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Today, I have the privilege of connecting with Dr. Sara Gottfried! Dr. Sara is a board-certified physician who graduated from Harvard and MIT. She 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. She has written four New York Times bestselling books, including her latest book called WOMEN, FOOD, AND HORMONES.\xa0\nDr. Sara is one of my favorite doctors in integrative medicine and GYN! In this episode, we dive into the infodemic, how stress impacts hormones, the impact of age-related changes on hormonal regulation, alcohol, and gender differences with ketogenic lifestyles. We discuss some of the lesser-known hormones, including growth hormone, and how to support it properly. We touch on disordered eating, how trauma influences our relationship with food, epigenetics, and the role of a lifetime relationship with food. We also look at methylation, glutathione, detox reactions, supporting physical detoxification, and our toxic diet culture.\nI hope you benefit as much from this episode as I did!\xa0\n\nIN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:\n\nDr. Sara explains what the infodemic is and discusses the impact it has had on how she communicates with her patients.\xa0\n\nWhat happens to our hormones as we age?\n\nThe impact of stress on hormone regulation.\n\nDr. Sara busts the myth that testosterone is a male hormone and discusses what testosterone means for women.\n\nHow does alcohol consumption impact women\u2019s hormones?\n\nWhy do men tend to have an easier time with the ketogenic diet than women?\n\nThe dramatic changes that occur in women\u2019s bodies as they transition from perimenopause to menopause.\n\nLooking at the interrelationship between trauma, stress, and autoimmunity.\n\nThe changes that occur with growth hormones as we age.\n\nHow trauma affects the genes.\n\nHow disordered eating impacts metabolism.\n\nHow to support physical detoxification naturally, without going to extremes.\n\nHow to address weight-loss plateaus.\n\n\xa0\n\nConnect with Cynthia Thurlow\n\nFollow on Twitter, Instagram & LinkedIn\n\n\nCheck out Cynthia\u2019s website\xa0\n\n\nConnect with Dr. Sara Gottfried\n\nOn her website\n\n\nOn Facebook, Twitter, Instagram\n\n\n\nDr. Sara\u2019s books are available at all bookstores.