Dr. Sara Gottfried: How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity
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Who is Dr. Sara Gottfried?
Sara Gottfried, M.D is a Harvard-trained, board-certified gynecologist and clinical assistant professor of integrative medicine & nutritional sciences at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Gottfried specializes in women's hormone health, vitality and longevity using personalized approaches.
Podcast Summary
In this podcast, Dr. Huberman and Dr. Gottfried discuss female hormone health, puberty, perimenopause and menopause, hormone testing, the microbiome, stress related hormone challenges, their causes, and various treatments. They also discuss fertility, birth control and tools for improving microbiome health, treating PCOS, insulin management, and the best nutrition, supplementation, and exercise programs for women.
Key Takeaways
Omega-3 fatty acids play a particularly important role in managing female hormone health.
women suffer from digestive issues at more than 10 times the frequency than men
Women who use the copper IUD have the highest satisfaction rate of anyone on contraceptives, yet it is the least used of all forms of contraception
If you're not having a bowel movement every single morning with a feeling of complete evacuation, that is constipation.
Research money that goes into women's health is abysmal compared to what goes into men's health. There's also a huge lack of awareness of sex and gender differences when it comes to the way that we construct clinical trials
Really understanding what the mediators are of your glucose control is essential
We currently have a disease care system. We need to democratize healthcare data to become a health-based system
Based on Dr. Gottfried's synthesis of the data and scientific literature, people should devote 1/3 of their exercise regimen to cardio, and the remaining 2/3 to resistance training