Products I Love
I get asked a lot about the products I use and love to help support my health and my hormones. The products listed below are either (a) products I use myself or (b) products I don’t use (because I don’t need them) but have carefully vetted. I distinguish between these below.
Note that I don’t make product recommendations because I have a relationship with any of the brands described. Instead, I have a relationship with the brands listed because I use them or have vetted them in the service of being able to make referrals.
Cycle-based Wellness apps
28
28 is a cycle-based wellness app that you can use to track your cycle and receive recipes, workouts, and insights that are specific to your hormonal state. 28 is Period Brain approved and is already changing women’s lives for the better. Recent research conducted in collaboration with my lab at TCU and researchers at UCLA found that using the exercise recommendations made by 28 (when compared to exercise that is not cycle-based) predicted increased body satisfaction, better mental health, more happiness, and fewer food cravings.
Find the preprint to the research study here: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/39rwn_v1
Lab Tests
Function Medicine
This is next-level lab testing that you gives you information on more than 100+ biomarkers that are related to your health. Using Function is what tipped me off to the fact that I have auto-immune biomarkers that need to be monitored. It is inexpensive, easy to get scheduled, and comprehensive. I love what they are doing.
Nutritional Guidance
Nutrisense Nutritionist Video Calls
If you are looking for an appointment with a certified nutritionist to help get your eating habits in check, Nutrisense now offers online appointments with nutritionists that are often fully covered by most insurance plans. This means zero dollars out of pocket for you.
Book using this link https://bit.ly/42FSHTJ for immediate access (no waiting list).
Red Light Therapy
Like most women (especially most women my age), I like to invest in the health of my skin. I mostly do this with the foods I eat (healthy food is the best skincare routine there is), but I also use red light therapy to keep up the glow.
Kozi Red Light Therapy Mask
This mask is lightweight, works super well, and has different settings for different needs. The anti-acne setting (which sadly, I still sometimes need) stops breakouts in their tracks for me.
Supplements
BioOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough
Why do I love this magnesium so much? It has has7 different kinds of magnesium and it has transformed my sleep. Be sure to take it at bedtime because it will make you seriously sleepy (but with no morning grogginess)
Link: https://bioptimizers.com/shop/products/magnesium-breakthrough
Continuous Glucose Monitors
Nutrisense CGM
Link: https://bit.ly/42FSHTJ
Functional Mushrooms
I love taking functional mushrooms when I need a late afternoon pick-me-up. They give me energy / perk me up without compromising my sleep at night.
Nütrops gummies
I keep these in my office for when I need to grab something on the go. I love them because they are sugar free and also free of dyes, are non-GMO, etc.
Use the link below to get a discount:
https://nutrops.co/?snowball=SARAH70786
BioOptimizers Mushroom Breakthrough
This is a sweet caramel-tasting coffee alternative that I love as a sweet pick-me-up when I have long teaching days or long days in the lab.
Using the product code sarahehillphd10 will get you 10% off your purchase.