Longevity Optimization with Kayla Barnes-Lentz

By Kayla Barnes-Lentz

Maximizing Human Health and Performance. We discuss: optimal health, nutrition, high-performance, cognitive excellence, biohacking, longevity and more with top experts around the world. Hosted by Kayl... more

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Number 1: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, DO: Muscle as the Organ of Longevity, Protein Mistakes, and the Truth About Menopause Muscle Loss
Muscle is not just something you build in the gym. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon has spent her career arguing it's the organ that actually determines how well you age, and almost none of us have been taught to think about it that way. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, DO, is the founder of Muscle-Centric Medicine and the New York Times bestselling author of Forever Strong. She's spent over two decades studying muscle as the most overlooked organ in medicine. The line that stuck with me most: she believes we're on track to trade an obesity epidemic for a sarcopenia epidemic, and most people won't see it coming until it's already happened. It's the kind of prediction I can't stop turning over, especially knowing how many women are on these medications right now without anyone telling them how to protect their muscles while they're on them. Join the most comprehensive *female-specific community for health and longevity optimization.* After over a decade dedicated to human performance and women’s health, I created this space to share everything you need to know to optimize health and lifespan. Inside, you’ll get access to exclusive protocols, live Q&As, the latest female longevity science, and a private, supportive community of like-minded women. https://kayla-barnes-lentz.circle.so/checkout/become-a-member This conversation explores:Why muscle, not weight, decides how you ageWhy most women are not eating enough proteinThe protein habit most people get backwardsWhy menopause doesn't have to mean muscle lossWhat GLP1 users need to know to protect muscleConnect with Kayla: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylabarnes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@femalelongevity Twitter:https://x.com/femalelongevity Website:https://www.kaylabarnes.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4OLWWn22RGB0argbRPvAaQ?si=8e91b3c9e0ce4054 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/longevity-optimization-with-kayla-barnes-lentz/id1591130227 Follow Her Female Protocol: https://www.protocol.kaylabarnes.com Learn more about Dr. Gabrielle Lyon:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrGabrielleLyon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drgabriellelyon/ X: https://x.com/drgabriellelyon Website: https://drgabriellelyon.com/ #longevity #musclecentricmedicine #muscle #proteinintake #strengthtraining #womenslongevity #sarcopenia #menopause #perimenopause #womenshealth #hormonereplacement #longevityoptimization #biohacking #GLP1
August 20, 20261h 3min
Number 2: Dr. Tania Dempsey, MD: Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, PMOS, and the Hidden Cause of Women's Chronic Symptoms
Most women who deal with unexplained allergies, stubborn inflammation, heavy periods or a PMOS (formerly PCOS) diagnosis are never told to look at the same underlying cause: an immune cell most doctors were never taught to test for. Dr. Tania Dempsey, MD, trained in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins before leaving conventional practice to focus on mast cell activation syndrome, a condition she believes explains far more chronic illness in women than most doctors realize. She's the founder of The AIM Center for Personalized Medicine and helped found the International Society for Mast Cell Activation Syndromes, where she now serves as treasurer. This isn't some rare, fringe diagnosis. Dr. Dempsey estimates it may affect as many as one in five people, and in women it hides behind a long list of other labels, PMOS, endometriosis, hypermobility, unexplained heavy periods, that rarely get connected back to the same root. Optimize your sleep with the Eight Sleep Pod. Get up to $350 off at https://www.eightsleep.com/Kayla with code “KAYLA”. Join the most comprehensive *female-specific community for health and longevity optimization.