Synopses & Reviews
As women enter their 40s and journey into their 50s they experience a myriad of surprising, confusing, and often-troubling changes -- physically, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually. Best-selling author and nutritional counselor Pam Smith provides a voice of calm, bringing great news. Perimenopause and menopause are natural processes and there are steps every woman can take that will help her feel better and enjoy life more.
By including break-through research regarding brain function and body chemistry, this book equips women with what they need to know about hormones, stress, menopause, sex, and nutrition. It offers a step-by-step plan that will naturally counter many annoying symptoms.
Features include:
-- Practical strategies for dealing with the most common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause
-- Evaluation of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and the alternatives to this controversial therapy
-- Tips for how to stay fit and fueled for everyday energy
-- A blend of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of a woman's life
-- Guidance to equip and empower women in midlife to make medically sound and personally satisfying choices in their health care and hormone concerns
-- Easy-to-digest sidebars of brief Q&As designed to help women deal with real-life scenarios and problems
-- Resource section listing helpful books and stable websites
-- Appendix of questions to guide personal or group discussions
Synopsis
Bestselling author and nutritional counselor Smith provides a voice of calm and equips women with information about hormones, stress, menopause, sex, and nutrition.
Synopsis
Good News: Hormonal Change Is Not a Disease but a Natural Process. A practical and hopeful how-to book so women can nurture and improve their quality of life during perimenopause and menopause.
Table of Contents
The best period -- Life cycles, crashes, and crossings -- Perimenopause-the mid-life crossing -- Hormones: terrorists or peacekeepers? -- The stress connections or when your hormones go haywire -- It's not all in your mind, but it is in your brain -- Hormonal havoc to harmony -- Mid-life maladies and natural solutions -- Hormone replacement therapy: should you or shouldn't you? -- Hot flashes, night sweats, and heart palpitations -- Those restless nights -- Mental fuzziness and memory loss -- Moods swings and body blues -- Lackluster libido, vaginal dryness, and utis-- and your love life -- Mirror, mirror: help for skin, hair, and bones -- The stubborn and angry gut -- Menstrual migraines -- Mid-life and mid-section weight gain -- The hormone wellness twelve-week plan -- Tired, wired, and hungry? hormones in balance week-by-week guide -- Is s-e-l-f a four-letter word? -- Get off the roller coaster: eat well, eat often -- Mom was right: eat your fruits and vegetables -- Turn down the thermostat with phytoestrogens -- Get fired up with water -- Fats: friend or foe? -- The calcium cure -- Tame the tantrum with whole grains and fiber -- Kick the habit: the caffeine and sugar blues -- Exercise your options -- Light up your life and lift your mood -- Connecting through change -- The power for change -- Meal plan and recipes -- Hormone wellness planning guide -- Recipes for change -- Sample food-and-feelings journal.