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Posts by Sara Gottfried, MD

Anxiety: 5 Ways to Reset from Anxious to Zen

By Sara Gottfried, MD | January 25, 2016

When most people think of anxiety, they envision someone having a full-blown panic attack, but the truth is that anxiety may show up in subtle and sneaky ways. In fact, from a…

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Dial in the Carbs: Choosing the Right Dose for You in 3 Easy Steps

By Sara Gottfried, MD | January 18, 2016

Confused about carbs? You’re not alone. There’s a lot of conflicting information out there. Maybe you’ve been Paleo for a while, or perhaps you’ve just started to ditch carbs in…

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What to Do When You Fall Off the Wagon and Have a Food Meltdown

By Sara Gottfried, MD | January 4, 2016

In my book, The Hormone Reset Diet, I came clean and shared my history as a food addict. While I’ve been binge-free for more than 10 years, there’s an occasional moment…

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Hair Loss in Women: A Crisis of Vanity and Sanity

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 28, 2015
Hair Loss in Women: A Crisis of Vanity and Sanity|Hormone Balance| Sara Gottfried MD

You’ve seen the infomercials. You’ve seen the ads with before and after photos. Rogaine (minoxidil) and Propecia (finasteride) are two treatments for hair loss. Before I tell you why I…

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Ten Travel Tips for Hormonal Harmony During the Holidays

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 21, 2015
Women's Health Article | Sara Gottfried MD

When you travel, many factors conspire against you. Your circadian rhythm often suffers, and you’re less likely to get a good night’s sleep. Poor sleep may make you choose food…

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Green and Gorgeous: My Top 5 Beauty + Health Recommendations

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 21, 2015

I believe that the best way to apply makeup is to make it look like you aren’t wearing any. I agree with One Direction: you’re all lovely and luscious enough…

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Mold Illness: What It Is and How You Know If You Have It

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 16, 2015
Sara Gottfried, MD Women's Health Article | Mold | Mold Illness: What It Is and How You Know if You Have It

Mold. You may not be able to see or smell it, yet it may be growing in your home and the reason you feel sick. Mold poisoning may be impacting…

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Book Club: Five Burning Questions with Bestselling Author Dani Shapiro

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 6, 2015

I fell in love with Dani’s work when I read Devotion, a powerful memoir about being a mom, writer, and spiritual seeker. Dani was kind enough to let me interview…

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Fabulous Fermented Foods: Take Your Health to the Next Level

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 1, 2015

Most people know that a daily probiotic or the occasional yogurt is a good idea, but do they know why? And do they know the wealth of options that are…

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3 New Reasons to Take a Walk in Nature

By Sara Gottfried, MD | November 30, 2015

Last Friday night, someone broke into my car and stole a few things. They left behind my yoga mats and barre sticky socks, so they must not be into yoga…

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“For the first time in my adult life I feel that I have gained control over food. I feel healthier, look better and have gained an interest in making sure that what I am putting into my body is the best it can be. And I lost 10 pounds in all the right places.”

– Janice Lunde, Dr. Sara’s Detox Challenge Participant

“Dr. Sara is the height of excellence! She is incredibly knowledgeable and gives very generously of her time. I feel so blessed to have been able to work with her.”

– Yvonne Varah

“You don’t have to settle for being stressed out, binging on sugar and chocolate, and aging prematurely. Stop blaming yourself and step into sacred action. It’s your birthright. You can have the joyous, mission-driven life you want, and Dr. Sara is here to show us how.”

– Marci Shimoff, New York Times Bestselling Author of Happy for No Reason and Love for No Reason

“Dr. Gottfried offers powerful and effective tools for addressing the most difficult health issues facing women and men today. She is warm and kind and has so much experience to draw upon, it’s inspiring. Thank you Dr. S!”

– Cassandra Mick

“Dr. Sara Gottfried is a modern-day healer goddess if ever there was one, and she also happens to be a Harvard Medical School graduate and rigorous physician-scientist.”

