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Posts by Dr. Sara and David Gottfried

Kickstarting Health in the Gottfried Home: Our Morning Rituals

By Dr. Sara and David Gottfried | December 11, 2017

Do you race out of bed to get your morning caffeine, or do you meditate quietly for thirty minutes? Do you take the time to eat a nutritious breakfast, or consciously skip it as you rush out the door? What measurements or supplementation, if any, do you perform or take each morning? In the Gottfried…

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Here’s the final chapter in my book WOMEN, FOOD, Here’s the final chapter in my book WOMEN, FOOD, AND HORMONES. Thank you, thank you for buying the book and for your support over this last month. My gratitude is endless🙏 You can find the links to the book in the profile link. The bonus content will be available for a few more days only until October 25th, so pick up a copy of the book soon to make sure you get access. What's included in the bonus content? 🟢Gottfried Protocol Road Map - this gives you a clear overview of the four-week protocol. ➡️Count Your Macros: a visual guide to help you calculate your ketogenic ratios 🟢Define Your Carb Limit: I help you figure out your personal carb limit that will allow you to maintain metabolic health and your own weight goals ➡️Optimal Lab Ranges: One of my most popular posts to date was about lab tests and results so I decided to create a comprehensive list of recommended tests and lab ranges with standard ranges + the optimal ones I recommend. This is a resource not to be missed. 🟢Plus a full-length webinar on thyroid health and treatment. This is great content for health practitioners and the general public alike. If you want help understanding the thyroid, this webinar is it. #womenfoodhormones #ketodiet #ketogenic #ketosis #ketogenicdiet #lowcarbhighfat #ketoweightloss #ketotransformation #ketofriendly #ketoforwomen #veganketo #metabolicbalance #metabolicflexibility #metabolichealth #lchfdiet #lchf #lchflifestyle #hclfvegan #hclffitlife #hclf #intermittentfasting
The Role of Testosterone in Women. A lot of people The Role of Testosterone in Women. A lot of people—a lot of women—think that estrogen is the most abundant hormone that we have, but the truth is testosterone (T) is our most abundant hormone. Even though men have more, on average about 10x greater levels, women are still exquisitely sensitive to it. Did you catch this podcast with @dr.stephanie.estima ⁉️ You can find the podcast link in my bio I think of T as a major multitasker. Testosterone is not just for sex drive, which is what it is most famous for, it’s also responsible for confidence and agency, and for many women, a major part of their sense of vitality and mood. For men, T is proven to help prevent anxiety and depression—it’s a mood stabilizer. What I see with testosterone is that some women start to decline, especially women who have been under chronic, toxic stress, I see that it can begin to decline in their late 20s. Eating excess refined carbs can drive T down too, and both of these factors can affect both women and men. Normally testosterone can go down about 1% per year after about age 28. However, that can be accelerated if you have excess stress if that excess stress is driving up your cortisol and your insulin and you're eating more sugar. All of these factors can drive testosterone down even faster and lower. You can find out more about the role testosterone plays in women in my book Women, Food, and Hormones. ➡️For testosterone lab ranges see the Optimal Lab Ranges download that is available as part of the bonus content for the book. To download, enter your purchase details via the BONUS GIFT link in bio. #womenfoodhormones #ketodiet #ketogenic #ketosis #ketogenicdiet #cleanketo #ketolife #lowcarbhighfat #men #lowT #ketoweightloss #testosterone #anxiety #menopause #depression #perimenopause #menopausedoctor #hrt #womensupportingwomen
