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Dhru Purohit Show

Hormonal Imbalances Can Ruin Your Life—Here’s How to Fix Them with Dr. Sara Gottfried

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, InsideTracker, and WHOOP. Mainstream medicine often fails us when it comes to hormonal imbalances. Hormones aren’t commonly tested, even when there is a high likelihood of an issue (like cortisol in our overly stressed culture). Since there are so many hormones that can become dysregulated, presenting with a wide variety of symptoms, many of the symptoms are written off to aging and never addressed.  On today’s episode of The Dhru Purohit Podcast, we are re-sharing Dhru’s interview with Dr. Sara Gottfried. Dhru and Dr. Gottfried take a deep dive into the topic of hormonal imbalances, along with what you can do to get them back on track.  Dr. Gottfried is a board-certified physician who practices evidence-based integrative, precision, and Functional Medicine. She is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University, and Director of Precision Medicine at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health. In this episode, we dive into:  -Common hormone imbalances that have become normalized in society (7:30) -Signs and symptoms of hormone imbalances (11:06) -Dr. Gottfried’s personal journey of learning how to balance her hormones (19:56) -The top 3 things to prioritize when addressing hormone imbalances (34:31) -Understanding the unique biology of women when it comes to balancing hormones (46:08) -How to uncover the root cause of hormone imbalances (52:07) -How chronic cardio negatively impacts cortisol levels (1:00:58) -The top 3 mistakes when it comes to diet and how it impacts our hormones (1:08:02) -How to improve metabolic flexibility (1:12:07)  -The key pillars of The Gottfried Protocol (1:25:17)    For more on Dr. Gottfried, visit her website saragottfriedmd.com. Get her book Women, Food, and Hormones here. To become a patient in Dr. Gottfried’s practice, go to marcusinstitute.jeffersonhealth.org. This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox, InsideTracker, and WHOOP. For a limited time, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive free ground beef FOR LIFE. When you sign up today, ButcherBox will send you 2lbs of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription. To receive this offer, go to ButcherBox.com/dhru. InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself. WHOOP is a personalized digital fitness tracker and health-coaching platform that monitors your physiology 24/7 and provides personalized recommendations based on what your body needs. For me, it's been a game changer to optimize my sleep and improve my fitness, performance, and overall health. To get yours, go to join.whoop.com and get 15% off your membership with code DHRU15. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

The truth is correcting your hormone of balances is so much easier than living with your

0:06.6

hormones being out of balance.

0:08.4

Hi everyone, Drew Prowd here, question for you.

0:10.9

Do you have extra belly fat around your waist?

0:13.8

Is your hair falling out?

0:15.3

What feels like earlier or in places that it shouldn't be falling out?

0:18.9

Do you have sleepless nights or breast tenderness or is your period irregular?

0:23.8

Is your symptoms of PMS super strong?

0:28.1

Well, if you can relate to any of these questions or answered yes, these are signs that you might

0:33.5

have a hormonal imbalance.

0:35.5

And today's guest, Dr. Sarah Godfrey, has an important reminder for you.

0:39.4

She says, I can tell you, without a doubt, you cannot achieve true health without achieving

0:45.5

hormonal health and balance.

0:48.0

Today's interview is about this topic.

0:49.8

If you suspect that you have a hormonal imbalance, you want to pay attention.

0:54.2

Stay tuned for a fascinating conversation.

0:56.8

This episode is sponsored by Butcherbox.

0:59.7

So I've tried a lot of different diets.

1:01.5

And the one that I found that feels the best for my body is my friend, Dr. Mark Heimann's

1:05.9

Pagan Diet.

1:07.4

I actually look at this as more of a balanced and nutrient focused lifestyle than an actual

1:11.4

diet.

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