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Featured on London's Sheerluxe: A Dr.'s Top Tips for Aging

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 12, 2017

This interview with Dr. Sara Gottfried appeared on the London women’s website Sheerluxe on March 15, 2017. Here is an excerpt. ~~~~~ Renowned hormone expert Dr. Sara Gottfried knows a…

Dr. Sara's Book Review: Top 10 Health Books

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 7, 2017

I’m so pleased that my latest book, Younger, made it to the New York Times bestseller list. Likewise, I love recommending other recently-released innovative books about health. Here are my…

How to Overcome PMS and Painful Periods

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 27, 2017

You’re crampy and crabby, bloated and bothered. You sense that it’s that time of the month again, and whoops! – you better buy tampons. Many of us view our periods…

Do You Know Which Foods Make You Younger? And Which Ones Age You? |Women's Health|Sara Gottfried MD

Do You Know Which Foods Make You Younger? And Which Ones Age You?

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 20, 2017

Five years ago, I found out my body was in a failure state as measured by my telomeres, the protective caps on chromosomes that reflect how fast you are aging.…

De-Stress to Look Younger: Top Health Apps That Beat Plastic Surgery

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 13, 2017

Cathy fit an all-too-typical patient profile: beyond stressed, cursing at the bathroom scale, and spending far too much money on toxic beauty products. During our second visit, Cathy complained that…

Viva Las Vagus: How Vagal Tone Impacts Your Health (and 10 Ways to ‎Improve It)‎

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 8, 2017

Sometimes I wonder how long I’ve had a problem with my vagus nerve. Years? Decades? Vagus means “wanderer.” This nerve—the longest one in your body—wanders all over your body to…

‎5 Secrets to Turn Back the Clock

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 6, 2017

Jennifer was a forty-four-year-old patient who arrived in my office feeling defeated, worn out, and “older than her years” as she put it. As a third-shift nurse who worked grueling…

How Stress Harms Your Health and Aging |Women's Health|Sara Gottfried MD

How Stress Harms Your Health and Aging

By Sara Gottfried, MD | February 20, 2017

Mary was a thirty-nine-year-old patient who visited me complaining she felt burned out.  Her sixty-hour workweeks left her beyond fatigued, with frequent headaches, miserable colds, and raging tension that cut…

7 Anti-Aging Benefits You Gain from Consistent Exercise

By Sara Gottfried, MD | February 13, 2017

In a previous blog, I wrote about my fifty-year-old patient Gigi who complained about feeling “doughy” and stiff. Like many middle-aged female patients, Gigi found that maintaining lean muscle mass…

7 Strategies to Increase Lean Body Mass as You Age  

By Sara Gottfried, MD | February 6, 2017

Gigi was a fifty-year-old patient who visited me, lamenting that her muscles felt increasingly flabby – or “doughy,” as she put it. When I measured her body fat proportions, she…