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
Younger
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