Natural Hormone Balance for Women: Look Younger, Feel Stronger, and Live Life with Exuberance

A pioneering gynecologist and antiaging specialist with a successful Beverly Hills practice, Dr. Uzzi Reiss shows the way for women who want to turn back the effects of time through natural hormone therapy, but who wonder: is it safe? Does it work? Is hormone therapy right for me?

NATURAL HORMONE BALANCE for Women

is Dr. Reiss's breakthrough, step-by-step program for women who want to take control of their lives by restoring hormonal balance. This revolutionary, commonsense natural hormone replacement program is designed to meet the individual needs of most women looking to rejuvenate body and mind — and offers astounding benefits for women of all ages:

More energy and stamina x Improved memory x Healthier, more youthful skin x Balanced moods x Less depression and anxiety x Stabilization of weight and more muscle definition x Better sleep patterns x PMS and menopausal symptoms reduced or eliminated x Enhanced sexuality

Dr. Reiss takes the confusion out of the medical information you need to know. In clear, nontechnical language, he thoroughly explains:

• the important difference between standard chemical hormone prescriptions and natural hormone replacements

• which hormone replacements are best for you and how to adjust them to your maximum individual benefit

• how to take hormones without worry

• how to choose the most effective hormonal gel, cream, pill, or sublingual drops, and when to use them.

Dr. Reiss has helped thousands of women transform their lives by achieving natural hormone balance. Now you can tap into the replenishing "fountain of youthfulness" that is not only essential for better life, but easier and safer to achieve than ever before.

NATURAL HORMONE BALANCE "for Women"

is Dr. Reiss's breakthrough, step-by-step program for women who want to take control of their lives by restoring hormonal balance. This revolutionary, commonsense natural hormone replacement program is designed to meet the individual needs of most women looking to rejuvenate body and mind — and offers astounding benefits for women of all ages:

More energy and stamina * Improved memory * Healthier, more youthful skin * Balanced moods * Less depression and anxiety * Stabilization of weight and more muscle definition * Better sleep patterns * PMS and menopausal symptoms reduced or eliminated * Enhanced sexuality

Dr. Reiss takes the confusion out of the medical information you need to know. In clear, nontechnical language, he thoroughly explains:

Foreword by Jesse Lynn Hanley, M.D.

Introduction: Taking Hormones without Worry

PART ONE

The Promise of Natural Hormone Replacement

1 Why Natural Hormones?

2 Hormones and Individuality

3 Before You Start — Tending to Your Stress and Insulin

4 Making Your Physician a Natural Hormone Partner

PART TWO

How to Control Estrogen — Instead of Being Controlled

5 ABCs of Estrogen

6 Problems with Conventional Estrogen Replacement (ERT)

7 Basics of Natural Estrogen Replacement

8 Natural Estrogen Replacement for Menopause

9 Natural Estrogen Replacement for Perimenopause

10 Natural Estrogen Replacement for Younger Women

PART THREE

How to Optimize Your Progesterone Protection

11 ABCs of Progesterone

12 Progesterone and Progestins — Two Million Years of Difference

13 Basics of Natural Progesterone Replacement

14 Natural Progesterone Replacement for Menopause

15 Natural Progesterone Replacement for Perimenopause

16 Natural Progesterone Replacement for Younger Women

PART FOUR

Building on the Basics: Using Other Natural Hormones to Stay Younger, More Vital, and Healthier

17 Testosterone

18 Human Growth Hormone

19 DHEA

20 Melatonin

21 Pregnenolone

PART FIVE

Putting It All Together

22 How to Take Multiple Hormones

23 Breast Cancer and Hormones

24 The Future of Hormone Therapy

Appendices

A Where to Buy Natural Hormones

B Beware of Hidden Hormones in Health Products

Selected References

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Authors