Description: "New York Times best-selling author Dr. Sara Gottfried shares a new, female-friendly Keto diet that addresses women's unique hormonal needs, so readers can shed pounds and maintain the loss more easily. Most diet plans were created by men for men, but women's bodies don't work the same way. Popular programs can actually make it harder for women to lose weight, because they can wreak havoc on a woman's complex and delicate hormonal system. New York Times best-selling author Dr. Sara Gottfried has spent her career demystifying hormones and helping patients improve their health more broadly with personalized medicine. In Women, Food, and Hormones, Dr. Gottfried presents a groundbreaking new plan that helps women balance their hormones so they can lose excess weight and feel better. Featuring hormonal detoxification combined with a ketogenic diet that is tailor-made for women, coupled with an intermittent fasting protocol and over 50 delicious and filling recipes, this book shares a fat-burning solution that gets results"--Publisher's description.
Brief description: Sara Szal, MD (formerly Gottfried), is a Harvard-, MIT-, and UCSF-trained physician and four-time New York Times bestselling author with over 30 years of clinical practice and research in women's hormonal health and longevity. She writes about what conventional medicine has missed about female physiology, from hormonal dysregulation to the gap between what women's bodies can do and what the medical system has taught them to expect. She is the author of The Hormone Cure and Women, Food, and Hormones, among others, and writes on Substack at The Female Edge. She lives in Mill Valley, California.
Review Quotes:
"An empowering dietary plan for regaining vibrant health." - David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain and Brain Wash
"Readers looking for a holistic approach to rectifying hormonal imbalances will find this a well-marked road map." - Publishers Weekly
"Dr. Sara Gottfried knows that the majority of research and dietary recommendations are based on studies performed on men, and she understands how to make essential adjustments to those recommendations to protect a woman's hormonal balance and vitality." - Kelly LeVeque, author of Body Love and Body Love Every Day
"In a world where women's hormones are often misunderstood or ignored, Sara gets down to the basics and provides step-by-step instructions while teaching each reader how to personalize their own health journey." - Dr. Will Cole, New York Times bestselling author of Intuitive Fasting
"A must-have for women who want a science-backed plan to get their health back on track." - Nicole Avena, PhD, FACN, assistant professor of neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, author of What to Eat When You Want to Get Pregnant