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7 Tips to Sleep Without Medicines

7 Ways to Sleep Without Drugs

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 8, 2014

Do you feel tired, stressed, and exhausted, but still can’t seem to fall asleep at night? It’s a double whammy all too common for the average stressed-out, hormonally imbalanced, run-ragged…

Motherhood - How Breastfeeding and Weaning Affect Your Feelings

Motherhood: How Breastfeeding and Weaning Affect Your Emotions

By Lisa Grace Byrne | May 6, 2014

When I was asked to share an article with Dr. Sara’s community I immediately knew what I wanted to talk about. When I think of hormones, I think about the hormonal…

The Cheat System Diet: Review and Discussion with Author Jackie Wicks

The Cheat System Diet: Review and Discussion with Author Jackie Wicks

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 2, 2014

When I was a new mom, I struggled with losing the baby weight. I joined Weight Watchers and lost a few pounds but they didn’t stay off. I didn’t eat…

Dr Sara’s Genius Bar Top 4 Podcasts in Health

Dr. Sara’s Genius Bar: Top 4 Podcasts in Health

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 1, 2014

Still trying to get through that stack of self-help books you have sitting on your nightstand? In today’s article, Dr. Sara Gottfried shares her favorite free health podcasts by Dr.…

How to Handle PMS- The Key to Your Girl Power

How to Manage PMS: The Key to Your Feminine Power

By Sara Avant Stover | April 29, 2014

What can you do to help relieve PMS symptoms? The swollen breasts and bellies. Tears. Raging words erupting from tight throats—the ones we wish we could take back, but can’t.…

The Disease Delusion by Jeffrey Bland

The Disease Delusion – Dr. Sara’s Book Club #12

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 19, 2014

Dr. Jeffrey Bland is “the father of functional medicine” – from medicine by symptom to medicine by cause. In his book, “The Disease Delusion,” he explains about how to cure…

Dr. Sara's Top 3 Questions: Avoid Weight Gain and Hormonal Effect

Dr. Sara's Top 3 Questions: Weight Loss

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 19, 2014

For most women, there’s no topic hotter than weight loss. True, we live in a culture that all but demands we have an obsession with our looks, but the search…

The Ground Beneath Your Feet Part 2 The Science Why Going Barefoot May Boost Your Health and Beauty

The Earth Beneath Your Feet (Part 2, The Science): Why Going Barefoot May Boost Your Health and Beauty

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 17, 2014

What are the health and beauty benefits of Grounding or Earthing? How does being barefoot impact oxidation and the science of it? Is grounding ready for prime time? Short version:…

Does Utilizing a Phone App for Nutrition Advice Really Does the Trick?

Nutrition Advice From a Phone App: Does It Really Work?

By Lisa Best Phd | April 15, 2014

Cook? Between the job, the kids, and everyone’s social calendars, who has time to cook anymore? I hear the same lament all the time from busy parents. Who has time…

Thyroid Math - What Those Stats Mean (and What Your Doc Probably Forgot)

Thyroid Math: What Those Numbers Mean (and What Your Doc Probably Forgot to Tell You About Hypothyroidism)

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 12, 2014

You may have low thyroid function, also called HYPO-thyroidism, and not know it. But let’s face it… thyroid numbers are often counterintuitive and confusing. When you combine hypothyroidism with the common…