Deep understanding of human body movements, biomechanics, anatomy and exercise

  • First aid emergency protocols

  • Mentoring an individual even in a group

All our exercise and yoga routines are well-researched and designed by professionals from the fields of exercise physiology, physiotherapy, yoga and meditation along with inputs from specialist doctors.

Mental Fitness

Every aspect of our solution has been created
in a way that avoids adding any additional stress
on your daily routine.

  • Our curated meditation content relaxes your mind & enables good quality of sleep

  • Our programs are designed for proactive and reactive stress management

  • Seamless blending into your routine

  • Our expert counsellors help you proactively to identify the source of stress in your life and educate you to eliminate them effectively

All our program structures ensure that you get the right amount of sleep in sync with your body’s circadian rhythm.

Behavioural Science

We seamlessly track all the changes and progress
that your body undergoes in a transparent method –
with regular diagnostics and a highly intuitive app.

Any lifestyle solution is only as effective as it is sustainable. To drive adoption and deliver lasting changes to your lifestyle, every solution component has been thoughtfully reinforced with concepts from behavioral science.

Regular tracking and logging of activities is one such example. Observing continuous changes to your body creates a virtuous cycle of adherence and better outcomes.

Our regular diagnostic tests help you keep track of where you need to improve. At the same time, our early warning indicators help you proactively course correct.

EXPLORE PROGRAMS

AltLife IntelliScience – Decoded

Here are some Frequently Asked Questions to help
you understand the approach and core philosophy
of IntelliScience at AltLife.

Lifestyle Diseases are conditions that manifest because of the wrong lifestyle choices we have made and sustained over a period of our lifetime. Lifestyle diseases are not pathogen (virus/bacteria) caused or driven. Examples of lifestyle diseases are Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, PCOS, Hypertension, Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, etc.

Lifestyle disorders thrive in an environment created by choices we have made about how we live our life daily – what we eat, when we eat, whether we align our daily activities to our body’s internal clocks (circadian rhythm), the physical activity and exercise we do, the stress we undergo, the quality of our sleep, etc. So even though heredity might be a small factor, it is not the primary root cause.

The root causes could be one or a combination of causes. A few common ones would be imbalanced and inadequate nutritional diet, a sedentary lifestyle, disrupted sleep quality, even constant stress. Misalignment with the body’s circadian rhythm, toxin exposure from processed food, constant pollution exposure, bad quality farm produce and basically every wrong choice that we make in our daily life, create an environment that over time leads us to the three root causes of lifestyle condition –

  • METABOLIC IMBALANCE

  • WEAKENED BODY DEFENSE MECHANISMS

  • LACK OF CELLULAR HEALTH

Our body likes to be in a state of equilibrium, ensuring good health, called Homeostasis. Our central nervous system (Brain and Spine) constantly gets inputs from different parts of the body and responds with direction on the right action to take.

BALANCED METABOLIC PROCESSES

  • Maintenance of blood sugar levels at the appropriate levels (counterbalance between insulin & glucagon)
  • Regulating how much we eat to ensure we only consume adequate levels of food (leptin feedback loop)
  • Cleansing the metabolic by-products that impact health, if present (arterial plaque, beta amyloid deposits in the brain)
  • Well-functioning Thyroid gland that plays a role in optimum metabolism

OPTIMUM CELLULAR HEALTH & FUNCTION

  • Healthy cellular membranes (membranes of the cell, nucleus, & mitochondria)
  • Optimizing for Mitochondrial health & function (energy generation process)
  • Controlling chronic inflammation and managing oxidative stress (Reactive Oxygen Species caused damage)
  • Recycling old/weak cells and generation of new cells (autophagy)
  • Measuring cellular function/efficiency and if function is reducing beyond an extent, invoking cell suicide (apoptosis)

STRONG DEFENCE CAPABILITY

  • Efficient & effective immune system that helps the body deal with harmful pathogens (viruses, bacteria) and toxins
  • Stem cell availability to help with repair of key organs in case of damage
  • Preserving DNA sanctity and reduction in loss of fidelity and function in newer cells
  • Presence of the beneficial bacterial species in our gut (gut microbiome)
  • Ensuring the right levels of circulatory system capability (angiogenesis)

Every day we make choices – some bad and some good. However, over the years when we keep making bad choices, we end up challenging our body’s ability in ensuring good health. While the body does its best to ensure issues are resolved, over the years these issues pile up and affect our three vital functions which in turn manifest as various lifestyle conditions:

1. Imbalance in the Metabolic Processes

Over time, due to the wrong food choices we made, we start producing more glucose than we require. Glucose production is directly linked to what we eat and the extent of stress we face. Our body starts producing more and more insulin – the glucose regulator, to take care of the excess glucose. A constant excess production of insulin in the body leads to a decrease in sensitivity towards insulin. This condition is called “Insulin Resistance (IR)”.

Insulin Resistance(IR) leads to the creation of a vicious cycle, where, to compensate for the loss in sensitivity, the body produces more insulin thereby further decreasing its efficiency in glucose regulation. Over time, this leads to a conversion of the extra glucose into fat which drives obesity. Another major factor in developing IR is the lack of adequate physical activity. Having more muscle mass helps in the absorption of excess glucose and hence arrests development of IR.

