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Hair Loss, Hormones, and How to Regain Your Hot Locks

Hair Loss, Hormones and How to Regain Your Luscious Locks

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 25, 2014

If there’s one thing in the world that a woman takes seriously, it’s her hair. We cut it, we style it, we love it, we loathe it. Let’s be honest…

Does Meat Cause Cancer_ Revisiting the Meat, IGF-1, and Cancer Connection

Does Meat Cause Cancer? Revisiting the Meat, IGF-1, and Cancer Connection

By Brian Rigby | March 22, 2014

“A note from Dr. Sara: When you read Personal Paleo Code by Chris Kresser, and try to reconcile the Paleo Diet with T. Colin Campbell’s The China Study and/or Joel Fuhrman’s Eat to Live,…

The Earth Below Your Feet_Part 1

The Earth Beneath Your Feet (Part 1): Why Going Barefoot May Boost Your Health and Beauty (and Dirt Just Might Act as a Giant Antioxidant)

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 20, 2014

Are you ready to get healthier and love up those ever-challenged adrenal glands by trying something new, old, and easy called earthing? I’m all about easy.  And free? Who isn’t…

Why Treating Your Body Like a Cell Phone Will Get Your Hormones Right

Why Treating Your Body Like a Cell Phone Will Get Your Hormones in Balance

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 18, 2014

What’s the difference between a woman who’s frumpy and frazzled and one who’s healthy and energized? The second one clearly has Charlie’s Angels on her side. No, I’m not talking…

Biohacking Your Way to Exceptional Sleep

Biohacking Your Way to Better Sleep

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 16, 2014

In the same way that a computer hacker can reprogram an operating system to work differently, you can do the same thing to your own body. It’s called biohacking, baby,…

Want to Lessen Your Weight? Check Your Hormones

Want to Lose Weight? Evaluate Your Hormones

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 15, 2014

Last year, the American Medical Association did something that will change the way we look at diet and exercise forever: they classified obesity as a disease. Whatever you call it,…

Too Young for Menopause and Feeling A Little Crazy_ Symptoms and Solutions for Perimenopausal Women

Too Young for Menopause and Feeling a Little Crazy? Symptoms and Solutions for Perimenopausal Women

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 13, 2014

I talk to countless women who find themselves feeling more than a little off balance as they move into their 30s and 40s, and they’re not sure why. If you…

Why Mood-Boosting Maca is a Girl’s Best Companion

Maca to Boost Your Mood (and your sex drive).

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 12, 2014

Nodding off at your desk every day? In need of a serious mood makeover? Lagging (or completely lacking) sex drive?  I hear these things almost daily from women in my…

Too Much of a Good Thing – Why Cortisol Can Make You Crazy (And How To Turn It Around)

Too Much of a Good Thing – Why Cortisol Can Make You Crazy (And How To Turn It Around)

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 11, 2014

Let’s be honest: It’s entirely possible to have too much of a good thing. Whether it’s dark chocolate, wine, sunshine, or shoe shopping, a little takes the edge off –…

How Oysters Rock Your Hormones

How Oysters Rock Your Hormones

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 6, 2014

I just spent a few days with my older daughter in a remote area near Point Reyes National Seashore – one of our national parks. We hiked each day, attended…