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Why do Hormone Imbalances Happen?

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 9, 2018

Hormone imbalance stems from various factors. In fact, symptoms and sensations you might consider normal as an aging woman are actually from broken hormones that can easily be fixed with…

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Postpartum Anxiety: A Unique Problem Faced by Women

By Sara Gottfried, MD | April 2, 2018

You’re thinking about the birth or just had a baby. You’re not ill, you’re thrilled about having a baby. You’re not depressed, but you’re on edge and worried about having…

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How to Look and Feel Your Best As You Age

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 19, 2018
How to Look and Feel Your Best As You Age| Women's Health | Sara Gottfried MD

Do you want to feel your best as you age? What are the secrets to improving your healthspan and better aging? Here are the main steps I recommend to turn…

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Six Tips to Sleep Better, Detox Better, and Lose Weight.

By Sara Gottfried, MD | February 19, 2018
Six Tips to Sleep Better, Detox Better, and Lose Weight. | Sara Gottfried, MD

You already know the importance of sleep to your health. But did you know that sleep governs over 600 genes? Those include weight loss genes (such as CLOCK) as well…

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Get Better Sleep: 7 Tips for 7 Hours

By Sara Gottfried, MD | July 3, 2017

Do you get fewer than seven hours of sleep per day? If you answer yes, you are not alone. In fact, one-third of American adults “undersleep,” according to the most recent,…

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The Melatonin Effect: Could Nighttime Light Cause Female Cancers?

By Sara Gottfried, MD | May 8, 2017
the melatonin effect

Are you routinely awake at night with the lights on? Your health might be more at risk. For one, studies on almost two hundred thousand [1] night-shift workers showed increased…

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My Top 5 Health Lessons of the Year: HIIT, Blood Glucose, Divine Unrest and More!

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 25, 2016

As I close out this year and look toward next year, I want to continue what was good and improve upon it. I have a vision of myself, fully expressed,…

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Thanksgiving: What Gratitude Does to Your Brain

By Sara Gottfried, MD | November 13, 2016
Sara Gottfried MD Women's Health Article |Gratitude|What Gratitude Does to Your Brain

Dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin walk into a bar . . . No, I’m not going to torture you with a bad joke. Instead, I want to discuss what gratitude does…

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The Natural Sleep Cure: How to Get Restful, Rejuvenating Sleep Without Popping a Sleeping Pill

By Sara Gottfried, MD | July 11, 2016

We’re all aware of the common breakfast cereal commercials that show a bowlful of bran flakes with milk, topped with banana slices, with a side glass of orange juice, accompanied…

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Cortisol & Cancer: How Lowering Stress Can Help Prevent Cancer

By Sara Gottfried, MD | June 27, 2016

Every week on the news, online, in a magazine, we hear or read about the ever-elusive “cure for cancer.” So far, it’s still a far-off medical goal. While I think…

