What Your Blood and Saliva Are Trying To Tell You | At-Home Lab Testing with Base

Base offers at-home lab testing with a smart app to provide science-backed recommendations for your supplements, diet, and daily habits. This company wants to empower everyone to improve their sleep, stress, diet, and more with insights into their body's data through blood and saliva testing. Lola Priego, the founder and CEO of Base, joins us to share her personal health journey, motivation behind starting Base, and why she feels a data-driven approach is needed to help those suffering with fatigue, brain fog and other health concerns.SHOW NOTES: 1:21 Welcome to the show!4:02 Lola’s Bio4:45 Welcome Lola to the show6:42 Her personal story10:08 Why we get stuck on our health journey12:08 Addressing the ‘conventional’ doctor visit13:31 How Base is different14:30 Human connection + Affordability + Personalization18:05 Can we blame the U.S. healthcare system?20:37 “Sicko” documentary21:27 Sleep & melatonin issues22:40 Overdosing melatonin24:30 The importance of educating25:54 Common health issues for Base users26:56 Categorizing different health issues27:26 Ad: The benefits of red light therapy!30:26 Base testing options33:35 Testing one marker vs all34:42 Making small changes36:09 You don’t have to be perfect!37:11 GIVEAWAY TIME!38:09 Getting fast results40:02 Using lifestyle interventions40:39 Natural melatonin production42:27 Renee’s “Cortisol Challenge”43:59 Common beliefs about cortisol46:27 The future of at-home lab testing50:16 Her one piece of advice51:41 Thanks for tuning in!RESOURCES: Get-Base - Use discount code: BABESSicko DocumentaryLightpath LED - Use discount code: BIOHACKERBABESSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/biohacker-babes-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands