Posts by Sara Szal MD
Jonesin' for Your Bones (+ How That Relates to Your Skin) – Don't Lose 30% at Menopause!
With all the other stuff I have to be vigilant about–ravages of stress, how current I am with my man, the mortgage, my daughter’s insane sports schedule, global warming and the lack of snow in Tahoe, my Mother’s thyroid, why 84% of women struggle with insomnia and how I want to fix it TODAY (just…
Read MoreDr Sara's Top 3 Natural Tips for Vulvodynia (Tongue-Twister That It Is… Means Your Patuti Hurts or Feels Irritated)
We may not talk about it as openly as our kids or latest food obsession, but vulvodynia affects 15% of women. The official, Harvard approved definiition of vulvodynia is this: Vulvodynia is chronic discomfort in the area around the opening of your vagina and/or labia (vulva) for which there is no identifiable cause. Symptoms…
Read MoreWhat Nutrient-Dense Food, Exercise + Orgasm Have In Common
Today I was on a telejam with my new friend, Alexandra Jamieson, who is the nutritionista in the award-winning film, Super Size Me, author and a brilliant certified health and nutrition coach who makes complex subjects like food biochemistry both fascinating and understandable. We were talking the nutrient-dense foods that boost metabolism, get your metabolism right-sized…
Read MoreMy Memory Sucks! Dr. Sara's Top 3 Tips (+ 1 from Tim Ferriss)
Memory is your ability to store, retain, and recall information at will. But sometimes, if you’re like me at age 44, you send the signal and… nothing happens. Blank. I got nothin’. As a recovering stressoholic, I’ve learned that we have a very cool part of our brain called the hippocampus that is the boss…
Read MoreGretchen Rubin Made Me Do It: Getting Out the Door to Exercise
One of my dearest friends and I talked about how we didn’t want to read yet another book from some Yalie telling us what to do with our lives, but then we both caved, and actually loved this book. Read The Happiness Project. It will change you forever. Watch my video where I explain how…
Read MoreAnswer to Your Questions Monday 1/23/12 at 8am P/11am E (or get the recording)
Last minute Sally here. We had so many burning questions from the last few telejams that I decided on an impromptu live Q&A on Monday. That’s in 2 days. Sign up here to join us live OR post your question here or email it to us and I’ll get all I can cram into…
Read MoreNot Your Mother's Thyroid Talk: Think Different About Your Thyroid Health
Slow food? Love it. Slow sex? You know it. Slow thyroid? A show stopper. You cannot realize your full potential in the world if your thyroid is working against you. Is this you? You’ve packed on a few pounds and can’t seem to get them off. You look at a piece of cake and it…
Read MoreMy Top 5 Hormone Superheroes: My Genius Bar. My Peeps. My Go-To’s.
Here are the Best of Class in Hormonal Health, Peace + Love. Thought leaders, change agents, supersmartypants, Malcomb-Gladwell-types of women’s health and longevity, nutritional radicals, early adoptors, cultural creatives, and, oh YES! the Voice of Reason (guess who!). The folks I go to when I have a question, and Pubmed came up dry. Wanted to…
Read MoreWhat Dr. Oz Taught Me About Oprah's Thyroid + Why She Struggles with Weight
7 Tips to Boost Metabolism: Reset Your Internal Chem Lab
One size fits all dieting fails 98% of the time. The alternative? I’ve got 3 options that work, that have helped thousands of my patients lose pounds and keep ’em off over the past 10 years. One is the genotype-appropriate food plan. Eating how you were meant to eat based on your genes. No more…
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