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What’s In Your Water? Why Bottled Water & Alkaline Water Are NOT the Solution
Ever wonder if you’re polluting yourself with the water you drink? As alkaline water, such as Kangen, grows in popularity, I often get asked by my community which water filtration system is best. It’s hard to discern the truth from fiction when it comes to purifying water, so allow me to make it ridiculously simple.…
The Biggest Hormone Myth That’s Sabotaging You
MYTH: I don’t have to worry about hormones until menopause. Meanwhile, I can do whatever I want to my body – drink like a fish, party like a rock star, skimp on sleep – without consequences. TRUTH: This is one of those myths that even most doctors believe! Many hormone levels – such as estrogen,…
Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life: Dr. Sara’s Book Club #16
It’s not every day I meet another female doctor who loves talking about hormones as much as I do. But when I chatted recently with Dr. Claudia Welch, author of “Balance Your Hormones, Balance Your Life: Achieving Optimal Health and Wellness through Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, and Western Science,” I knew I had met a soul…
Dr. Sara’s Genius Bar: My Favorite Healthy Recipe Blogs
Is there anything better than stumbling upon a recipe that’s both healthy and makes you drool over the thought of eating it? Like Hippocrates said, food is medicine – and I’m all about eating your way to a rockin’ bod and balanced hormones. The problem is, recipe blogs are a dime a dozen these days,…
Why Do I Feel Disconnected? The Cortisol-Oxytocin Connection
Do you feel stressed, tired, lonely and disconnected from your relationships with others and even yourself? Do you prefer to stay home than socialize? Have you walked by people you know and didn’t say hi, not because they annoy you but because you didn’t want to interact? Are you missing the warmth of love and…
Are You Eating Clean? 5 Mistakes That Sabotage a Good Diet
The road to learning clean eating habits can be a long one. For most of you, overhauling your diet doesn’t happen overnight. It starts slowly – first you swap your soda habit for sparkling water, next you cut back on your cheese addiction, and then one day you wake up and find yourself noshing on a…
How to Get Picky Kids to Eat (and Grow!) Their Vegetables
As any parent knows, getting your kids to eat vegetables can be a real challenge. In my house, this is a nearly constant struggle with my youngest daughter, who is a seriously picky eater. This pains me because I consider vegetables to be medicine, whereas the rest of it – the grains, meat, even fruit…
Finding Your ME Spot: Dr. Sara’s Book Club #15
We’ve all experienced it – life gets so busy you lose sight of your own needs and desires. Deborah Kagan’s book “Find Your ME Spot” describes the five senses and how they relate to your overall sense of health, well-being, and vitality. You try to be everything to everyone at the expense of truly taking…
Top 10 Brain and Hormone Effects of Marijuana
Medical marijuana is legal in 33 states; recreational marijuana is legal in 10. Ever since, I have been asked repeatedly how marijuana impacts hormone levels. To be honest, this isn’t a topic I learned about in medical school, so I had to research it. In this article you will learn how your brain and hormone levels…