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In this video, Dr. Sara Gottfried, a Harvard-educated physician and board-certified gynecologist is back to tell us we need to get enough sleep for our hormones to function properly.

 

Here at pilladvised.com we have been letting you know about the big benefits of sleep, and the problems that happen when you don’t get enough. Read Lack of Sleep Raises Diabetes and Obesity Risk. Sleep is so important, we like to think of it as an integrated treatment for our health!

 

So click play to watch Dr. Gottfried’s video right on this page, then read the article Sleep Like a Lion – 10 Tips For Better Sleep by Dr. Gayatri Devi.

 

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Could the cure be in your homones? That is the message of Dr. Sara Gottfried, a Harvard-educated physician and board-certified gynecologist, who introduces her new book, The Hormone Cure: Reclaim Balance, Sleep, Sex Drive and Vitality Naturally with the Gottfried Protocol. Dr. Gottfried aims to show how balancing your hormones can help cure your lack of sleep, cure your depleted energy, cure your mood, cure your sex drive and maybe even help you lose weight.

 

In The Hormone Cure Dr. Gottfried shares the hormone-balancing program that she calls the Gottfried Protocol. Dr. Gottfried’s approach includes: supplements and targeted lifestyle changes that address underlying deficiencies and herbal therapies that can restore balance. She talks about the importance of your body’s hormones such as thyroid, cortisol, estrogen, and testosterone.

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Most weight-loss plans center around a balance between caloric intake and energy expenditure. However, new research has shed light on a new factor that is necessary to shed pounds: timing. Continue reading »

 

A new study led by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers has found that leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in energy metabolism, fertility, and bone mass, also regulates airway diameter. Continue reading »

 

Craving a Snack?

A 15-minute walk can cut snacking on chocolate at work by half, according to research by the University of Exeter.

 

The study showed that, even in stressful situations, workers eat only half as much chocolate as they normally would after this short burst of physical activity.

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Mind Over Cancer

The initial shock of the cancer diagnosis is nothing less than earth-shattering.

 

As many patients have told me over the years, the diagnosis can impact your whole being with terrifying force, leaving you grief-stricken and traumatized.

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