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Re:Launch HN: Nutrigene (YC W18) – Tailor-made liquid supple... by diN0bot on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:07PM (#16424212)
vancanwin, this is a cool premium service and product. i would be more inclined to pay the premium price if the first step was getting blood/bone/gut work done. ordering the elixir based on a 10-second form didn't seem much better than me buying recommended vitamins at the store. it's not very custom is it!

it is the data about myself that i really struggle with.

i have health insurance and a doctor, but i don't know what tests to have done or what to do with that information afterwards. i don't even know if i can have these tests done simply by asking?!

does my blood show a deficiency in some vitamin or mineral? do i need to take calcium? is my gut doing great things for my mind and body?

i would pay premium price to figure out the above questions, and would be more likely to pay for a truly customized treatment.

ps - it's a lot of trust required to enter in birthday and personal information for a form. whereas i'd happily take a test with my doctor and then pay for a consultation with a certified medical specialist who puts my results in context of a solution - perhaps needing my weight and age and gender to do that. i it's hard to have that kind of trust with a new startup. in fact it made me trust y'all less to have to enter that info up front just to buy a standard mix of vitamins...

Re:Launch HN: Nutrigene (YC W18) – Tailor-made liquid supple... by minfitzgerald on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @05:30PM (#16424855)
Thanks for the feedback, diNObot. You've provided us good feedback to include the communication of what's included in our new 3-month program that includes blood and other lab work on top of the genetics. All of your information is kept confidential to facilitate this customized program.
Re:Launch HN: Nutrigene (YC W18) – Tailor-made liquid supple... by acct1771 on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:52AM (#16428248)
If you're a customer sending anything besides mailed cash or cryptocurrencies for any private service, it has the potential to not be private one day.