Dr. Sara Gottfried on Women, Food, & Hormones

Dr. Sara Gottfried is a key opinion leader as it relates to hormone balance. As a New York Times best-selling author, practicing medical doctor, researcher, university professor, and popular speaker, she offers an evidence-based approach to hormones and nutrition. Her upcoming book “Women, Food, & Hormones” outlines the latest research combined with her vast clinical experience to help women lose weight and get to the root cause of hormonal complaints.

In today’s episode, we discuss the interconnection of hormones with diet and the microbiome, and we hear about her approach to bio-identical hormone replacement therapies.

Today on The Lab Report:

• 3:20 Meet Dr. Sara Gottfried and hear her journey to root cause medicine
• 8:50 Diet, metabolism, and hormones
• 12:45 Pre-diabetes and continuous glucose monitoring
• 14:35 Heart rate variability testing and cortisol
• 17:00 When to use bio-identical hormone replacement
• 20:20 Cortisol’s effects on other hormones
• 22:25 The role of the microbiome
• 25:25 Dosing and timing of hormone replacement
• 30:50 How you can work with Dr. Gottfried
• 31:50 The Fireball

Additional Resources:

saragottfriedmd.com

Marcus Institute of Integrative Health

Women, Food, & Hormones

The Hormone Reset Diet

The Hormone Cure

Brain Body Diet

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