* After over a decade dedicated to human performance and women’s health, I created this space to share everything you need to know to optimize health and lifespan. Inside, you’ll get access to exclusive protocols, live Q&As, the latest female longevity science, and a private, supportive community of like-minded women. https://kayla-barnes-lentz.circle.so/female-longevity-community This conversation exploresThe overreaction inside your immune system that never fully resetsWhy PMOS and mast cell activation almost always show up togetherThe natural blood thinner behind unusually heavy periodsWhere treatment actually starts, from vitamin D to advanced IV therapy Connect with Kayla: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylabarnes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@femalelongevity Twitter:https://x.com/femalelongevity Website:https://www.kaylabarnes.com/ Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/4OLWWn22RGB0argbRPvAaQ?si=8e91b3c9e0ce4054 Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/longevity-optimization-with-kayla-barnes-lentz/id1591130227 Follow Her Female Protocol: https://www.protocol.kaylabarnes.com Connect with Dr. Tania Dempsey: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtaniadempseymd/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taniadempsey/ Website: https://drtaniadempsey.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrTaniaDempsey #longevity #womenslongevity #mastcellactivationsyndrome #mcas #pmos #histamineintolerance #endometriosis #womenshealth #chronicillness #rootcausemedicine #hormonehealth #inflammation
September 03, 20261h 18min
Number 3: Dr. Christin Glorioso, MD, PhD: The Alzheimer's Blood Test, How to Cut Your Dementia Risk by 30%, and Why Women Are at Higher Risk
Brain aging does not start when memory loss shows up. It starts around age 25, decades before anyone notices anything is different. By the time a symptom appears, the window for the highest-leverage prevention has usually already closed. Today I'm talking with Dr. Christin Glorioso, an MD and PhD who has spent her career studying Alzheimer's, partly because of her own family history and partly because she carries the ApoE4 gene herself. She has since used her own brain scans, blood work, and lifestyle changes to lower her own brain age, and she's built a company around helping other people do the same. This conversation covers what actually causes Alzheimer's versus what we got wrong for decades, why the brain can grow back the same way muscle does, and why a ten minute daily habit has better evidence behind it than any drug currently on the market. We also get into hormone therapy, cholesterol, the ketogenic diet, and why women are so consistently underserved on all three. Join the most comprehensive *female-specific community for health and longevity optimization.* After over a decade dedicated to human performance and women’s health, I created this space to share everything you need to know to optimize health and lifespan. Inside, you’ll get access to exclusive protocols, live Q&As, the latest female longevity science, and a private, supportive community of like-minded women. https://kayla-barnes-lentz.circle.so/checkout/become-a-member Connect with Kayla: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylabarnes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@femalelongevity Twitter:https://x.com/femalelongevity Website:https://www.kaylabarnes.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4OLWWn22RGB0argbRPvAaQ?si=8e91b3c9e0ce4054 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/longevity-optimization-with-kayla-barnes-lentz/id1591130227 Follow Her Female Protocol: https://www.protocol.kaylabarnes.com Learn more about Dr Christin Glorioso, MD, PhD LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christin-glorioso-md-phd-39627719/ Website: https://www.neuroagetx.com/ #BrainHealth #AlzheimersPrevention #DementiaPrevention #BrainAging #Neuroscience #CognitiveHealth #HRT #Perimenopause #Menopause #Cholesterol #Nootropics
August 06, 20261h 12min
Number 4: Dr. Will Cole: How to Heal Your Cells, Leaky Gut, Light Exposure, and Why Your Gut Sets the Pace To Aging
We talk about aging like it happens to a whole person at once. It doesn't. It happens organ by organ, at different speeds, and most people never find out which part of them is running ahead until something breaks. Dr. Will Cole has spent sixteen years running one of the first functional medicine telehealth centers in the world, and he came to this conversation with a case that is both clinical and personal. In 2023 his father lost consciousness at the wheel and died in the crash. The autopsy pointed to cardiometabolic changes, and his heart cells had been aging faster than the rest of him. That same year, Stanford researchers found that one in five adults over fifty has at least one organ aging faster than the others, and that when it's the heart, the risk of a cardiac event more than triples. His new book with Dr. Josh Axe, Heal Your Cells, makes an argument that reframes most of what gets called normal aging. Exhaustion, brain fog, the weight that will not move, the hormone shifts nobody can explain. These are not the calendar. They are cells that have stopped reading their own instructions clearly, and that is a state you can change. We get into what actually makes a cell feel unsafe, why your gut lining is one cell thick and therefore the first thing to break, and the point almost nobody makes about elimination diets: the reintroduction matters as much as the elimination, and a protocol you never came off of is a cast you left on until the muscle atrophied. We also get into light. Not just morning sun, but the darkness half, which matters more for women than most people realize. Melatonin is not only a sleep hormone, it's one of the more important antioxidants for ovarian aging, and light levels most people would call almost nothing can cut its production substantially. Track your sleep, recovery, strain, and HRV with WHOOP. Get one month free at https://join.whoop.com/kaylabarnes Optimize your sleep with the Eight Sleep Pod. Get up to $350 off at https://www.eightsleep.com/Kayla with code “KAYLA” Join the most comprehensive *female-specific community for health and longevity optimization.