Posts by Sara Gottfried, MD
My Paleolista Soul Sister: Julia Ross and The Diet Cure
Most Americans are now unable to stop eating refined sweets and starches. Why? Because these foods are actually more addictive than alcohol or drugs! No joke. Sugar ages you prematurely…
Read MoreThe Cortisol Switch: How Cortisol Makes You Fat and Angry, Plus 7 Practices to Rock Your Stress
Have you heard of the “cortisol switch?” Here’s the scenario. When you’re stressed, you feel the positive vibe of cortisol – the rise of energy, the focus, the charge, the…
Read MoreYour Boobs on Booze: How Alcohol Affects Your Breast Health
Darlings, first the good news. You have a choice about how estrogen works for or against you in your body. The bad news is that the latest, best evidence shows…
Read MoreGame Changers: 7 Women Who Rock My World (+ Connect Me to My Higher Purpose)
I am so very blessed. Here’s why. 7 Women. One Year. These 7 women have vaulted me to places I never thought possible in the past year, from the Fire…
Read MoreWhy I Love Michelle Obama: Humility. Grace. Integrity. Subversive. And Those Arms!
Michelle Obama feels like a real person. No pretense. Not precious. She was not brought up in wealth and privilege – she came from a working class family. She attended…
Read MoreAddiction to Struggle: How It Shows Up (with thanks to Jung) + 3 Tips to Settle Down
In Portland last week, I was immensely enjoying dinner with my sister, her 11-month baby, and my elder daughter, now officially a ‘tween. We were having a magical time, hanging…
Read MoreMedicine Woman Meets Medicine Woman: Talking Shop with Ana Forrest of Forrest Yoga
Recently I received an extravagant gift: an interview with my favorite yoga luminaries, Ana Forrest. Ana Forrest is not your typical international yoga rockstar. In fact, she’d probably correct me if I…
Read MoreTop 7 Myths of Hormones + Sex (News Flash: Myth Busting Ignites Healing)
What’s your Greater Purpose when it comes to your health? What myths have you busted on your path to robust health? (Show me yours and I’ll show you mine.) Transparency…
Read MorePleasure, Food and Stress
By Guest Writer Daphne Cohn If there’s one thing I know for sure it’s that eating and living without pleasure = stress. And stress leads to: Weight gain Overeating Exhaustion…
Read MoreHow's your trust fund? I mean…your trust fund in your bones
It’s Valentine’s Day. Time to love up your bones. What’s that? You’re asking “why?” “Why” is not a spiritual question. “How?” is a spiritual question. But I digress. When I first learned that…
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