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Methods & Science

5 topics from the guide built into BioHack Track, published in full.

How “In Your System” is calculated

The active-levels chart estimates how much of each compound is still in your system using its half-life and exponential decay, based only on doses you've actually logged. It doesn't project unlogged future doses, so the line reflects reality, not a plan. Every library compound has a half-life value; IU-dosed compounds are shown approximately.

How Biological Age is computed

BioHack Track uses the peer-reviewed Levine PhenoAge (2018) formula, which combines nine blood markers (albumin, creatinine, glucose, hs-CRP, lymphocyte %, MCV, RDW, alkaline phosphatase, WBC) with your chronological age. The app resolves marker-name variations and unit conversions automatically and groups results into “draws.” If a draw is missing any of the nine markers, it's skipped rather than guessed.

How the syringe draw is calculated

From your reconstitution. If a vial holds 5 mg and you add 2 mL of bacteriostatic water, the concentration is 2.5 mg/mL. A 250 mcg dose is 0.25 mg ÷ 2.5 mg/mL = 0.1 mL.

Insulin syringes are marked in units, not mL, and a U-100 syringe has 100 units per mL — so 0.1 mL = 10 units, which is what the app shows and draws.

IU-based vials (HGH, hCG) use the same arithmetic in IU, and mg and IU are never silently converted into one another — they're different kinds of measurement and the app keeps them apart.

Always sanity-check the draw against the syringe in your hand before injecting.

How cost-per-dose is figured

Each dose's cost is derived live from the linked vial's price and how you reconstituted it — so as vial costs change, your per-dose and per-cycle numbers update. The Financial Report rolls these up across protocols.

Inventory also shows a cost per unit of compound so you can compare vendors honestly, whatever size vial they sell. That unit follows what the vial is actually measured in: per mg for a normal vial, per IU for an activity-dosed one (HGH, hCG), and per unit for pills or capsules. Vendors are ranked within the same compound, so you're always comparing like with like.

How reminders work

Dose reminders, phase-transition alerts, reorder alerts, lab-retest reminders, and progress-photo nudges are all local notifications scheduled on your device — no server involved. Dose reminders include ✓ Taken and Snooze buttons right on the notification. Manage them in Settings → Notifications.