– Christiane Northrup MD, author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom

“Dr. Gottfried’s book and detox came at a time when I was ready to give in to old age. Hot flashes, low energy and libido, weight gain, increasing blood pressure and cholesterol levels were unacceptable to me. I now know that hormone levels and what I eat are a huge influence on how I feel and look. To now be able to control something that was out of control is empowering…”

Cheryl V., Dr. Sara’s Detox Challenge Participant

“My health coach told me about your book and I took the [hormone] test, and lo and behold, I found I was a mess, hormonally speaking. Now I’m getting on track and I love your videos and your book. I feel like I’m getting my life back again, when not long ago I truly thought I was losing it!”

-Tracy, Registered Nurse

“You don’t have to accept the hormonal hell of being tired, stressed, overweight, and never in the mood for sex as you grow older. In her fabulous new book, the brilliant Dr. Gottfried gives you an effective, easy-to-follow plan to balance your hormones and become lean, energetic, and loving life again. Stop settling and reclaim your sexy!”

–JJ Virgin, Author of Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy and The Virgin Diet

“I lost 10 lbs., reset my hormones and metabolism and eliminated my sugar cravings! I have also found that I respond to stress much differently, I feel it, notice it and move on from it. Stress no longer has a grip on me. Dr. Sara’s conference calls and detox information was invaluable. I am so grateful for this program. Thank you Dr. Sara!”

–Sophia, Dr. Sara’s Detox Challenge Participant

“The Hormone Cure is the playbook for your mojo, your mind, and your bootie. With every chapter I thought, ‘So THAT’s how that works.’ I wanted to call every girlfriend and give them the goods on how to glow… now and always.”

