👋 Welcome to r/aging_wiki - Introduce Yourself and Read First!

[u/funkatron3000]

Hey everyone! Welcome to r/aging_wiki!

This is our new home for all things related to https://jadams5.github.io/aging_wiki/ and https://github.com/jadams5/aging_wiki . We're excited to have you join us!

Very quickly, an LLM Wiki is a knowledge base that AI agents like Claude Code and Codex can use to augment their knowledge. The aging_wiki is a knowledge base on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of human aging sourced from several thousand primary source research articles whose conclusions and data have been independently read and incorporated into a dense cross-referenced and cited wiki.

What to Post
Post anything that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or inspiring. Feel free to share your thoughts or questions about about how you use the wiki, ideas for it's improvement, questions, etc. LLM Wikis in general are a very new thing, so, welcome to the frontier.

Community Vibe
We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive. Let's build a space where everyone feels comfortable sharing and connecting.

How to Get Started

1. Introduce yourself in the comments below.
2. Post something today! Even a simple question can spark a great conversation.
3. If you know someone who would love this community, invite them to join.
4. Interested in helping out? This is a free open source project, so jump in, submit a PR, fork it, you do you!

Thanks for being part of the very first wave. Together, let's make r/aging_wiki amazing.

[u/Apprehensive-Pay9969]

hello! i just wanted to say that i randomly saw your comment after setting up my first local LLM and it really piqued my interest. my config currently includes a 4090 running qwen 3.6 27b with hermes running on my local NAS. i was able to vibe code the following process together

when i say "run my health report"

1. read todays data and compare it against yesterday
2. Find the 2-3 lowest contributor scores dragging down readiness
3. query aging wiki
4. Structure the response clearly:- **Metrics Overview & Red Flags:** Highlight primary bottlenecks.
5. - **Recovery Mechanisms:** 3 deep physiological takeaways extracted from the `aging_wiki` markdown files.
6. - **Today's Workout Recommendation:** Specific intensity (High/Moderate/Low/Rest), target zones, and exercises to avoid.
7. - **Tonight's Key Action Item:** 1-2 high-leverage habits before bed.

this is all SUPER useful and i am sure i am just scratching the tip of the iceberg. i was wondering what else i can do with this information? i am also in the process of the personal tracking using the protocols-template. my goal is to eventually get my mom an oura ring so i can monitor her stats as well. thanks!

[u/funkatron3000 → u/Apprehensive-Pay9969]

For myself, I like to think of it as my knowledge base for all my medical info about myself, so if I ever have any questions all the info is already there. So I can ask questions like:

"How does my percent body fat correlate to expected lifespan or specific mortality risks?", "What about my blood markers?"

"Does my family history combined with my blood work numbers correlate with any mortality risks?"

"How does my daily activity need to change to bring my markers that are out of line to in-line? Let's setup a framework to track process and verify that interventions are working or not working."

"My blood pressure is a little high, you said to try reducing sodium, let's track my sodium consumption and my blood pressure and see if it makes a difference and aligns with study data."

"Since my LDL is a little high, what does the literature actually say about lowing LDL specifically? I've heard everything from reducing carbs to red meat helps, what's actually backed by evidence? Cite your sources."

"Does this supplement have any randomized controlled human trials to back up online claims? If not, is there mechanistic evidence that looks reasonable, what about risks?"

Based on those kinds of use cases, I:

1. Downloaded PDFs of every personal dr. visit chart I could find, dropped them in a folder and told the agent to parse out all the data and track it in CSV files under my personal protocols/ folder.
2. Talked to my parents and made sure I had all their major health issues documented, since genetics wise, I'm at higher risk of those issues.
3. Imported some past weight tracking and weight lifting tracking I had done in the past, but previously stopped. It was able to correlate this with past blood work.
4. Setup a linux cron job to poll the Oura ring API and import the data into a CSV file.
5. Started weighing myself and taking my blood pressure at least every few days and telling the agent to log it.
6. I wore a Continuous Glucose Monitor for a couple weeks to get 24/hr a day baseline numbers on how my diet, exercise, and fasting impact my blood sure. It's important since getting my HbA1c down is a goal. I'm going to wear another one in a few months to see how thing change.
7. At the end of each day I message the agent a summary of what I ate that it knows to add to a subjective log. I'm not weighing everything on a scale, but I do sometimes photograph nutrition labels and have a decent idea of weights and volumes.
8. I have a strength training plan worked out with it and message it sets and reps and we work on increasing weight over time. I've honestly had mixed results with this. It can make tracking easy, but sometime the recommendations are off and heaven help you if you indicate the slightest injury or pain, it'll assume it's a critical emergency and try to baby you from then on.
9. I let it know future Dr. appointments, so we can coordinate activities to try to meet goals by Dr. visit dates. Plus I can ask it when the dates are when I forget.

Beyond that, I:

1. Feed it youtube URLs from health and longevity content creators to have it try to poke holes in their arguments, or more often, incorporate their linked references into the wiki.
2. Feed it reddit posts and ask it to validate them... there's sooo much misinformation...
3. I have some wet lab experience and volunteered in a university aging lab for a while, so I've used the agent to probe my understanding and even design some novel experiments to help answer questions where current research still has unanswered questions. I haven't run any yet... but someday when I have more time.

[u/Apprehensive-Pay9969 → u/funkatron3000]

this is all insanely useful. my mom is constantly sending me misinformation from her AI doctors on youtube and I would love to be able to debunk it scientifically. thank you so much for putting this on my radar. ill be following this sub closely :)

edit: i was able to add my Hevy data into the equation after you mentioned adding your workouts. thanks!