Posts by Sara Szal MD
First Stop: Your Hormones
Today, Imma be in your face about hormones. Was thinking I’d love to provide you with a reference guide to each hormone: who they be and what they do. Why listen to me? I’m a scholar, seeker, yoga teacher and a doctor. It’s serious, sacred stuff. But. Imma be honest. I frequently quote The Blackeyed…
Read MoreRoyal Hormones
Kate is a Perfect Hormonal Specimen. Overly reductionistic? Perhaps. While I don’t have royal fever, I relished watching a video of Kate Middleton have her day in the limelight. OK, we know she had a team of makeup artists and other handlers getting her camera-ready for 3 billion viewers, but even so, she looked…
Read MoreWant me to Quote Top 40 lyrics to you? (Or, if you’d prefer, we can talk very professionally about your hormones, libido & lovely lady lumps. Oops. I did it again!)
True confessions: I’m a music addict. Did you know it lowers your cortisol? I need all the cortisol-lowering I can get. Well, to a certain point. Say, to 10 in the morn, and to 6 in the afternoon (and <1 while I restoratively sleep. This is a good time for a little Matisyahu….
Read MoreDo You Hide Behind a Tunic?
Reflecting today on my growing selection of organic tunics and what they represent psychically. Around the time that I turned 35, and met for the first time my rather unforgiving metabolism, my collection grew. Some women buy Spanx. I buy tunics. At first I told myself that it was all about the low-ride jeans that…
Read MoreMumford and Sons Raise My Testosterone!
Did you see Mumford and Sons kill the Grammys? Cannot get enough of them. They balance my hormones, among other things. I’m more than a bit obsessed with Marcus Mumford (below).
Read MoreFiber Is the New Sexy
What could be more sexy than a beautiful gut? All glistening and shiny, doing it’s job just right, not inflamed, not allergic, just all happy? Fiber takes you there: removes toxins, keeps things moving, gives you a sense of satiety. Most important? Fiber protects your gut from injury and disease. Let’s get some.
Read MoreTake On Your Weight Issues with Mystic Marianne Williamson
When cleansing, I love to dive deep into mystical teachings along with the physical improvements in what I eat. Usually it’s Ayurveda or Geneen Roth. This Cleanse, it’s Marianne Williamson’s A Course in Weight Loss.
Read MoreLet Kale Salads Rock Your World
You know I’m the Queen of Greens. I eat greens every day: chard, kale, spinach, arugula, mache, chard, collards. Gram per gram, kale provides more iron than red meat, and we don’t eat red meat while on the Gottfried Cleanse. Kale is nutrient dense in other aspects as well: one cup provides 1327% of…
Read MoreGlee Over Ghee
Today, I got a great question from a cleanser about why ghee is acceptable on the Gottfried Cleanse, but not butter. Here’s my answer. Short version: butter contains the common allergens of dairy, casein and lactose, whereas ghee has them removed or cooked off. Say more…. Ghee, also known as clarified butter, is made…
Read MoreIs Gluten the New Evil?
This week, I taught a webinar on “How Cleansing Alters Hormones and Brain.” Scroll down to watch a clip. While synthesizing the data, I read even more alarming statistics about gluten that I feel compelled to share. According to gluten guru Peter Green, MD, a gastroenterologist at Columbia University, 1% of the US population…
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