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Explore the latest articles by Dr. Sara Szal, where she blends science and holistic wisdom to address the most pressing issues in women’s health, longevity, and personal transformation.
A Woman's Natural Hormone Rhythm Explained
The female body definitely has a daily, monthly, seasonal hormonal rhythm–and problems arise when those natural rhythms are ignored, neglected, silenced, overpowered, or disconnected from environmental cues. A good example is the environmental cue of the light/dark cycle of each day. When you are disconnected from bright natural light in the morning, your sleep hormone…
Cha-Ching! This Chia Seed Pudding Might Help You Lose Weight
I’m committed to suggesting healthy food that is easy to prepare for us busy people, I love this classic recipe from The Hormone Reset Diet because it takes almost no time to prepare. Whip it up before you go to bed and you’ll have a fresh, nutritious and filling non-dairy pudding for breakfast! Chia seeds…
Love Your Liver Tonic: Post-Holiday Detox
Like many of us, you probably overindulged this holiday season. While I strive to think and act differently around the holidays with all their temptations, I can always benefit from a reset and some focused detoxification once January comes around. This Love Your Liver tonic is an anti-inflammatory powerhouse. Turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, chard, and beets…
Infertility 101: Get to the Root Cause
From all my years in practice and speaking with women who are suffering, I know how grave the desperation, anxiety, and loneliness are for those struggling with infertility. Too commonly unaddressed, millions of women suffer in secrecy and begin to doubt their bodies. According to the most recent data from the CDC, 6.9 million or…
The Skinny on the Sirtfood Diet
Since time immemorial, humans have been fascinated by the pursuit of the mythical fountain of youth. Fast forward to the twenty-first century and nothing has changed, with enormous scientific interest now focused on a family of metabolism regulating genes called sirtuin, and their potent actions which can fundamentally change how our cells function. These potent…
Could it be Leptin Resistance?
Leptin resistance is when your cells become numb to leptin, the hormone of hunger and satiety—that is, nature’s appetite suppressant. Under normal conditions, when you’ve had enough to eat, leptin signals your brain to stop eating, i.e., it’s time to put down the fork. When your brain gets bombarded with high leptin levels signals, it…
How to Go Coffee-Free in Just 10 Days
Jill, a patient of mine, felt a true physiological need for caffeine, similar to how a diabetic needs insulin. She couldn’t imagine life without coffee. The thought of removing it from her daily routine almost caused her to miss out on one of the most important decisions of her life, which was doing The Hormone…
How to Go Sugar Free in 3 Days
Let’s start with an insulin reset! Remember, the seventy- two- hour reset is a simple way to take care of the chronic symptoms that plague you, especially fat gain. Each cycle takes a mere three days to reverse and reset your body’s hormone receptors. Of course, the Hormone Reset is a twenty-one-day program, so as…
Borderline Fasting Blood Sugar: Why It’s a Problem and 5 Ways to Fix It
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…