340: The connection between hormones & weight loss | Sara Gottfried, M.D.

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Sara Gottfried, M.D.: “For women, testosterone is especially important for confidence, agency, and even risk-taking.” Gottfried, a Harvard-trained integrative medicine doctor and hormone expert, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how hormones affect your weight, plus: - How the keto diet can hinder your sleep - Why women should pay more attention to testosterone - How to successfully follow the keto diet for metabolic health - How to increase your growth hormone & why it matters - How to enhance your gut health with vitamin D Referenced in the episode: - Gottfried's book, Women, Food, And Hormones. - Data showing 88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy, and an mbg article on what to do about it. - Research showing 45% pre-menopausal women had menstrual irregularity on the keto diet. - Research showing more than half of those with coronary artery disease have "normal" lipids. - Research showing women with higher testosterone more likely to choose risky careers. - mbg Podcast episode #294 and #197 with Jud Brewer, M.D., Ph.D. - mbg Podcast episode #293 with Mark Sisson. Don't forget to use the code PROBIOTICPOD at checkout to save 25% off your first month subscription of mbg's probiotic+. It's the only blend in the world with our unique combination of four strains to beat bloating, aid digestion, and reset your gut.* To learn more about the supplement Jason swears by, visit mindbodygreen.com/probioticpod. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
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0:45.6	Dr. Sarah Godfried is one of the world's best when it comes to all things hormones. She is a Harvard
0:55.6	educated physician scientist and a clinical assistant professor in the department of
1:00.3	Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at Sydney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson
1:06.0	University. She is the New York Times best-selling author of three previous books including the
1:12.3	hormone cure. And today she's here to discuss her latest bestseller, Women, Food and Hormones.
1:24.8	Sarah, welcome. Hey Jason, so happy to be with you. It is so great to see you. We were saying
1:30.4	before the show it's been like five years since we've seen each other. So it's good to see you again
1:35.6	and it is awesome to see you out with another incredible book that's absolutely crushing it.
1:42.5	And it starts with a great title, Women, Food and Hormones. I love it. Congratulations.
1:48.0	Well, thank you. I mean, it's a series of topics that are super misunderstood. So I just could resist.
1:57.0	So in terms of being misunderstood, there's a lot to unpack there specifically with the connection
2:03.2	between hormones and weight gain and weight loss specifically with women. And you have in the book
2:11.5	these five principles. So could you start there by briefly walking us through the five principles
2:18.5	of women and weight? Sure can. So Jason, the first principle is that hormones influence weight.
2:27.5	I'll let a couple miss that piece because they think about hormones in terms of mood or they
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