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Fabulous Fermented Foods: Take Your Health to the Next Level

By Sara Gottfried, MD | December 1, 2015

Most people know that a daily probiotic or the occasional yogurt is a good idea, but do they know why? And do they know the wealth of options that are out there when it comes to getting their daily dose of healthy bacteria? Here are some rock-solid reasons to add fabulous fermented foods to your…

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GMOs: Guilty until Proven Innocent (Plus 5 Ways to Reduce Damage to Your Gut and Brain)

By Sara Gottfried, MD | October 23, 2015

Is it safe to eat genetically modified foods? What about if you eat the meat of an animal raised on genetically-modified food? At this point, the scientific community is still gathering data but my hunch is that GMs are not good for your body, and we need to apply the precautionary principle. Here’s why…. You…

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A daily bowel movement is healthy and detoxifying. A daily bowel movement is healthy and detoxifying. How do you get your gut moving so you are completely evacuating your bowels at least once or twice per day? It should feel like there’s no stool that’s still stuck in your colon or rectum. To keep your gut moving, you will require sufficient hydration, high-fiber vegetables, and possibly a magnesium supplement. Scroll the slides above for more details. 💧Water is essential💧 Every day, you should be consuming half your weight (measured in pounds) in ounces of filtered water (carbon filter or reverse osmosis), organic herbal tea, hot filtered water with a squeeze of fresh lemon or lime juice, black tea, green tea. 🟢Eat high-fiber vegetables daily 🟡Add 1–2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed to a smoothie or shake 🟢Include 1–2 tablespoons of MCT oil with each meal 🟡Consider a magnesium supplement. More than half of US adults are low in magnesium, a condition that can block many hormone pathways and harm your health. My recommendation to my patients is to get to 800 milligrams per day, but you can find the right dose for you by starting at 200–300 milligrams and slowly increasing the amount. I consider this list of actions in the slides as the basics. Just like a shampoo for your hair, you want to keep up a consistent pattern of lather, rinse, repeat. If you get up to 800 mg of magnesium a day plus you are doing all of the other activities but still struggle to poop daily, then I recommend you consult with a functional medicine clinician to further evaluate your gut. #womenfoodhormones #detoxification #detoxify #detoxfood #detox #loveyourliver #keto #ketodiet #ketogenic #ketosis #ketogenicdiet #ketoforwomen #magnesium #magnesiumdeficiency #magnesiumbenefits
Your liver is the main organ in charge of prioriti Your liver is the main organ in charge of prioritizing the treatment of toxins. It makes most of them less dangerous through biochemical processing inside liver cells. However, relying on the liver to do its job against all the toxins we face may not be sufficient. Like in any triage situation, there are not always enough resources in the liver to deal with everything at the same time. Some toxins take priority over others, such as alcohol. Alcohol moves to the front of the line, no matter what. This alone can be a good reason to reduce alcohol consumption to a minimum so you don't tie your liver up breaking down alcohol instead of focusing on other toxins. Your liver processes toxins in two phases. 1️⃣In phase one, it converts fat-soluble toxins into water-soluble substances. 2️⃣At the end of phase two, the liver excretes these water-soluble toxins via urine, stool, sweat, and other body fluids. In a detoxification protocol, this two-step process needs to be managed in the opposite order: optimize phase two before triggering phase one. This is one of the reasons why detoxification and “cleanse” programs are controversial and can make people sick; if toxins are removed from tissues at a higher rate than they are removed from the body, it makes a person feel terrible and can even have severe consequences. Think of it this way: you don’t warm up the car in the garage, and then open the garage door to let out the fumes. This is so important to understand. It’s why I emphasize in my Women, Food, and Hormones protocol that you must be having a daily bowel movement on a regular basis before moving on to implementation so that you can clear the toxins released as you burn more fat. More on how to get things moving in the next post😍 #womenfoodhormones #detoxification #detoxify #detoxfood #detox #loveyourliver #keto #ketodiet #ketogenic #ketosis #ketogenicdiet #ketoforwomen #lchfdiet #lchf #lchflifestyle #hclfvegan #hclffitlife #hclf #metabolicflexibility #metabolichealth
