This book offers the exciting facts about natural progesterone-and how it can deliver what HRT and estrogen only promise. Premenopausal symptoms, endometriosis, weight gain, low sex drive, fibrocystic breasts, heart disease, and osteoporosis-most women will experience these or other hormone-related problems. And today, millions of women concerned about aging must decide whether or not to undergo synthetic hormone replacement therapy-and suffer its side effects and increased risks of cancer. But there is revolutionary news about completely safe, natural progesterone, the only hormone supplement women may need as they age. And, the natural progesterone program in WHAT YOUR DOCTOR...MENOPAUSE has already helped nearly a million women. Now, in this expanded and completely updated edition, Dr. Lee brings you lifesaving facts that even your doctor may not know about Premarin, Provera, and other HRT drugs; gives you an easy-to-follow nonprescription "Hormone Balance" program; and tells you how to stay energized, strong, sexually vigorous, and free from "female problems" before menopause, during the menopausal years, and beyond.
A really informative read on EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about hormones but didn't know who to ask. There's lots of topics to include: Menopausal Politics (who knew?) and Women's Hormone Cycles; The Dance of the Steroids; my personal favorite Sex Hormones and the Brain, and so much more! All kidding aside, the chapters on how hormone balance affects illness, cardiovascular disease, cancer; how, when, and where to seek out hormone replacement therapy (HRT); other common health problems you'd never know (my mother never told me)were related to hormone imbalances; what causes ovarian cysts; nutrition; and a great chapter of question and answers. There's some technical graphs and explanations thrown in to impress the authors colleagues but you can skip past that. The book is easy to navigate with a reader friendly outline. And best of all....it spans the generation gap from my teenage daughters PMS to my menopause to my mom's osteoperosis. How great is that! Open the book on this one.