What Really Happens When You Go Gluten Free

We can’t have a conversation about grains without talking about gluten, which is in so many of our favorite products. The word “gluten” is actually the Latin word for “glue”; it is the protein found in wheat, barley, and rye that provides elasticity to baked goods, such as bread, cereal, and pizza. The problem is…

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Grain-Free vs Gluten-Free: What’s the difference?

If you have given up gluten but got a partial response, or don’t feel like you got the relief you wanted in terms of weight loss, brain fog, and/or autoimmunity, I’ve got another strategy for you. It’s time to go Grain Free. Why Grain-Free? Are you thinking about taking the next step and adopting a…

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Dr. Sara’s Hormone Reset Brownies

How can brownies be good for you? Well, these ones are. I included these in my book THE HORMONE RESET DIET because I don’t think that women respond well to a drill sergeant restricting every food. Women like to have their chocolate. And guess what, chocolate resets your cortisol. My brownies contain sweet potatoes, which…

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On Cleansing, D#0

A Hindu Scholar named Swami Adiswarananda once said that we must renounce what we’ve been doing for something that feels better. None of us renounces what feels good for something that feels worse.   His words frame my entry into the start of my Gottfried Cleanse, which is designed to balance your hormones and reduce…

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Plum Awesome: Clean Food in the Bay Area

Most of you know I’m in the midst of a cleanse with an online, webinar group. I believe we must change radically how we eat, and to dump the toxins that slow our metabolism, harm our bodies and hurt the planet. I’m always interested in where to dine that supports these tenets. Who new that…

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Is 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 has gluten allergy,…

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