* After over a decade dedicated to human performance and women’s health, I created this space to share everything you need to know to optimize health and lifespan. Inside, you’ll get access to exclusive protocols, live Q&As, the latest female longevity science, and a private, supportive community of like-minded women. https://kayla-barnes-lentz.circle.so/female-longevity-community Connect with Kayla: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylabarnes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@femalelongevity Twitter:https://x.com/femalelongevity Website:https://www.kaylabarnes.com/ Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/4OLWWn22RGB0argbRPvAaQ?si=8e91b3c9e0ce4054 Apple:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/longevity-optimization-with-kayla-barnes-lentz/id1591130227 Follow Her Female Protocol: https://www.protocol.kaylabarnes.com Connect with Dr. Will:Website: http://drwillcole.com/ Book: https://drwillcole.com/books-home-page/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drwillcole LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drwillcole/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrWillCole #cellularhealth #longevity #femalelongevity #guthealth #healthspan #leakygut #womenshealth #functionalmedicine #circadianhealth #autophagy #mitochondria #healthoptimization
September 10, 20261h 1min
Number 5: Dr. Colleen Cutcliffe, PhD: Natural GLP-1 Production, Fiber Deficiency, Akkermansia and the Gut Microbiome Connection
Most people think of the gut as a digestive organ. It is not. It is the upstream controller of your metabolism, immune function, brain health, skin, and hormones and almost everyone is running it on a depleted, misfed microbiome without knowing it. Dr. Colleen Cutcliffe, PhD is the co-founder and CEO of Pendulum Therapeutics, holds a PhD in biochemistry from Johns Hopkins, and spent over 15 years in pharma and biotech before pioneering next-generation probiotic science. Her team was the first in the world to manufacture Akkermansia, a strain found at high levels in virtually every centenarian population studied and depleted in almost every major chronic disease. What makes this conversation different from most gut health discussions is the level of scientific rigor behind it. This is not wellness theory. This is published research, clinical data, and a decade of actually building the science from the ground up. Join the most comprehensive *female-specific community for health and longevity optimization.* After over a decade dedicated to human performance and women’s health, I created this space to share everything you need to know to optimize health and lifespan. Inside, you’ll get access to exclusive protocols, live Q&As, the latest female longevity science, and a private, supportive community of like-minded women. https://kayla-barnes-lentz.circle.so/checkout/become-a-member In this conversation we explore:How your gut produces its own GLP-1 naturally and why synthetic versions may blunt that system over timeWhy Akkermansia is elevated in centenarians and depleted across virtually every chronic diseaseThe fiber gap: 95% of people are under-threshold and it is driving metabolic and colon health declineWhat early antibiotic use does to the microbiome and how to rebuild at any ageWhy soap may be fueling the allergy and asthma epidemic by stripping the skin's protective barrierHow butyrate links gut health, colon cancer risk, and natural GLP-1 productionWhy most probiotics on Amazon do not contain what the label claimsConnect with Kayla: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaylabarnes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@femalelongevity Twitter:https://x.com/femalelongevity Website:https://www.kaylabarnes.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4OLWWn22RGB0argbRPvAaQ?si=8e91b3c9e0ce4054 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/longevity-optimization-with-kayla-barnes-lentz/id1591130227 Follow Her Female Protocol: https://www.protocol.kaylabarnes.com Learn more about Dr Coleen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcolleencutcliffe/ Pendulum Life Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pendulumlifeco/ Website: https://pendulumlife.com/
July 31, 20261h 18min