Our liver does the bulk of heavy lifting in processing the food we ingest and converting the extra glucose to fats. With more glucose getting converted to fats, the liver starts accumulating some of this fat and this leads to excess fat depositions in the liver. This condition is called ‘Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease’.

A combination of reduced flexibility of our vasculature and factors that increase the blood volume drives onset of high blood pressure. This gets impacted by obesity and in turn has an impact on cardio-vascular disease. Lack of adequate physical activity also impacts this condition.

Our lifestyle choices also lead to increases in the small/dense LDL & triglycerides, while the protective HDL in our blood reduces. In addition, lack of appropriate nutrients in our diet, results in increasing inflammation in the body by the reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS are byproducts of our energy production cycle which react with the small/dense LDL and lead to arterial plaque. This over time increases our cardio-vascular risks.

While all this is happening our blood sugar could still be in control, but the metabolic imbalance would have already started. As this continues, the IR worsens, and our pancreas maxes out on the amount of Insulin it can produce. This is when we eventually get diagnosed with pre-diabetes or diabetes due to the rising blood sugar levels.

Higher insulin resistance also impacts cleansing of the metabolic by-products – beta amyloid and tau protein in the brain. Over time, it impacts the nutrition of our neurons and leads to decline in our cognitive capabilities and could develop into Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Lack of adequate and quality sleep also impacts the cleansing of metabolic waste from our bodies.

Metabolic & hormonal imbalances including insulin resistance are also at play in the onset of PCOS.

2. Reduced Cellular Health & Function

Our cellular health and function depend a lot on the right mix of nutrients we consume. In the absence of the right nutrient mix, various building blocks of the cell and the human body do not function properly.

Our cell and mitochondrial membranes play a critical role in cellular health and function. These are bi-lipid membranes made of fat. In the absence of the right quantity and quality of fats and other nutrients, the membranes do not form properly and hence do not function at optimum levels.

Our DNA, genome and epigenome also play a critical role. In the absence of the right nutrients, as cells replicate, there is a loss in the fidelity and function of the epigenome. This eventually leads to an increased risk of losing the genome sanctity, giving rise to mutations, and hence to higher susceptibility to disease.

Our cellular health also has an indirect role in impacting our metabolism.

 3. Weakened Body Defense Mechanisms

Our immune system which forms the core of our defense mechanism, comprises various defense departments such as Macrophages, Natural Killer Cells, T Cells etc. It is critical in ensuring our body can fight against dangerous pathogens while also dealing with damaging toxins. It is imperative that we develop, nurture and maintain a high level of immunity to protect us against diseases and maintain good health. Lack of adequate nutrients impacts our immunity.

Stem cells play a critical role in re-building of the various cellular components. Without the right nutrition, our ability to maintain and nurture stem cells is compromised. This reduces our ability to fight diseases and repair damages.

Our body is a host to trillions of good bacteria. Most of these reside in our gut. The presence of the right diversity and density of gut bacteria plays a significant role in the quality of our metabolism and in ensuring a good emotional balance. However, without the right nutrients and with exposure to harmful toxins (includes antibiotics), this balance in our gut microbiome gets impacted, thereby affecting our metabolism.

Lifestyle Diseases are conditions that manifest because of the wrong lifestyle choices we have made and sustained over a period of our lifetime. Lifestyle diseases are not pathogen (virus/bacteria) caused or driven. Examples of lifestyle diseases are Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, PCOS, Hypertension, Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, etc.

Lifestyle disorders thrive in an environment created by choices we have made about how we live our life daily – what we eat, when we eat, whether we align our daily activities to our body’s internal clocks (circadian rhythm), the physical activity and exercise we do, the stress we undergo, the quality of our sleep, etc. So even though heredity might be a small factor, it is not the primary root cause.

The root causes could be one or a combination of causes. A few common ones would be imbalanced and inadequate nutritional diet, a sedentary lifestyle, disrupted sleep quality, even constant stress. Misalignment with the body’s circadian rhythm, toxin exposure from processed food, constant pollution exposure, bad quality farm produce and basically every wrong choice that we make in our daily life, create an environment that over time leads us to the three root causes of lifestyle condition –

  • METABOLIC IMBALANCE

  • WEAKENED BODY DEFENSE MECHANISMS

  • LACK OF CELLULAR HEALTH

Our body likes to be in a state of equilibrium, ensuring good health, called Homeostasis. Our central nervous system (Brain and Spine) constantly gets inputs from different parts of the body and responds with direction on the right action to take.