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PRAISE

“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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Three things I would add to a perimenopause checkl Three things I would add to a perimenopause checklist. Before you start perimenopause: 🔘 Measure your hormones so that you know your baseline, especially with the hormones that affect perimenopause the most: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, thyroid, insulin, and cortisol 🔘 Get regular with weightlifting. For cardiometabolic and brain optimization, I recommend a minimum of 6 hours per week of exercise, and it should be 2/3 heavy weightlifting and 1/3 cardio or aerobic activity. Getting exercise dialed in will help you keep your mitochondria in proper form so you don’t experience the fatigue, especially post-exercise fatigue, that tends to worsen during perimenopause and menopause. 🔘 Check your insulin and glucose since they tend to go sideways in perimenopause, leading to an average of five pounds of fat gain and five pounds of muscle loss each decade after 40 unless you are specifically doing something about it! Perimenopause is associated with an increase in insulin resistance; in other words, when cells become numb to insulin. This leads to rising insulin and then glucose levels, and with it, more fatigue and fat gain, especially around the middle. You may also notice more hair loss: 30 percent of women at age 30 notice increased hair loss, and 50 percent of women at age 50. 💥You will find all this information and much, much more in my book THE HORMONE CURE It’s a must-have for women at any age. Have you read it? 🔽
Beginning at 50, I finally started to speak my tru Beginning at 50, I finally started to speak my truth. I no longer retreat to my cognitive structures (“solve it with my head not my heart”) or simply dissociate. I am more embodied and willing to have difficult conversations when needed. In this, my hormones have led the way and served as a forcing function. Think of it as the Hormonal Initiation. I got schooled by my hormones, and if you want, you can too. I feel like they have set the stage to give me exactly the growth opportunities that I’ve needed at every stage of my life. Maybe you’ve heard the idea that your mess is your message. Well, when your hormones are a mess, that’s a message to listen to. Hormones are designed to transform. Now I see hormonal transition as a beautiful process that shapes who we are. ▪ You may be pulled through a process of engagement and disengagement. ▪ You will ascend and descend. ▪ You may at times feel like you might die, and then minutes to hours later, feel reborn. The point is that hormone transition is an initiation, pulling you to a healing state of consciousness. A changing of the guard. 💥Menopause is not a problem or dead end. It’s a biochemical initiation. And there are no shortcuts to initiation.💥 Do you want to read my latest article called: Perimenopause as Initiation: From “Make Baby” to “Make Wisdom”? Comment MAKE WISDOM below and the link will automatically be sent to your DMs
Do you ruck? Do you ruck?
Three women with different symptoms might all have Three women with different symptoms might all have the same cause, one that is missed by many doctors. Know what it is? ☑️ 39-year-old with fatigue, especially after exercise ☑️ 44-year-old has night sweats and irritability ☑️ 49-year-old develops prediabetes All three women are experiencing a breakdown in mitochondrial function that can lead to ovarian aging. Through exercise, fasting or potentially a Urolithin A supplement, you can support your mitochondria so they can support you. Mitochondria convert nutrients into energy while orchestrating vital processes like metabolism, inflammation regulation, and aging—they are the ultimate keystone for vibrant health and longevity. Mitochondria function differently in women compared to men - women’s oocytes (eggs) have the most mitochondria in our body. Our mitochondria have estrogen receptors, specifically estrogen receptor beta (ERβ). These receptors play a role in mitochondrial function, including energy production, reactive oxygen species regulation, and apoptosis. When estrogen declines during pregnancy or perimenopause, mitochondrial function can be impaired, leading to fatigue. It’s common to feel that energy gap as we age. Supporting mitochondrial health is essential to enduring health and preserving good ovarian function.. Exercise supports mitochondrial health. So does fasting. Both trigger an fundamental pathway to replace and rebuild damaged mitochondria which accumulate more as we age. Urolithin A triggers the same pathway to restore damaged mitochondria, look into it. Taking care of your mitochondria is key to unlocking sustained energy and long-term health, especially for women. By supporting these power brokers inside of your cells, you empower your body to thrive, today and in the years to come. I’m on a mission to educate about the role of mitochondria in your energy today and the future. What questions do you have about your mitochondria? #mitochondria #women #womenshealth #infertility #pcos #perimenopause #prediabetes #menopause #estrogen #urolithina #exercise #muscle #longevity #healthspan #ovarianaging #prematuremenopause #prematureovarianinsufficiency
In my opinion, perimenopause is in need of major r In my opinion, perimenopause is in need of major rebranding. Do you agree? We are fortunate that we have an opportunity to rewrite and reshape the experience of women after 40. It is long overdue and we are in desperate need of it. Most women with perimenopausal or menopausal symptoms go to their doctor and do not get the information or treatment they need. The situation – the information, treatment, and gender gap – is totally unacceptable. The Women's Health Initiative was a major factor in the disinformation campaign that led to our current crisis in which 90% of women stopped their hormone replacement therapy, which led to accelerated aging and trouble getting the solutions they needed. But this study was poorly designed, performed in the wrong age of women and with synthetic hormones that are risky, and finally overturned. As the Washington Post recently and accurately described the situation: “No need to fear menopause hormone drugs, finds major women’s health study.” Amen. Together, we are collectively creating a new narrative of the second half of life for women. Are you in? 🙋 Do you want to read my latest article called: Perimenopause as Initiation: From “Make Baby” to “Make Wisdom”? Comment MAKE WISDOM below and the link will automatically be sent to your DMs
Do you track your HRV? Women with polycystic ova Do you track your HRV? Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) often have increased stress, with an exaggerated sympathetic (fight-flight-freeze-fawn) nervous system and underactive parasympathetic (stay-and-play, rest-and-digest, feed-and-breed!) nervous system. We call these findings autonomic imbalances, including reduced parasympathetic activity, which suggests a potential link to mitochondrial dysfunction. Research indicates that mitochondrial dysfunction is indeed associated with PCOS and may contribute to its pathophysiology. I am finding in my practice that many women over 35 experience mitochondrial dysfunction and it’s a critical factor not just in ovarian aging and perimenopause, but also in your general health and hormone production. 🙋Comment PCOS BLOG below for the link to read my latest article on ‍why mitochondrial impairment is likely a contributing factor to the autonomic dysregulation observed in women with PCOS, affecting both metabolic and reproductive health.
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