Dr. Ronald Primas goes to bed at 1 a.m. and calls himself a longevity physician. He ticks all the longevity boxes he can. Except the one about sleep. That box remains unticked.
The man sells concierge health services. Personalized wellness plans for people with disposable income. His pitch relies on optimizing every variable. His bedtime suggests he skipped the chapter on circadian rhythm.
Every longevity expert preaches sleep like it's the foundation of human survival. Eight hours minimum. Darkness by 10 p.m. Melatonin production. REM cycles. The whole tired sermon. Primas heard the sermon. He ignored it. He's up until 1 a.m. doing God knows what. Probably building spreadsheets about his VO2 max.
This is the guy charging clients to optimize their health spans. He's out here writing protocols while running a sleep deficit that would make a medical resident weep. The irony is so thick you could prescribe it as a supplement.
His own wellness practices are apparently good enough to market. Just not good enough to include adequate sleep. The most studied, most agreed-upon, most boring longevity intervention in existence. He skipped it. Ticked every other box though. Really committed to the brand.
Somewhere a retail trader just paid five figures for a personalized longevity plan. The plan includes a detailed sleep schedule. The doctor who wrote it will read it at midnight.
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