The idea of turning back time and slowing the aging process may no longer be a Fountain of Youth myth.
On Sept. 11, Energy4Life Centers in Park City will partner with No False Summit, a networking organization of men, founded by Ashley Heather, which works to better the community and enhance the lives of its members, for the first Mountain Town Biohacking Challenge.
The event is designed to create an awareness of longevity and through the use of new technology and tools, as well as give participants tips and choices that will prolong their lives, said Dr. Greg Eckel, Energy4Life Centers’ chief energy officer.
“We have some fun festivities planned to take place in the parking lot, as well as in the center as well,” he said. “We empower you to get the data and track the results, make a plan and have accountability.”
The event, which is about creating a movement from the mountainous regions in the United States, will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the center, 1755 Prospector Ave #100, and session sign ups are open now at nofalsesummit.com/biohacking2024, according to Eckel.
“We recruited Vail this year, and we’re looking to get Jackson (Wyoming) and Aspen to do this in the following year,” he said. “Our communities are really health focused, and we want to help people in measuring and becoming aware of what’s possible these days.”
The Biohacking Challenge will feature insight and techniques of regenerative medicine and ways to recharge the body battery, which used to be the thought of as science fiction, Eckel said.
“We are planning programs throughout the day that center on three different scenarios,” he said.
The first will include measuring biometrics, such as grip strength, as well as measuring weight and the circumference of people’s waists, Eckels said.
“There is a lot of evidence that supports grip strength in measuring your longevity,” he said. “Then we will look at your weight and the circumference of your waist because the waist-to-hip ratio is another measurement for longevity and health.”
The next level scenario will be the PNOE test and the VO2max, which, according to Eckel, are the best indicators for longevity.
“These measures carbon dioxide-to-oxygen ratios that can give us a lot of information about your metabolic health,” he said. “It’s a 10-minute test. You put a device over your mouth and nose, and we measure the carbon-dioxide coming out of your body. We can then get recommendations for the best exercise plan for you or if you’re at issue for metabolic syndrome, which is a big killer in the United States.”
The test also reveals a person’s biological age, Eckel said.
“That’s about how old your cells think they are, rather than how many times you’ve been around the sun,” he said.
The third level up is for “Biohacker Extraordinaires,” Eckel said.
“We have a DEXA scan that measures your bone health, and we’ll look at your muscle-to-fat-to-bone ratio,” he said. “We’ll also add in a CIMT test, which is a carotid intima-media thickness test that measures the thickness of your carotid artery wall. And that shows how old your vessels think they are.”
Combining all of these tests will give people a reference point, said Kitty Stoneburner, Energy4Life co-founder.
“Information is power,” she said. “Everyone is now empowered to change their health trajectory and no longer assume there is nothing that can be done.”
Energy4Life Centers is a culmination of Eckel’s and Stoneburner’s life’s work.
“I’m out of Portland, Oregon, where I’m a naturopathic physician and Chinese medicine practitioner, and we have an integrative center here with Nichole Dreyer, who is our acupuncturist, and Lindsay Wocjiechowski, who is our functional nurse practitioner and Ken Wolkoff, our medical director and doctor on staff,” Eckel said. “The whole concept is a longevity center, and the functional medicine clinic — anything from bioidentical hormones through regenerative stem-cell therapeutics — for Park City.”
The focus of the center is the future of medicine, which is “frequency, sound and light, and brain health,” according to Eckel.
“My passion and expertise is regenerative medicine for the brain, in particular Parkinson’s disease,” said Eckel, who published the 2020 book “Shake If Off: An Integrative Approach to Parkinson’s Solutions.” “I have a second book coming out called ‘The Parkinson’s Miracle,’ which details two cases of Parkinson’s patients who no longer have the disease. We’re getting ready to publish that in the medical journals, and we’re excited to get that word out.”
Energy4Life Centers also works with patients who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia, traumatic brain injuries and other neuro-degenerative conditions.
“It dawned on me that if we’re able to reverse these pathologies, we can put this into a longevity play,” Eckel said. “So I, selfishly, put together a 6,000 square-foot facility for my one longevity that would offer therapies that I know are moving the needle for real people clinically today.”
Energy4Life Centers is Park City’s best-kept secret, Eckel said.
“So, we figured that we would create a Mountain Town Challenge,” he said. “That way we can start a little healthy competition that everybody does well with.”
Mountain Town Biohacking Challenge
- When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 11
- Where: Energy4Life Centers, 1755 Prospector Ave #100
- Registration: nofalsesummit.com/biohacking2024
- Web: energy4lifecenters.com and nofalsesummit.com