So What?
So What?
Let’s start with two givens:
Concentrations of CH₄, H₂, and H₂S in breath are markers of gut microbiome activity.
Aeriscope can provide reliable, real‑time readings of those gases.
These two points matter. The first is well‑supported by research — though people debate how much these gases can tell you. Fair enough. But we think a lot of that debate exists because point #2 hasn’t been true. If you can’t measure something reliably, of course you’ll question its usefulness.
So for this thought experiment, let’s assume #2 is true — or at least true enough to explore what becomes possible.
If you had a reliable stream of data, what good is it?
What do you do with that data? You experiment.
We’re running our own experiments, but we expect the world to do far more — and far more creatively — than we ever could. Aeriscope provides a signal. We have ideas about what that signal might reveal, but the real breakthroughs will come from people using the tool in ways we haven’t imagined.
Aeriscope isn’t an answer. It’s an instrument.
How you use it is the interesting part.
Step one: get a clean signal
If the device says: H₂ = 546; H₂S = 0; CH₄ = 327; what does that mean? Nothing. Not yet.
But if H₂ was 400 a couple hours ago before lunch, now you know something changed. Do that repeatedly — before meals, after meals, during workouts, on quiet days, on chaotic days — and patterns start to emerge.
The numbers start to mean something. Not universally. Not clinically. But to you.
Patterns are personal
Maybe your pants get tight when you feel bloated. Over time, you notice that “tight pants” tends to happen around a certain H₂ range. If you’re near that number and rising, tomorrow might be a snug‑waistband day.
Maybe onions make you extra gassy (you’re in good company). Skip the French onion soup tonight and you might feel better tomorrow. Maybe you notice bananas tend to bring your H₂ down. Great — have a banana. Worst case, you ate a banana.
This is experimentation, but with feedback. Not guesses — signals. Make a change, see the effect, adjust again.
Our validation philosophy
How do we know we have a reliable signal? We rely on collecting lots of data points. Microbiomes vary from person to person — maybe a lot, maybe less than we think — but we treat everyone as unique.
Our goals:
Consistency: If you take a sample, wait 5 minutes, and take another under the same conditions, the readings should match within a margin of error.
Repeatability: Similar conditions → similar results.
Detectable change: Before‑and‑after differences should show up clearly and reliably.
Maybe the signal is coarse at first — “food affects gas.” Maybe over time it becomes more granular — carbs vs. fiber vs. timing vs. stress. We don’t know yet. That’s the fun part.
Signals get interesting when combined with other data
Breath gases alone tell part of the story. But paired with the data you already track — diet logs, workout intensity, sleep, timing, stress — things get interesting.
Diet patterns help you see how your microbiome responds to different foods. Workout intensity might correlate with H₂S shifts. H₂S has been associated in research with feelings like brain fog — so combining it with readiness scores from other apps could reveal personal patterns.
None of this is diagnostic. All of it is informational. And potentially useful.
You can’t manage what you can’t measure
We think we can measure. If we can, imagine what you’ll be able to manage.
Aeriscope gives you a signal. The rest is up to you.
