THE FAD Score is a synthesis, not an invention. Here's an honest overview of the fields and public figures whose work shaped our thinking — with links to go deeper yourself.
These are general summaries of publicly known work and focus areas — not quotes, endorsements, or claims that any named individual has reviewed or endorsed THE FAD. Always check primary sources and talk to a clinician before changing your diet, alcohol intake, exercise or medication.
Host of the Huberman Lab podcast, known for translating research on sleep, light exposure, and stress physiology into daily protocols — themes that map closely onto THE FAD's sleep and stress pillars.
Publicly tracks dozens of his own biomarkers, including inflammatory panels, in an effort to slow biological aging — a highly visible, individual example of lifestyle-driven inflammation tracking at the extreme end.
Author and podcaster focused on healthspan, exercise physiology and metabolic health, frequently discussing chronic inflammation as a driver of age-related disease.
Researcher and author whose work popularised the links between sleep duration, sleep quality and immune and metabolic function — core to THE FAD's sleep scoring.
Known for research on time-restricted eating and circadian rhythms, and their relationship to metabolic and inflammatory health — informing THE FAD's meal-timing signal.
Widely known for public work on sugar, processed food and metabolic disease, a throughline in THE FAD's food-scoring approach.
The study of how specific foods and eating patterns — sugar, refined seed oils, ultra-processed ingredients, fibre, omega-3 fats — interact with the immune system.
Research linking sleep duration, quality and consistency to markers of systemic inflammation and next-day recovery.
The dual nature of exercise: appropriately dosed movement lowers chronic inflammation, while overtraining without recovery can raise it.
The study of how chronic psychological stress influences immune signalling — the basis for THE FAD's stress and lifestyle pillar.
Research on how alcohol quantity, frequency and timing affect sleep architecture, gut permeability and next-day inflammatory markers.
Clinical measures such as hs-CRP (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein) that quantify inflammation directly — the gold standard THE FAD Score aims to approximate from lifestyle data alone.
As THE FAD's scoring model is validated against real biomarker data, we'll publish our methodology and sources here in full.
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