Health hackers are using genetic testing to better understand their biology, in the hopes of using smart drugs to fill the gaps and weak spots left by nature. In the pursuit of self-optimisation, people are creatively layering scientific advances to reach peak human.

Nootropics, or ‘smart drugs’, are cognition-enhancing, low-toxicity supplements that enable people to give their brains a short-term boost. Nootrobox is among the brands championing this form of bio-hacking, encouraging people to better themselves one capsule or ‘coffee cube’ at a time.

You might be used to a dash of milk or a lump of sugar in your morning coffee, but how about some butter and MCT oils? Drinking Bulletproof Coffee is touted as a way to kick-start the brain and stimulate weight loss, but are these claims legitimate or just the unfounded boasts of another fad drink?

How is technology changing people’s approach to wellbeing? What will be the role of doctors in the future? And how is medicine being personalised? In this part of the 2018 Expert Outlook series, we speak to three experts about the ways in which our relationship with health will evolve.