Jared Thurmon
Founder, The Flourishing Assessment · Age 44 · Adairsville, GA
Twenty years after a stomach bug in India, everything has changed.
How I went from running on fumes to firing on all cylinders, by measuring the root cause instead of guessing at it.
From Jared’s own labs and wearables
- 2006A stomach bug in India. The origin.
- 2016Started to recover: better habits, still guessing.
- 2024Got serious: WHOOP, Function Health, gut & DNA testing.
- 2026Back to myself. The data proved it.
Where I Started
It started with a stomach bug in India in 2006. I figured it would pass. It didn’t. For the next ten years I just pushed through: worked late, watched TV later, ate later still. I’d crawl into bed and wake up like I’d never slept. I grew up an athlete, and there I was, out of shape from sitting at a desk all day. My thinking lost its edge, my energy was gone, even my sexual endurance wasn’t what it used to be. I kept telling myself I was fine. I wasn’t.
What the Data Revealed
Around 2016 I started to recover. I cleaned up the lifestyle, chased better habits, felt a little better. But I was still guessing. It wasn’t until 2024 that I got serious and let the data lead: WHOOP on my wrist, full Function Health blood panels, gut testing, my whole genome sequenced. The story got obvious. My pancreas wasn’t making enough digestive enzymes (that India bug never fully left), my gut microbiome had collapsed, and quiet, body-wide inflammation had held my recovery flat for eighteen straight months. The gut was the root.
What I Changed
No guessing, only the levers the data pointed to. Digestive enzymes and more protein at every meal. Consistent sleep and wake times, every single day. Omega-3s dosed to my genetics, not a label. Strength training back in the rotation. Then I watched the numbers move, and for the first time in years, they moved the right way.
Where I Am Now
Within weeks of dialing it in, my recovery broke an 18-month plateau. My testosterone more than doubled, from a low of 348 to 744 with no medication. My resting heart rate dropped into the mid-40s, my inflammation fell off a cliff, and I sleep deep, think clearly, and I’m back in shape. It took ten years to start and ten more to finish. But twenty years after India, I feel like myself again.
“I stopped guessing and started measuring. That changed everything.”
The Method: the same one behind every Flourishing plan
- 01Measure where you’re starting: your life, your habits, the Flourishing Assessment
- 02Find the root cause, not the symptom
- 03Pull only the levers the data points to
- 04Re-measure, and adjust as you go
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Our personal health journey, shared to encourage yours. This is our story, not a promise of results, and not medical advice. Data from whole-genome sequencing, blood panels, gut testing, and WHOOP.