The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Your Body, Your Choice: Take Control of Your Personal Health Data – Base with Dave Asprey : 761

Nov 17, 2020

In this discussion, Lola Priego, founder of Base and tech veteran, shares her journey from software engineering to revolutionizing personal health monitoring. She emphasizes the importance of accessible health data through at-home testing and how this technology can transform understanding of diet, sleep, and energy levels. Lola explains the critical role of continuous monitoring in identifying root causes of health issues like fatigue and stress. She also discusses optimizing vitamin D levels and how consumer rights in healthcare are crucial for personal empowerment.

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ANECDOTE

Keto Diet Experience

Lola Priego followed online advice about the keto diet for increased energy.
Four months later, she experienced negative health consequences, including thyroid imbalances and high LDL cholesterol.

INSIGHT

Rapid Feedback

Dave Asprey found rapid feedback crucial for personal change.
Delayed lab results can hinder motivation, highlighting the importance of quick data turnaround.

INSIGHT

Prioritizing Health ROI

Lola Priego's company, BASE, prioritizes what gives users the most return on investment (ROI) for their health.
This approach helps users prioritize actions and reduces the feeling of being overwhelmed.

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In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, we’re talking about ways that you can take charge of your own health data and measure what you want, when you want with at-home testing paired with a data-science app.

My guest is Lola Priego, founder of Base. She got frustrated with a personal health challenge and used her extensive tech background, medical training and creative problem solving to find a solution. That solution not only helped her; it’s now helping many others.

She realized how access to personal health data was key to get to the root cause of symptoms and improve with nutritional, lifestyle and supplement changes.

So, she developed a data-driven approach to health monitoring. Base applies tech and data science capabilities to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. It’s a data-driven approach to sleep, stress, energy, and diet with lab testing and data-science.

“We definitely see a lot of people desperate,” Lola says. “I was desperate myself, but I was even more frustrated, just seeing all of the tools available at a big tech company that were not used for the right things.”

Base offers science-based results and recommendations based on continuous blood and saliva at-home testing. It’s an at-home bio-marker testing paired with an app for tracking.

“We believe in continuous monitoring and testing to get to the root cause of your symptoms or to just monitor the things that you care about,” Lola says. “Continuous testing is the way to improve, really learn about your body and learn what things work for you. Because it's not a one size fits all.”

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