The Biohacking Expert: This is The Secret To A Long & Healthy Life

I couldn’t come to LA and not do an episode with a biohacker. Kayla Barnes Lentz is on a mission to live for as long as she can.

She’s dedicated her life to optimising her brain health, and works to a very specific schedule to do so. She even owns her own clinic that specialises in ‘longevity medicine’.

I’m so fascinated by people like Kayla, and to be totally honest, a little sceptical. But her advice on what we can take into our lives was really simple & accessible.

Ever since I started this podcast I wanted to gain new perspectives on what success looks like to a vast array of experts, and biohacking is an extremely male-dominated space, so it was be fascinating to hear Kayla’s perspective.

Disclaimer: This episode, including any experimental results presented, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice or professional services. The information provided should not be used for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease. Individuals seeking medical advice should consult with a licensed physician.

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CHAPTERS
0:00: Trailer
1:45: Working Hard or Hardly Working?
3:14: How she got into biohacking
7:07: Kayla’s Daily Routine
12:25: The most common issues she sees in her clinic
14:13 The basics of biohacking
23:03: How to fit it into your routine
26:00: The first thing to implement into your routine
27:50: Why biohacking is a male-dominated space
29:14: What the data shows on women’s routines
33:50: Why women need less exercise
35:25: Her workout schedule
37:20: The most important metrics to track
39:50: Insulin resistance
42:15: The truth about alcohol
48:00: The importance of sticking to routines
50:10: Her best piece of advice

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[katrina]

I love how she mentions basic, well-known things for health, but adds the scientific explanation & mindset. It really puts it in perspective of how each of those things help our bodies. <3

[lijpolau]

Overall, I really love your podcast, but this episode (and the one on manifesting) were disappointing for me and felt slightly problematic. In very general terms, I agree with what she is saying, sleep and move enough and eat “healthy” (quotations cause healthy is very bioindividual), those are the basics, and I am really happy that she is initiating research on women’s health. That is also kind of where I stopped agreeing, as with it came a lot of fearmongering about health and I think quite some misinformation as well;
- Saying to stay away from seed oils as they are not good for you (widely disproven by meta-analyses);
- Promoting to eat wild salmon (actually full of heavy metals);
- Go to bed the latest at 9.30 and wake up super early (very unrealistic for most people cause of work and social schedules, but also some people just function better in the evening (hello ADHD’ers 😊) and in the Netherlands it is still dark at 8 in the winter so why get up before that?);
- Saying ‘oatmeal with cranberries and a juice’ is fake healthy (not every meal has to be perfect and this meal is already quite healthy in general, add some peanut butter and you have all macronutrients);
- Promoting to use a bloodsugar monitor (it is normal that you have a bloodsugar spike after having a meal also if it is really “healthy” that is just how the body works). People that do not need a bloodsugar monitor for their actual illness, for example diabetes, also limit the stock of bloodsugar monitors for people that actually do need it to stay alive.
This is just to name a few things that really stood out to me, but there were more that I felt kind of the “ick” about. In general, we also know that sadly our health is very dependent on a lot of outside factors that we sometimes cannot change easily. For example, one might live next to a farm that sprays their crop with pesticides frequently, then you might be very healthy in terms of lifestyle but you can still develop alzheimer’s at an early age. The idea that we can control our health perfectly by our lifestyle choices might make people that try their best but still get sick feel like they just did not try hard enough (also the problem I had with the manifesting episode). Also putting so much focus on our health to be perfect (the basis of biohacking) that we need to control everything in our lives is in itself stressful, and can turn disordered (orthorexia). Lastly, I think it is also sad that people that are already very healthy and have no actual health concerns, take multiple MRI scans, do plasma cleaning and other medical diagnostics and treatments that they don’t really need, whilst actually ill people often have to wait long for those same medical interventions. After writing this very long comment, I just want to say that you cannot decide when you are going to die, just enjoy living and do not stress too much about it, you are doing great 😊(stressing too much about health is actually quite unhealthy ;p)

[CristinaSilva-lpds]

As a person with adhd who just listened to her routine …how do people have so much discipline to stick to all of that 😭🤣

[savannahcat]

I just love how diverse this podcast is!

[jessicarobinson]

I’ve very interested to see the feedback on this episode

[eb]

On the one hand I found this episode informative and interesting. I appreciated that she emphasised that aspects of bio hacking are simple and available to all to incorporate into daily life; sleep, natural light etc… on the other, I question whether this is really healthy to be constantly checking one’s health. It made me sad that there is only one restaurant in LA that she will dine at. Surely missing out on friends and families birthday dinners and celebrations is worse for one’s mental health than the physical impact of consuming a handful of dinners at restaurants not in line with this lifestyle.

[rachelstockdale]

As a plus-size person who cares about health and not thinness, I LOVED this episode. Really great to hear that listening to my body during its cycle and walking with some strength training and cardio work is optimal for women’s bodies. Thank you so much @gracebeverley ❤️👏👏

[lovekaars]

everyone says wake up with daylight in your eyes but thats really hard in winter in europe i think😅😅

[Candiceholbrook]

Hugely triggering when she said she wakes up every day feeling amazing 😂As someone who hasn’t woken up feeling amazing for the last 10 years AND does everything by the book (I even bought a home sauna and pay the obscene cost of ag1 😅)

[gaila.]

I’m super surprised that she’s not vegan. Also, I wonder if she has OCPD or OCD.

[gaila.]

Why do some individuals put so much energy into living for as long as possible? Life is not that great to be honest.

[Johndoe-qnjr]

Ever heard of the billionarie Bryan Johnsson ?

[Zowgie]

I eat exactly like this woman and work out too the same but I honestly find her super annoying and extreme