Essentials: How to Optimize Female Hormone Health for Vitality & Longevity | Dr. Sara Gottfried from Huberman Lab

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

38 minutes Posted Aug 13, 2026 at 8:00 am.

) Female Hormone Health

) Family History, Intergenerational Trauma; Endometriosis, Fibroids, PCOS

) Biomarkers by Decade; Teens & Cortisol; 20s & Sex Hormones

) Tool: Hormone Test Timing; Micronutrient Testing, Magnesium

) Sponsor: LMNT

) Tool: Smoothies, Greens Powders & Microbiome

) Nutrient Panels, Antioxidants, B Vitamins, Glutathione

) Constipation, Thyroid Dysfunction; Trauma & Female Physiology

) Tools: Reduce Perceived Stress, Meditation, Yoga, Breathwork

) Opportunities by Decade; Androgens & Testosterone Decline

) PCOS, Diagnostic Criteria, Hirsutism, Cardiometabolic Risk

) Insulin & Glucose; Tool: Continuous Glucose Monitors

) Democratizing Health Data

) Sponsor: AG1

) Longevity "Don’ts"; Chronic Cardio & Cortisol; Tool: Adaptive Exercise

) Oral Contraceptives, Benefits & Ovarian Cancer Risk

) Ovarian Cancer Symptoms, Bloating, CA-125

) Oral Contraceptive Risks, Progestins, Inflammation; SHBG & Testosterone

) Clitoral Shrinkage; Tools: Alternatives for Painful Periods

) Sponsor: Eight Sleep

) Menopause & Perimenopause; 30s Hormonal Baseline

) Female Brain, Cerebral Hypometabolism & Alzheimer’s Risk

) Slow Brain Energy, Hormone Therapy; Hot Flashes as Biomarkers

) Tool: Coronary Artery Calcium Score

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Sara Gottfried, M.D., a Harvard-trained, board-certified gynecologist and expert in female hormone health. We discuss the key biomarkers women should track at each stage of life and how cortisol, thyroid hormone, estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone shape energy, mood, metabolism, and long-term disease risk. We also discuss PCOS, the risks and benefits of oral contraceptives, and the shift in brain metabolism that begins in perimenopause. Dr. Gottfried explains actionable tools for hormone and micronutrient testing, nutrition, stress management, and cardiometabolic screening that women can use at any age.

Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.

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