How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity | Dr. Sara Gottfried

welcome to the huberman Lab podcast where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday [Music] life I'm Andrew huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and Opthalmology at Stanford school of medicine today my guest is Dr Sarah gotfried Dr Sarah gotfried is an obstetrician gynecologist who did her undergraduate training in bioengineering at the University of Washington in

Seattle she then completed her medical training at Harvard Medical School and she currently is a clinical Prof professor of Integrative Medicine and nutritional Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University she has also been a clinician treating men and women in various aspects of Hormone Health and Longevity for more than 20 years she is an expert

in not just traditional medicine as it relates to hormones and fertility but also nutritional practices supplementation and behavioral practices and combining all of that expertise in order to help women navigate every aspect and dimension of their hormones longevity and vitality ranging from puberty to Young adulthood adulthood perimenopause and menopause and nowadays she's also treating men across the

lifespan in terms of longevity vitality and Hormone Health during today's discussion Dr gried shares an enormous amount of information and tools that women can apply toward their Hormone Health fertility vitality and Longevity we discussed the gut microbiome which many people have heard about but Dr Godfrey points out the specific needs that women have in terms of managing

their gut microbiome and the ways that that influences things like estrogen levels and Metabolism testosterone thyroid and growth hormone and much more we also discuss nutrition and exercise we touch on how the omega-3 fatty acids play a particularly important role in managing female hormone Health Dr gried points out why women have particular