The Female Longevity Playbook

May 21, 2026

In this mainstage keynote, Dr. Robin Berzin—functional medicine physician and founder and CEO of Parsley Health—presents her nine-step protocol for female longevity. Since Eudēmonia Summit 2025, Parsley has become the first functional medicine provider accepted in-network by major insurers nationwide. The talk moves between clinical data, personal experience, and specific actionable steps most women have never been given by their doctors

What the System Gets Wrong

Women spend 12 years—about 16% of their lives—in poor health. Dr. Berzin connects that to a system that tests too late, treats too little, and still tells women that heart disease is a man;s problem.

The keynote builds the case for a different approach, grounded in:

Testing earlier and more comprehensively (full body DEXA scans, detailed bloodwork, and full body MRI) rather than waiting for symptoms to appear
Understanding biological age through bloodwork first, wearables second, and epigenetic tests third
Treating the fundamentals—muscle, bone, metabolism, hormones, brain, inflammation, and community—as interconnected systems, not separate problems

Berzin moves through each protocol with specificity. She dives into metabolic flexibility—the body's ability to shift between burning carbohydrates and burning fat for fuel—and why most women have lost it through a combination of too little movement, too little sleep, and too few meals anchored in protein. She explores brain health and the deep importance of community and social connections.

The keynote closes with two images: Berzin's mother at 81, still weight training, still traveling. And her five-year-old daughter. The distance between them—and what it takes to cross it well—is what the whole hour is about.