It’s Time to Take Your Health into Your Own Hand It’s Time to Take Your Health into Your Own Hands. More from the fantastic podcast with @drmarkhyman on The Doctor's Farmacy podcast (link in bio to listen to the full podcast) The more we can dial in metabolic health and balance the sex hormones, the better off we are. Yes, those "inconvenient" symptoms (difficulty sleeping, night sweats, hot flashes) that women experience after 40 could be medicated away with hormone therapy in the right candidate. ‼️BUT please realize that these symptoms can be biomarkers of something much more serious such as bone loss and endothelial dysfunction. In addition, large blood sugar excursions can trigger many of the symptoms that women suffer with such as hot flashes, anxiety attacks, night sweats, mood swings. So it's essential to get these hormones back into balance, starting first with food and lifestyle. It's time to take your health into your own hands 🙌 #womenfoodhormones #metabolicbalance #metabolic #metabolicflexibility #metabolichealth #metabolicprecision #metabolicreset #metabolicconditioning #metabolicbalance #metabolicnutrition #prediabetes #prediabetesawareness #continuousglucosemonitor #bloodsugar #bloodsugarbalance #glucosetest #glucose #glucosemeter #bloodglucose #precisionmedicine #glucosemonitoring #continuousglucosemonitor #metabolicsyndrome
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I tried acting normal for a minute in order to wri I tried acting normal for a minute in order to write a straight-up holiday caption, then I remembered I’m not normal. So I went to spin class with my favorite teacher, @frictionfitness — he high vibed us through tough climbs alternating with high rpm spins, interspersed with explosiveness. He comes to the same heavenly spot here in Mexico every year. He is so pure, so present, so fully embodied, that even I waltz down from my familiar perch in my brain and have a look around. Left it all on the bike, thanks to Dwayne. Darling Husband, dripping gallons of sweat on the bike in front of me, did too. I felt in my entire body the feeling of YES. The whole body yes, the type of yes I never understood until recently. (I only got the cognitive yes, a fragment of the whole body yes that doesn’t consider the body’s wishes.) At the end of class, I felt for the first time that there is no upper limit. I’m reading THE BIG LEAP, but it was a cognitive read until class this morning. There is no upper limit to feeling good—on love, connection, creativity, health, and healing. Sometimes I forget and wonder why my left knee hurts or if my voice will ever be normal again. Or, or, or. There’s always something lurking to kill the vibe, usually ego or old patterns, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Ego is like a thermostat that stops at 68 degrees. It only gets you so far before fear kicks in. Don’t fall for it. That’s when I realize… I just left the present moment. Concepts of “no upper limit” and “whole body yes” exist only in the present moment. For now, I’m back in the present moment. It can be a very uncomfortable place to be for those of us with trauma, but bit by bit, ease into it. Learn to trust it. Loving reminder that the present moment is where all the healing occurs. It’s about slowing down enough to notice there is no upper limit. And feeling that vibe, head to toe, cell to soul, whole body yes. Thank you @frictionfitness 🙏 please follow Dwayne and register for his Zoom classes. I’ll see you there! Grateful for all of it. Blessed you are here, old and new friends. Love, Dr. G 🙏
Muscle Is the Currency of Health. Muscle is the cu Muscle Is the Currency of Health. Muscle is the currency of health says @drmarkhyman Yes!!! Preserving muscle mass as you get older is one of the most essential markers of healthspan, that period of time when you feel fantastic and relatively free of disease. Superb interview questions as always from @drmarkhyman 🎙Follow the link in bio to listen to the full podcast Aside from why muscle is so important for hormonal health, we also discussed: 🟡How we need to stop normalizing women’s hormonal issues 🟢Symptoms of hormonal imbalance 🟡How food affects hormone balance 🟢Alcohol and hormones 🟡Hormone balancing foods 🟢The importance of metabolic flexibility 🟡Cruciferous vegetables, soy, and hormonal health 🟢Is a plant-based or vegan diet helpful for hormonal health? #womenfoodhormones #metabolicbalance #metabolic #metabolicflexibility #metabolichealth #metabolicprecision #metabolicreset #metabolicconditioning #metabolicbalance #metabolicnutrition #prediabetes #prediabetesawareness #continuousglucosemonitor #bloodsugar #bloodsugarbalance #glucosetest #glucose #glucosemeter #bloodglucose #precisionmedicine #glucosemonitoring #continuousglucosemonitor #metabolicsyndrome
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