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I Weigh: Women, Hormones, Diet Culture, and Body Positivity

By Sara Gottfried MD | September 18, 2021
Sara Gottfried MD Women's Health Article | Body Positivity | I Weigh: Women, Hormones, Diet Culture, and Body Positivity

When I read an intake form for a new patient and she requests help with weight loss, I pause and I take a deep breath. The territory is full of landmines. On one end of the spectrum, we have diet culture, touting crash diets or unrealistic body-size standards or the latest miracle weight-loss supplement. On…

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Borderline Fasting Blood Sugar: Why It’s a Problem and 5 Ways to Fix It

By Sara Gottfried, MD | October 2, 2017
Hormone Article |Blood Sugar| Sara Gottfried MD

The patient I am going to describe is unique in her own issues with blood sugar, but her frustration with conventional medicine could be duplicated in my practice many times over. Louisa is a forty-five-year-old teacher and mother of two. After the birth of her children, she was unable to lose the twenty-five pounds she…

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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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Thank you @goop for a great Q&A about my new book Thank you @goop for a great Q&A about my new book WOMEN, FOOD, AND HORMONES We cover: 🟢What is the Gottfried Protocol? You can read about the three pillars of the protocol which are detoxification, nutritional ketosis, and low-stress intermittent fasting. Here’s a quick cheat sheet from the article that covers the hormones of metabolism you need to know about when following the protocol: ▪️Insulin moves glucose into your cells. ▪️Leptin tells you when you’re full. ▪️Cortisol is the stress hormone that controls blood sugar levels and regulates metabolism and inflammation. ▪️Ghrelin, known as the hunger hormone, tells you when you’re hungry. ▪️Thyroid hormones regulate metabolism. ▪️Testosterone is involved in muscle growth and repair, sex drive, and mood. ▪️Growth hormone deficiency can contribute to anxiety, premature aging, fatigue, and belly fat accumulation. ➕Plus - why do men and women tend to respond differently to a classic ketogenic diet? ❓And the ever-popular question: is it ever too late to balance your hormones? (short answer is no😍) Follow the link in bio to read the full article. Take a look and let me know what you think⬇️ #womenfoodhormones #ketodiet #ketogenic #ketosis #ketogenicdiet #cleanketo #ketolife #lowcarbhighfat #ketoweightloss #ketotransformation #ketofriendly #simpleketo #ketoforwomen #veganketo #metabolicflexibility #metabolichealth #lchfdiet #lchf #lchflifestyle #hclfvegan #hclffitlife #hclf #intermittentfasting #intermittentfastingresults #intermittentfasting16hours
Whatever You’re Experiencing Is Your Truth. What Whatever You’re Experiencing Is Your Truth. Whatever you're experiencing is your truth, and you don't need a doctor to validate that for you💥 🙋‍♀️Hands up those over 35 who have asked their doctors for a hormone panel to see why they are feeling the way they are, only to be told that hormones fluctuate too much and it’s not worth it. Does this sound familiar? Yet, if a woman wants to get pregnant and is having some problems trying to conceive, there are massive hormone panels that the doctors will run, an entire battery of tests. So what message is being sent to women? This is just one of the many frank, thought-provoking topics that @lisabilyeu and I discussed on @womenofimpact If you want to take ownership of your health, this conversation is not to be missed. Share with daughters, mothers, sisters, and friends. Watch the full conversation in the link in my bio or listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify (search Women of Impact) #womenofimpact #nutrition #femaleempowerment #womenempowerment #empowerher #pcos #perimenopause #menopause #womenfoodhormones #metabolichealth #metabolicbalance #metabolicflexibility #precisionmedicine #speakyourtruth #pcosawareness #pcossupport #metabolism #lisabilyeu #saragottfried #women #womensupportingwomen
Women, Food, and Hormones on KTLA5 Morning News. N Women, Food, and Hormones on KTLA5 Morning News. No amount of diet or exercise is going to work for diet and fat loss if your hormones are out of whack. Absolutely loved this interview with @thejessicaholmes about Women, Food, and Hormones at @ktla5news as we dug a little deeper into the three main pillars of my four-week plan. The Gottfried Protocol is a ketogenic pulse designed for women’s unique biology, but it’s not a standard, super low carb, ketogenic diet that’s been mostly studied in men. There are three pillars. We begin with detoxification, and then layer in nutritional ketosis, and finally add low-stress intermittent fasting as a back door to ketosis. The sequence is important and supported by the latest evidence. The detox and the intermittent fasting components are what made my third attempt at the ketogenic diet successful and allowed me to achieve metabolic flexibility, lose fat and maintain my goal weight. Links to all the booksellers are in my bio as well as the link to the bonus content for those that order the book by October 15th. The bonus content includes: 🟢Gottfried Protocol Road Map to make your journey to food freedom and optimal metabolic health that much easier. 🟢Count Your Macros: a visual guide to help you calculate your ketogenic ratios. 🟢Define Your Carb Limit: After the four-week preparation and implementation period, you will transition and integrate these protocols into your daily life. Based on my guidelines, you get to define your personal carb limit that will allow you to maintain metabolic health and your own weight goals. 🟢Optimal Lab Ranges: My comprehensive list of tests and lab ranges for optimal metabolic health. For those that have already started on my new plan, share your success stories below. How's it going for you? #womenfoodhormones #ketodiet #ketogenic #ketosis #ketogenicdiet #cleanketo #ketolife #lowcarbhighfat #ketoweightloss #ketotransformation #ketofriendly #simpleketo #ketoforwomen #veganketo #metabolicbalance #metabolic #metabolicflexibility #metabolichealth #metabolicprecision #metabolicreset #weightlosstips #weightlosshelp #weightlossinspiration #weightlossresistance #metabolicconditioning #metabolicbalance #metabolicnutrition
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