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Success Story: The Secret to Keeping Weight Off (and Losing Even More)

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 21, 2016

Calories aren’t the only culprit when it comes to gaining weight. Your hormones actually play a major role in both the numbers on the bathroom scale and everything from energy…

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Success Story: How to Lose Weight After Childbirth by Resetting Your Hormones

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 14, 2016

Hundreds of women know Dr. Sara Gottfried’s Hormone Reset Diet works. But convincing her very own sister to try it was no easy feat. Here’s what transpired: Having a baby…

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Bust the Beauty Myth, Call a Girlfriend, and Prevent an Eating Disorder

By Sara Gottfried, MD | March 7, 2016

Bedtime. I hear my daughter sniffle. Within seconds, she’s sobbing: “Mom, I have too much fat on my thighs.” I’m in her bedroom, lying next to her, winding down from…

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Top 3 Questions – Bioidentical Hormones

By Sara Gottfried, MD | February 22, 2016

The path to hormonal balance is often punctuated by difficult decisions. Sometimes it means choosing a new food plan or diet, making radical adjustments to create a low-stress life, or…

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Stuck at the Corner of Fat and Unhappy? The Intersection of Dating and Hormones

By Sara Gottfried, MD | February 8, 2016

All the single ladies (all the single ladies) All the single ladies, now put your hands up – Beyonce, Put a Ring On It Is your hand in the air…

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Anxiety: 5 Ways to Reset from Anxious to Zen

By Sara Gottfried, MD | January 25, 2016

When most people think of anxiety, they envision someone having a full-blown panic attack, but the truth is that anxiety may show up in subtle and sneaky ways. In fact, from a…

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Dial in the Carbs: Choosing the Right Dose for You in 3 Easy Steps

By Sara Gottfried, MD | January 18, 2016

Confused about carbs? You’re not alone. There’s a lot of conflicting information out there. Maybe you’ve been Paleo for a while, or perhaps you’ve just started to ditch carbs in…

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My Quick Green Tonic: The Perfect Morning Shake

By Sara Gottfried MD | January 4, 2016
The Hormone Reset Diet Recipe |Green Tonic|Sara Gottfried MD

A green tonic for breakfast. I tell my patients that when you start your day with a green shake, you end up making great, “green” food decisions all day long,…

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What to Do When You Fall Off the Wagon and Have a Food Meltdown

By Sara Gottfried, MD | January 4, 2016

In my book, The Hormone Reset Diet, I came clean and shared my history as a food addict. While I’ve been binge-free for more than 10 years, there’s an occasional moment…

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Ten Travel Tips for Hormonal Harmony During the Holidays

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 21, 2015
Women's Health Article | Sara Gottfried MD

When you travel, many factors conspire against you. Your circadian rhythm often suffers, and you’re less likely to get a good night’s sleep. Poor sleep may make you choose food…

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“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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Been to Topanga? That's the gorgeous teaching and Been to Topanga? That's the gorgeous teaching and back of my co-conspirator @schuylergrantyoga — two hours of practice twice a day made everything function again in my body 🧘‍♀️ Thank you to our soldout crew of women who joined us. Thank you to our magnificent Chef @healthysexystrong for the enlivening and anti-inflammatory nourishment! #yoga #nature #regulation #hormones #hotforhormones #women
Anxiety and anger are normal emotional responses t Anxiety and anger are normal emotional responses to the events we experienced this week. These emotions could be a very sane reaction to insane events. What’s helpful to know is how to distinguish healthy fear and anger from potentially harmful reactions. If you’re feeling fear this week and perhaps frozen or numb, that’s the stress response. If you are trying to figure out how to maintain harmony in your circle of friends and family, that’s a healthy stress response—if you don’t shift to people pleasing and lose your authenticity and voice. Ideally, we experience emotions such as anxiety and anger and then find ways to resolve them. They are part of the stress response of fight-or-flight, which helps you mobilize large muscle groups and move the stress through the system of your body. However, emotions and stress start to impact our health when the body doesn’t respond well to external factors, and we have difficulty modulating our emotional responses. Read more on how chronic stress can show up in your body in my interview for @mariashriver’s @thesundaypaper - link in bio
Tried contrast bathing? Tried contrast bathing?
I don’t always clear stress well. It loiters in I don’t always clear stress well. It loiters in my body like a juvenile delinquent, poking holes in my gut wall, ruining digestion, truncating my timekeeping telomeres, and smacking around my poor defenseless brain. Even everyday stress can make me feel ridiculously vulnerable, traumatized, and tense. It’s as if the factory forgot to install my shock absorbers, so I’ve had to come up with my own. Stress management is common knowledge but it’s not the same as common practice. Our collective need to self-soothe is growing. You’d think by now we’d understand how stress gets under the skin, but the truth is that we’ve only recently figured it out. I’m going to share some ways to soothe emotional tension and ride the stress wave. Do you need new shock absorbers?
6 dos and don’ts to live a longer, vital life. 6 dos and don’ts to live a longer, vital life. @hubermanlab asked me what my top six dos and don’ts are to increase healthspan and live a longer life full of vitality. Here they are: 1️⃣ DON’T skimp on sleep and DO sleep for 7.5 to 8.5 hours a night. 2️⃣ DON’T let alcohol dim your light and DO limit or stop drinking alcohol 3️⃣ DON’T let stress become toxic and DO stress better 4️⃣ DON’T eat ultra-processed foods and DO eat whole foods 5️⃣ DON’T isolate or stay in toxic relationships and DO tend, befriend, and improve social connections 6️⃣ DON’T sit the whole day and DO move in a way that fits with your body Which one do you need to improve? To listen/watch the podcast, comment HUB123 and the link will be sent to your DMs
5 Metabolic Tests I Always Run These are the firs 5 Metabolic Tests I Always Run These are the first 5 metabolic tests that I run on men and women. 1️⃣ Glucose and insulin. Post-prandial insulin changes first when metabolism starts to get out of balance, according to research from the Lancet. It can change 13 years before glucose levels indicate diabetes. Sometimes I’ll check C-peptide. 2️⃣ Thyroid panel. Not just TSH and free T4, but add free T3, reverse T3, and thyroid antibodies (thyroid peroxidase antibodies and anti-thyroglobulin antibodies) 3️⃣ Hemoglobin A1C, a 3-month average of your glucose. This test shows the three-month average of your glucose levels. The downside of this test is that it is not a linear reflection. Therefore, it can be falsely low for people who have hypoglycemia at night, something I see in a lot of perimenopausal and menopausal women. 4️⃣ Advanced lipid panel, not the old school version of total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides, but lipoprotein fractionation NMR with lipids (includes LDL-P, small LDL-P, LDL size, HDL-P, large HDL-P, HDL size, large VLDL-P, VLDL size), lipo(a), hsCRP, myeloperoxidase, oxidized LDL, HDL function, etc. 5️⃣ Other hormones, like free and total testosterone. There are dozens of hormones that affect metabolism, from cortisol to leptin to ghrelin to growth hormone to adiponectin, but that’s a basic panel! These tests are in addition to a comprehensive metabolic panel, a test that all physicians are educated to order on patients. I have many other tests that I like to run that I haven’t mentioned, from genetics to micronutrients and gut health, but these are a solid 5 to get you started. If you’ve been following me, you know I also use wearables for sleep, activity, and continuous glucose monitoring, when warranted. As I cover in WOMEN FOOD AND HORMONES, these are the basic tests of your metabolic health. Ask your healthcare professional to measure them. If they refuse, ask why, and consider finding one who will. You deserve to know where you stand with your metabolic health, do you agree?
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