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Top Gut Secrets: How to Test for Dysbiosis, SIBO, and Leaky Gut

By Sara Gottfried, MD | June 12, 2015

Your internal ecology has everything to do with your health. It is stunning to me that the gut is so smart and complex, yet so vulnerable. I’m sure you won’t…

Top 10 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer |Women's Health|Sara Gottfried MD

Top 10 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer

By Sara Gottfried, MD | June 11, 2015

With every mammogram, I think about what I would do if diagnosed this time with breast cancer. First, I’d wig. A woman’s risk of a breast cancer diagnosis is one…

Dr. Sara’s Book Club: Interview with Spring Chicken Author, Bill Gifford

By Sara Gottfried, MD | June 10, 2015

Hi, Everyone – it’s time to engage once again with my favorite new book. This time the topic is aging, but in this book, Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (Or…

Gut Heath: Autoimmunity and the Leaky Gut Connection

By Sara Gottfried, MD | June 8, 2015

When your body is healthy, you have a powerful army that defends you against invading bugs and foreign particles, such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites. That army is your immune…

Your top 5 questions about dysbiosis answered

Dysbiosis Decoded: Symptoms, Why You Get It, and Link to Autoimmunity, Breast Cancer, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Plus Other Common Conditions

By Sara Gottfried, MD | June 1, 2015

Dysbiosis is an imbalance in your gut flora caused by too few beneficial bacteria and an overgrowth of bad bacteria, yeast, and/or parasites. The more clinical term that relates to…

Ten Toxic Ingredients That Might Be in Your Skin Care (And What to Use Instead)

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 25, 2015

Recently, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Susan Collins proposed the Personal Care Products Safety Act, which would give the FDA greater oversight over the millions of skin care and makeup products…

Dr. Sara Grades Different Forms of Exercise for Women: Barre Fitness Gets an “A+”

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 18, 2015

As an OB/GYN, hormone expert, and specialist in women’s health, I receive a lot of questions from my patients about their bodies. While many of the questions involve hormones and…

The Top 7 Books Every Woman Should Read

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 11, 2015

These are books that I’ve loved in the past few months to years. Hope you love them too! 1. Yes Please by Amy Poehler. Her two apology letters, one from…

The Hormone Reset Diet Recipe |Brownies|Sara Gottfried MD

Dr. Sara’s Hormone Reset Brownies

By Sara Gottfried MD | May 2, 2015

How can brownies be good for you? Well, these ones are. I included these in my book THE HORMONE RESET DIET because I don’t think that women respond well to…

Dr. Sara’s Top 10 Tips to Reset Your Hormones Naturally

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 27, 2015

My top tips for how to reset your hormones shifts with time, the latest scientific discoveries, and the problems my clients face most commonly. Here’s the latest game plan! 1.…