Mendel Jacobs MD

◆ Vital8 heart health assessment

Your heart health, in one honest number.

Eight evidence-based levers. A clearer picture of your heart health, with practical next steps and an educational AI coach.

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82/ 100
High cardiovascular health

Top-tier foundation. Biggest opportunity: sleep consistency.

Nutrition
85
Activity
90
Nicotine
100
Sleep
55
Body size
80
Cholesterol
90
Blood sugar
100
Blood pressure
75

How it works

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Focus where it matters most.

Vital8 brings eight evidence-based areas of cardiovascular health into one clear assessment. Enter what you know across nutrition, activity, nicotine exposure, sleep, body size, cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure. Complete at least five areas for a partial score; all eight provide the fullest picture.

Your score is a starting point for action. Vital8 shows what is already supporting your health, identifies the areas with the greatest opportunity for improvement, and helps you understand how those areas work together. The goal is to help you focus your time and effort where it may have the greatest practical return for your long-term health.

Diet uses a 16-item Mediterranean Eating Pattern Questionnaire. Optional fitness and biomarker lenses add context without changing your base score. For the American Heart Association scoring framework, use the separate Life’s Essential 8 calculator.

Vital8 provides educational guidance, not a diagnosis, treatment plan, emergency service, or validated prediction of cardiovascular events.

Your assessment

Eight levers. One foundation.

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Daily fuel

Use the same Mediterranean Eating Pattern Questionnaire as the LE8 calculator. All 16 answers are needed to score diet.

Answer the diet questionnaire 0/16 answered
1. Olive oil

How much olive oil do you typically use each day, including cooking, salad dressing, or drizzling on food?

1 serving = 1 tablespoon · Target: 2 or more tablespoons per day
2. Leafy green vegetables

How often do you eat leafy green vegetables such as spinach, kale, romaine, arugula, or collard greens?

1 serving = 1 cup raw or 1/2 cup cooked · Target: 7 or more servings per week
3. Other vegetables

How many servings of vegetables other than leafy greens do you typically eat each day?

1 serving = about 1/2 cup · Target: 2 or more servings per day
4. Berries

How often do you eat berries, such as blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, or blackberries?

1 serving = about 1/2 cup · Target: 2 or more servings per week
5. Other fruit

Not counting berries, how often do you eat fruit such as apples, oranges, bananas, pears, peaches, or melon?

1 serving = about 1/2 cup · Target: 1 or more servings per day
6. Red and processed meat

How often do you eat red or processed meats such as beef, hamburgers, steak, bacon, hot dogs, or sausage?

1 serving is roughly 3 ounces · Target: 3 or fewer servings per week
7. Fish

How often do you eat fish or seafood?

1 serving is roughly 3-4 ounces · Target: 1 or more servings per week
8. Chicken and poultry

How often do you eat chicken, turkey, or other poultry?

1 serving is roughly 3-4 ounces · Target: 5 or fewer servings per week
9. Full-fat cheese

How often do you eat full-fat cheese or cream cheese?

· Target: 4 or fewer servings per week
10. Butter and cream

How often do you have butter or cream, including when added to foods or drinks?

· Target: 5 or fewer servings per week
11. Beans and legumes

How often do you eat beans or legumes such as lentils, chickpeas, black beans, kidney beans, or peas?

· Target: 3 or more servings per week
12. Whole grains

How many servings of whole grains do you typically eat each day? Think oatmeal, whole-grain bread, brown rice, quinoa, barley, or other whole grains.

· Target: 3 or more servings per day
13. Sweets and pastries

How often do you eat commercially made sweets or baked goods such as cookies, cake, pastries, or donuts?

· Target: 4 or fewer servings per week
14. Nuts

How often do you eat nuts such as almonds, walnuts, pistachios, peanuts, or pecans?

· Target: 4 or more servings per week
15. Fast food

How often do you typically eat a meal from a fast-food restaurant?

1 meal = one fast-food occasion · Target: 1 or fewer meals per week
16. Alcohol

On average, how many alcoholic drinks do you have?

1 standard drink · Target: Men: more than 0 and up to 2 drinks per day. Women: more than 0 and up to 1 drink per day.

MEPA —/16 → diet score —/100. The alcohol scoring item is not a recommendation to start drinking.

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Movement

Enter usual weekly minutes. Enter 0 when none.

Moderate-equivalent minutes = moderate + 2 × vigorous.

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Nicotine

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Sleep rhythm

Think about your usual sleep, rather than one unusual night.

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Body size

BMI —. An imperfect screening measure, not a measure of body composition.

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Cholesterol particles

Non-HDL = total cholesterol − HDL.

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Blood sugar

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Blood pressure

Beyond the foundation

Optional advanced lenses.

These are conceptual Vital8 models, not validated clinical risk predictions. Your base score stays separate.

Cardiorespiratory fitness

Inflammation and inherited cholesterol

Your prevention companion

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