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Thyroid Questionnaire

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 4, 2011

I love this questionnaire from Dr. Hotze, another integrative physician. It gets to the heart of whether you should be tested for thyroid dysregulation, even if your conventional doc has…

First Stop: Your Hormones

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 1, 2011

Today, Imma be in your face about hormones.  Was thinking I’d love to provide you with a reference guide to each hormone: who they be and what they do. Why…

Royal Hormones

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 29, 2011

  Kate is a Perfect Hormonal Specimen. Overly reductionistic? Perhaps. While I don’t have royal fever, I relished watching a video of Kate Middleton have her day in the limelight.…

Want me to Quote Top 40 lyrics to you? (Or, if you’d prefer, we can talk very professionally about your hormones, libido & lovely lady lumps. Oops. I did it again!)

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 28, 2011

True confessions: I’m a music addict. Did you know it lowers your cortisol? I need all the cortisol-lowering I can get. Well, to a certain point. Say, to 10 in…

Do You Hide Behind a Tunic?

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 22, 2011

Reflecting today on my growing selection of organic tunics and what they represent psychically. Around the time that I turned 35, and met for the first time my rather unforgiving…

Mumford and Sons Raise My Testosterone!

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 18, 2011

Did you see Mumford and Sons kill the Grammys? Cannot get enough of them. They balance my hormones, among other things. I’m more than a bit obsessed with Marcus Mumford…

Fiber Is the New Sexy

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 14, 2011

What could be more sexy than a beautiful gut? All glistening and shiny, doing it’s job just right, not inflamed, not allergic, just all happy? Fiber takes you there: removes…

Take On Your Weight Issues with Mystic Marianne Williamson

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 13, 2011

When cleansing, I love to dive deep into mystical teachings along with the physical improvements in what I eat. Usually it’s Ayurveda or Geneen Roth. This Cleanse, it’s Marianne Williamson’s…

Let Kale Salads Rock Your World

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 13, 2011

  You know I’m the Queen of Greens. I eat greens every day: chard, kale, spinach, arugula, mache, chard, collards. Gram per gram, kale provides more iron than red meat,…

Glee Over Ghee

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 11, 2011

  Today, I got a great question from a cleanser about why ghee is acceptable on the Gottfried Cleanse, but not butter. Here’s my answer. Short version: butter contains the…