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Dr. Sara Gottfried on Sleep and Hormones

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.

The Hormone Cure by Dr. Sara Gottfried

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.

Aspirin and Fish Oil Fight Inflammation

The health benefits of low-dose aspirin and omega-3 fatty acids found in foods like flaxseeds and salmon have received a lot of attention.

A Harvard study now shows that aspirin helps trigger the production of natural anti-inflammatories in the body that could help reduce pain. Continue reading »

Yale-Harvard Study Links Chemicals to Arthritis

Is there any doubt that chemicals harm human and animal health?

Now there is new study from Yale and Harvard scientists that links exposure to chemicals with arthritis.

Proteins May Help Treat Overactive Bladder

Help could be on the way for overactive bladder. A new research report from Harvard and Beth Israel shows that the epithelium, a thin layer of cells which line the surface of the bladder, is able to sense how full the bladder is through the action of a family of proteins called integrins. Continue reading »

Eat Earlier to Lose Weight

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 »