340: The connection between hormones & weight loss | Sara Gottfried, M.D.

Sara Gottfried, M.D.: “For women, testosterone is especially important for confidence, agency, and even risk-taking.”

Gottfried, a Harvard-trained integrative medicine doctor and hormone expert, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how hormones affect your weight, plus:

- How the keto diet can hinder your sleep

- Why women should pay more attention to testosterone

- How to successfully follow the keto diet for metabolic health

- How to increase your growth hormone & why it matters

- How to enhance your gut health with vitamin D

Referenced in the episode:

- Gottfried's book, Women, Food, And Hormones.

- Data showing 88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy, and an mbg article on what to do about it.

- Research showing 45% pre-menopausal women had menstrual irregularity on the keto diet.

- Research showing more than half of those with coronary artery disease have "normal" lipids.

- Research showing women with higher testosterone more likely to choose risky careers.

- mbg Podcast episode #294 and #197 with Jud Brewer, M.D., Ph.D.

- mbg Podcast episode #293 with Mark Sisson.

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