Measure before you believe
The MicroBiome Run will show you how proper exercise, food, quality sleep and the right set of bacteria can turn someone even into an ultra-runner. But you should not take that on trust. The programme is built so that every claim in it is something you can check on yourself.
What to measure, and why
Resting heart rate and heart-rate variability tell you whether the load you are putting on the system is being absorbed or accumulating. A rising resting heart rate over several days almost always precedes the subjective feeling of being run down.
Fasting glucose, fasting insulin and the HOMA-IR derived from them describe where your carbohydrate metabolism stands. These are the numbers that move first when the fat-burning engine starts working again — usually well before the scale does.
Waist circumference is a better everyday marker than body weight. Weight fluctuates with water and glycogen; waist circumference tracks the visceral fat that actually matters metabolically.
Zone 2 pace at a fixed heart rate is the single most informative training metric in this programme. If the same heart rate carries you faster month by month, the mitochondria are responding. If it does not, the intensity is wrong.
The three-month checkpoint
Metabolic change is slow and non-linear. Give the system twelve weeks before you judge it, and compare against your own baseline — not against someone else's numbers. The point of measuring is not to grade yourself; it is to find out whether the intensity you chose is the intensity your body can actually use.
Where the capsule fits
The UltraBiome capsule is not the starting point. It is administered once the recipient's body has been prepared to receive the bacterial matrix, and only if every medical eligibility criterion of the programme is met. Everything on this page is what 'prepared' means in practice.
2026-08-04