-Danielle LaPorte, Author of The Fire Starter Sessions and The Desire Map

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Do you measure your HRV? 💓 Heart rate variabil Do you measure your HRV? 💓 Heart rate variability (HRV) is the variability between heartbeats. I think of HRV as a measure of the flexibility of your nervous system, and more flexibility is better. Your HRV is the pattern of your heart rate— if you have a resting heart rate of sixty, you might think that’s one beat per second but the heart does not beat like an unchanging metronome; the intervals between one heartbeat and the next are variable HRV is the beat-to-beat variation in consecutive heartbeats. You actually want variability between the time of each heartbeat; for example, the first gap between heartbeats is 1.00 seconds, and the second is 1.02 seconds, and the next 1.05 seconds, and so on, in order to indicate good HRV. A healthy heart rate is always variable because a body is in a constant state of physiological and emotional change. A certain level of variability is considered healthy and advisable. Your sympathetic nervous system controls your heart rate via the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine, which increase HRV. Your parasympathetic nervous system controls heart rate via acetylcholine, which decreases HRV. Many things influence HRV, including respiratory rate, blood pressure, temperature, stress level, and mindset. If you’re rested and recovered from exercise, there’s a balanced state between the two parts of the nervous system, and you have a high level of HRV, ideally around 60 to 100 (the higher, the better). There are many options available to monitor HRV at home, on the go, and while working out. I currently use the @ouraring to track my HRV. What do you use?
Do you want a quick way to upgrade your health? 💥Floss. Flossing fosters longevity, independent of brushing one’s teeth, as does seeing the dentist at least twice yearly. If you don’t floss, your risk of mortality is higher, and if you see the dentist only once per year, you raise mortality by 30 to 50 percent (Paganini-Hill, 2011) If you wonder how that works, it may interest you to know the following: 🔘 You have more than seven hundred species of bacteria in your mouth. 🔘 The tongue is a common place for biofilms to form— that’s a group of microorganisms that behave like a gang, sticking to each other and adhering to the surface in a coating. They can cause bad breath, inflammation (gingivitis), plaque, cavities, and premature aging. 🔘 More bad bugs in your mouth are correlated with thickening carotid arteries, a sign of atherosclerosis and precursor to stroke, which reduces blood flow to the brain (Desvarieux, 2005). 🔘 Powered toothbrushes reduce plaque and gingivitis more than manual brushing in the short and long term (Yaacob, 2014). Aim for a two- to three-minute date twice per day with your electric brush. 🔘 In men, periodontal disease is more common and is linked to early atherosclerosis and heart disease (Desvarieux, 2000; Wu, 2000) Flossing can prevent periodontal disease after as little as one month of regular use. Floss at least twice a day. Buy a power toothbrush, and use it twice a day or more.
💥It's not your age that’s your enemy, it’s 💥It's not your age that’s your enemy, it’s the loss of function in your body. Five key factors make aging more pronounced after age 40. MUSCLE FACTOR ❌ Your metabolism slows down with age, which means you accumulate more fat and lose muscle. Aging begins in your muscles. ✅ Focus on preserving and building your muscle mass as you age past forty. BRAIN FACTOR ❌ Your neurons (nerve cells) lose speed and flexibility. Alcohol makes you foggier than it did, and you lose sleep. Connections between neurons, called synapses, are not what they used to be, so finding words may become an issue. The balance shifts toward more forgetting and less remembering ✅ Focus on keeping your brain regenerating and malleable (or “plastic”) as you get older. HORMONE FACTOR ❌ Your hormones change for the worse ✅ The right food, sleep, exercise, and support for detoxification can reverse many hormone problems associated with aging. GUT FACTOR ❌ Poor gut health can disrupt hormone balance, stress can poke holes in your gut and lead to food intolerances, and make you absorb nutrients poorly. ✅ With the right food and stress management, you can turn your microbiome around to decelerate your aging clock instead of speed it up TOXIC FAT FACTOR ❌ Toxins from the environment accumulate in your fat. Scientists call them gerontogens. They are similar to how carcinogens increase your risk of cancer, and they can work against you and cause premature aging. ✅ With the right support, we can go after what causes you to accumulate them. Have you read my book YOUNGER? It shows you how to disarm, prevent, and reverse these five factors and change the expression of genes that influence them. If you are tired of the sinking feeling that you are losing control over your weight, how you age, move, and sleep, it's time to discover how you can unlock your genes and live longer, stronger, and better than ever.
Next time, take the top off. Next time, take the top off.
Microbiome Rehab Where do you start to improve yo Microbiome Rehab Where do you start to improve your gut health? Not everyone can afford to do microbiome testing. But there are a lot of things that you can do short of microbiome testing. In my book, THE AUTOIMMUNE CURE I share the story of one patient diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Based on Rob Knight's data from the Human Gut Project, this patient decided to start making a vegetable smoothie. Every week he would go to the farmer's market and choose different fruits and vegetables. He chose 57 varieties. He would make a smoothie out of them, freeze it, and have about 4 ozs a day. Within a few months, he had completely reformed his microbiome. Now you don’t have to be that extreme, but having a smoothie that contains fresh veggies and some fruit about 3 times a week goes a long way in helping support a healthy microbiome. A while back, I gave a lecture on breast cancer where I shared how the intake of polyphenols (beneficial compounds found in plants) is an important predictor of future risk of breast cancer in your 50s or 60s+ A while back, I gave a lecture on breast cancer where I shared how the intake of polyphenols (beneficial compounds found in plants) are an important predictor of future risk of breast cancer in your 50s or 60s+ Regular vegetable intake (or veggie smoothie) could possibly change the arc for younger women if they paid attention to their intake of polyphenols, particularly in their teens and early 20s when good nutrition is often not high on the priority list. Link in bio to watch my conversation with Dr. Smeaton at Precision Analytics @dutchtest
Your mitochondria are the powerhouses inside your Your mitochondria are the powerhouses inside your cells. 👉When they work well, you work well. In my practice, about half of my patients have mitochondrial dysfunction, especially those over 40. Here are 6 ways to protect your mitochondria: 🔘 Keep blood sugar stable - wild fluctuations in blood sugar can damage mitochondria. Sugar, refined carbohydrates, and processed foods harm mitochondria. 🔘 Avoid mercury, usually found in fish, it gunks up your mitochondria. 🔘 Lower your alcohol consumption. Alcohol impairs mitochondrial function. 🔘 Regulate and manage your stress. Chronic stress and cortisol can cause oxidative damage to mitochondria in the gut. 🔘 Eat your broccoli. You find sulforaphane in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower. It boosts production of glutathione, and helps tune up mitochondria. Additionally, the same receptor on cells that environmental toxins use for their negative effects is also used by cruciferous vegetables. That means when you eat more cruciferous vegetables, you crowd out the bad environmental toxins and strengthen your mitochondria. 🔘 Supplementing with N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and alpha lipoic acid may improve mitochondria function. Which one will you do today to protect your mitochondria?
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