BALANCED METABOLIC
PROCESSES

  • Maintenance of blood sugar levels at the appropriate levels (counterbalance between insulin & glucagon)
  • Regulating how much we eat to ensure we only consume adequate levels of food (leptin feedback loop)
  • Cleansing the metabolic by-products that impact health, if present (arterial plaque, beta amyloid deposits in the brain)
  • Well-functioning Thyroid gland that plays a role in optimum metabolism

OPTIMUM CELLULAR HEALTH
& FUNCTION

  • Healthy cellular membranes (membranes of the cell, nucleus, & mitochondria)
  • Optimizing for Mitochondrial health & function (energy generation process)
  • Controlling chronic inflammation and managing oxidative stress (Reactive Oxygen Species caused damage)
  • Recycling old/weak cells and generation of new cells (autophagy)
  • Measuring cellular function/efficiency and if function is reducing beyond an extent, invoking cell suicide (apoptosis)

STRONG DEFENCE
CAPABILITY

  • Efficient & effective immune system that helps the body deal with harmful pathogens (viruses, bacteria) and toxins
  • Stem cell availability to help with repair of key organs in case of damage
  • Preserving DNA sanctity and reduction in loss of fidelity and function in newer cells
  • Presence of the beneficial bacterial species in our gut (gut microbiome)
  • Ensuring the right levels of circulatory system capability (angiogenesis)

Every day we make choices – some bad and some good. However, over the years when we keep making bad choices, we end up challenging our body’s ability in ensuring good health. While the body does its best to ensure issues are resolved, over the years these issues pile up and affect our three vital functions which in turn manifest as various lifestyle conditions:

1. Imbalance in the Metabolic Processes

Over time, due to the wrong food choices we made, we start producing more glucose than we require. Glucose production is directly linked to what we eat and the extent of stress we face. Our body starts producing more and more insulin – the glucose regulator, to take care of the excess glucose. A constant excess production of insulin in the body leads to a decrease in sensitivity towards insulin. This condition is called “Insulin Resistance (IR)”.

Insulin Resistance(IR) leads to the creation of a vicious cycle, where, to compensate for the loss in sensitivity, the body produces more insulin thereby further decreasing its efficiency in glucose regulation. Over time, this leads to a conversion of the extra glucose into fat which drives obesity. Another major factor in developing IR is the lack of adequate physical activity. Having more muscle mass helps in the absorption of excess glucose and hence arrests development of IR.

Our liver does the bulk of heavy lifting in processing the food we ingest and converting the extra glucose to fats. With more glucose getting converted to fats, the liver starts accumulating some of this fat and this leads to excess fat depositions in the liver. This condition is called ‘Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease’.

A combination of reduced flexibility of our vasculature and factors that increase the blood volume drives onset of high blood pressure. This gets impacted by obesity and in turn has an impact on cardio-vascular disease. Lack of adequate physical activity also impacts this condition.

Our lifestyle choices also lead to increases in the small/dense LDL & triglycerides, while the protective HDL in our blood reduces. In addition, lack of appropriate nutrients in our diet, results in increasing inflammation in the body by the reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS are byproducts of our energy production cycle which react with the small/dense LDL and lead to arterial plaque. This over time increases our cardio-vascular risks.

While all this is happening our blood sugar could still be in control, but the metabolic imbalance would have already started. As this continues, the IR worsens, and our pancreas maxes out on the amount of Insulin it can produce. This is when we eventually get diagnosed with pre-diabetes or diabetes due to the rising blood sugar levels.

Higher insulin resistance also impacts cleansing of the metabolic by-products – beta amyloid and tau protein in the brain. Over time, it impacts the nutrition of our neurons and leads to decline in our cognitive capabilities and could develop into Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Lack of adequate and quality sleep also impacts the cleansing of metabolic waste from our bodies.

Metabolic & hormonal imbalances including insulin resistance are also at play in the onset of PCOS.

2. Reduced Cellular Health & Function

Our cellular health and function depend a lot on the right mix of nutrients we consume. In the absence of the right nutrient mix, various building blocks of the cell and the human body do not function properly.

Our cell and mitochondrial membranes play a critical role in cellular health and function. These are bi-lipid membranes made of fat. In the absence of the right quantity and quality of fats and other nutrients, the membranes do not form properly and hence do not function at optimum levels.

Our DNA, genome and epigenome also play a critical role. In the absence of the right nutrients, as cells replicate, there is a loss in the fidelity and function of the epigenome. This eventually leads to an increased risk of losing the genome sanctity, giving rise to mutations, and hence to higher susceptibility to disease.

Our cellular health also has an indirect role in impacting our metabolism.

 3. Weakened Body Defense Mechanisms

Our immune system which forms the core of our defense mechanism, comprises various defense departments such as Macrophages, Natural Killer Cells, T Cells etc. It is critical in ensuring our body can fight against dangerous pathogens while also dealing with damaging toxins. It is imperative that we develop, nurture and maintain a high level of immunity to protect us against diseases and maintain good health. Lack of adequate nutrients impacts our immunity.

Stem cells play a critical role in re-building of the various cellular components. Without the right nutrition, our ability to maintain and nurture stem cells is compromised. This reduces our ability to fight diseases and repair damages.

Our body is a host to trillions of good bacteria. Most of these reside in our gut. The presence of the right diversity and density of gut bacteria plays a significant role in the quality of our metabolism and in ensuring a good emotional balance. However, without the right nutrients and with exposure to harmful toxins (includes antibiotics), this balance in our gut microbiome gets impacted, thereby affecting our metabolism.

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