When Your Doctor Gaslights You. I can’t tell you When Your Doctor Gaslights You. I can’t tell you how many women have told me that they struggle with something—anxiety, depression, painful periods, weight loss (maybe after a kid), or their gut—and they go to their doctor and explain what's going on but they are told… you’re fine, go home. Maybe they get some minimal testing done. But more often than not they are told, “You're just getting older.” That's how gaslighting can happen. It occurs with so many things women experience. I'm not saying it's intentional on the part of the clinicians, but it's a way that: We start to doubt ourselves We start to doubt our truth We start to doubt our power Take ownership of your health. Ask questions. Have courageous conversations with doctors. Did you watch this @womenofimpact podcast yet with the inimitable @lisabilyeu? Follow the link in bio to watch. It’s a must-see for female friends, loved ones, family members. Please share with them 😍 #womenfoodhormones #metabolicbalance #metabolic #metabolicflexibility #metabolichealth #metabolicprecision #metabolicreset #metabolicconditioning #metabolicbalance #metabolicnutrition #prediabetes #prediabetesawareness #continuousglucosemonitor #bloodsugar #bloodsugarbalance #glucosetest #glucose #glucosemeter #bloodglucose #precisionmedicine #glucosemonitoring #continuousglucosemonitor #metabolicsyndrome #menopause #perimenopause #menopausedoctor #hrt #womensupportingwomen #ketodiet #ketogenic
For UK folks and anglophiles, I am in the @dailyma For UK folks and anglophiles, I am in the @dailymail today! Many thanks to @louiseatkinsonwrites for a fabulous adaptation of the essential elements of my new book, WOMEN, FOOD, AND HORMONES. Thank you @bazzaj for the gorgeous pics. Hanging out with you was the highlight of pub week!!! Yes, yes, I know that sitting on a countertop can be unhygienic as many Brits were quick to add in the comments section below the Daily Mail article 😂 (That’s a longer conversation!) I don’t usually cook in heels, as you well know if you follow me 😍 in fact, it was the first time in 18 months that I searched my closet for a pair! Usually, it’s yoga pants, no makeup, and a #messybun My book is available in the UK now at @amazonuk and @waterstones and other booksellers. You can find links to the Daily Mail excerpt and book in my bio. #womenfoodhormones #nutrition #ketodiet #ketogenic #ketosis #ketogenicdiet #ketoweightloss #ketoforwomen #veganketo #metabolicbalance #metabolicflexibility #metabolichealth #women #womenshealth #menopause #perimenopause #menopausedoctor #hrt #womensupportingwomen
“I feel like women are stuck. They're stuck betw “I feel like women are stuck. They're stuck between diet culture—which I think many of us reject this idea that we're supposed to be thinner, obedient, smaller, take up less space and have these unrealistic standards for how we're supposed to look. And then we also have the fat acceptance movement. And what I like to do is to position myself in the middle where the focus is on metabolic health.” I was one of the first guests to be interviewed by @eliseloehnen several years ago for the launch of the @goop podcast, so it was wonderful to sit down with her again for her superb new podcast, Pulling the Thread. Elise is a masterful interviewer, unparalleled at setting context, deeply curious and cogent about what we are facing as women in the world today. We started first with her new book as a lead in to my new book, and along the way, we sat with her sublime questions, like women do. We covered so much ground in this podcast including: ▪Discussion of diet culture and body positivity, where it leaves us, and the battle so many of us are in with our bodies, trying to be thinner, leaner, something other than what is. ▪Metabolic health, a better metric than weight alone or body mass index ▪Importance of testosterone for women, particularly for confidence and agency ▪Wearables and who benefits ▪The ketogenic diet for women ▪Detoxification and why women 35+ usually need more of it And one of my favorite parts: a discussion on how to have courageous conversations with doctors. There’s also a great segment on hormone testing. I recommend that women track their hormones over time. This is where I really believe we're heading in medicine, tracking metrics longitudinally, so we can move away from doing medicine for the average toward medicine for the individual. Find the full podcast at the link in my bio. #womenfoodhormones #precisionmedicine #perimenopause #menopause #ketodiet #ketogenic #ketosis #ketogenicdiet #cleanketo #ketolife #lowcarbhighfat #ketoweightloss #metabolichealth #metabolicflexibility #dietculture #dietculturedropout #bodypositivity #bodypositivemovement #fatacceptance
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