Metabolic health after 40
Metabolic health is the best facial anti-aging.
I'm Lori, 52. Founder of Basal, a metabolic health company. Guided by science, rooted in holistic health. In perimenopause I learned that what I'd lost wasn't willpower. It was metabolism. Then I learned the other half: the key to aging well, to looking and feeling younger without tricks, is metabolic health too.
Get your protein number, freeStart lifting
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Your protein number
Goal weight × 0.7. That's your grams for the day. One page, with what 30 grams looks like and my three breakfasts.
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The Menopause Strength Starter
Five things the trials actually say, and your first week of lifting. Two 20-minute sessions, no gym.
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Is a GLP-1 right for me?
The six questions a clinician would ask you. Your answers stay on your screen. Nobody sees them.
Take the quizThe five metabolic markers
Five numbers that say how you're really aging.
Your metabolism isn't one thing. New research gives us five markers that tell us how well it's working. Everything I post lives under one of them, and they're the same five Basal tracks in your care.
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Muscle mass
Protein, lifting, and why the scale lies. Most of what I post.
02
Body fat percentage
The number that matters more than your weight.
03
Insulin sensitivity
How your cells handle sugar. The root of the plateau.
04
Hormonal response
Estrogen, cortisol, sleep. The face in the mirror.
05
VO2 max
Your engine. Jumping, walking, stairs at 80.
The series
Age or metabolism?
One question, one episode a week. The scale, Ozempic face, the plateau, the jawline, the tired face, the muscle. Everything I wish someone had told me at 45.
- 01On a GLP-1, the scale will lie to youWatch
- 02Ozempic face is a speed problemWatch
- 03Eating less and nothing is movingSept 22
- 04The jawlineSept 29
Your goal weight in pounds, times 0.7. That's your protein number, in grams a day. Lifting? Make it 1.0. Most women over 40 never heard the science, and never had a number.
The evidence, in plain English, is on the sheet.Lori and Darin
Twenty-plus years of dinner table conversation with an orthopedic surgeon.
My husband Darin replaces knees and hips. I've heard him come home saying the same thing more nights than I can count: how much weight changes what happens to a joint. We started reading the research together, and what it kept showing was that metabolism is the system underneath everything. We co-founded Basal, a telemedicine metabolic health company, to do something about it.
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Lighter and stronger.
Every piece sold on its own. Basal patients get all of it included.
The Unlock Strong Program
Twelve weeks, written with a surgeon. Joint modifications, printable sheets, a GLP-1 track.
$100, once · unlockstrong.com
The recipe book
My breakfasts, the protein bowl, the egg bites. Every one clears 30 grams.
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The four-week strength check
Five tests at home, no equipment. Lighter and stronger, in numbers you can see.
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The Hume body pod
Muscle and fat as separate numbers. Who cares what you weigh. $60 off through my link.
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