# 164. SXSW Panel: How To Actually Take Control Of Your Health In 2026 and Beyond

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Podcast: [Extend Podcast with Darshan Shah, MD](https://stenobird.com/podcast/extend-podcast-with-darshan-shah-md-7064213)
Published: 2026-05-14T11:57:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3341

## Resource

A lot of us are doing everything we can to stay healthy, taking supplements, wearing trackers, getting our labs done, and still ending up sick. And if you are like most people, you probably thought that was on you, that you were not disciplined enough, not consistent enough, or simply not doing the right things, but that is not the case. The system we have been relying on was never designed to keep us well in the first place, and expecting the Western medical system to manage your long term health is like expecting a fire department to landscape your garden. We dive deeper into this in the Extend with Steve Martocci, Pranitha Patil, and John Sullivan. We also chat about why 30% of people have dangerously high blood pressure and have no idea, why four out of six top selling creatine products on Amazon contain zero creatine, and why doctors receive zero training on supplements in medical school yet are expected to advise patients on them every single day. Steve Martocci is the founder of SuppCo, a platform that has catalogued over 300,000 supplement products and built the industry's first independent trust scoring system. Pranitha Patil is the co-founder and Chief Business Officer of Function Health, which offers comprehensive lab testing across hundreds of biomarkers for $365 a year. John Sullivan is a senior leader at Whoop, the performance wearable that introduced medically cleared continuous health monitoring to everyday consumers. If there is any panel qualified to tell you the truth about what it actually takes to stay healthy in 2026, it is this one. What's Discussed: (13:12) The supplement industry's trust problem and why four out of six top selling creatine products on Amazon contain zero creatine. (20:17) How to build your own N-of-1 health roadmap using lab wo…

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