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| What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause: Balance Your Hormones and Your Life From Thirty to Fifty | 
 enlarge | Authors: John Lee, Jesse Hanley, Virginia Hopkins
Publisher: Warner Books
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Pages: 395
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Dimensions (inch): 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0446673803
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.175
EAN: 9780446673808
Publication Date: January 1, 1999
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 A must read, but consult first June 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this comment useful.
I am not a beliver in many things. I am a hard core skeptic. But I am sold on this book. I have bought multiple copies and handed them out to my girlfriends, something I have never done before.
This books will inform you at the very least. Some people in the reviews say Dr. Lee's science is bad. While he explains what happens at the celluar level with hormones, this isn't a science book. I think there is still a great deal about women's bodies in particular that we just don't understand. Science or no science, my experience and that of many other women speaks for itself. I would agree though, that before starting any type of HRT, you should consult with your doctor.
I had all the troubles of a hormone shift described in this book. Not only were they getting worse, they had a compoubnding effect. I was finding it hard to sleep at night and that worsened the mood and energy levels during the day. I was exercising 5 times a week with a very good personal trainer, watching my nutrition without seeing a change in my BMI. I am a very stable, naturally happy, healthy, and together person, but I was feeling out of control of my emotions and my life. And I was managing people. It was starting to hurt my rapport with my employees.
For three years, I complained to my doctor who ran all the blood tests to see if there was an imbalance and couldn't find anything. But I just knew that it was a hormone thing. I started my research and this is the only book I found written specifically for women in their thirties who aren't pregnant. I read this book and it was like an epiphany. I talked to my doctor about it and she agreed pretty much with what Doctors Lee and Hanley had to say beacause I have no other health problems. And, talking to my older sisters and my mother, there seems to be a family history of estrogen dominance (which can be caused by estrogen levels that are too high or too low - something Dr. Lee points out). She put me on natural progesterone pills. Within 6 weeks, I dropped 2 pants sizes, and had no more PMS symptoms to speak of. I was back to being myself. I continue to do very well. I have been able to cut back on the exercise, I can eat more freely without the bloating and weight gain, and I am feeling much more in control of myself and my life. My doctor tells me that natural progesterone can't really hurt you (unless pregnant). My mother's doctor told her the same thing and she is 84!
 Say "no" to perimenopause January 13, 2008
2 out of 8 found this comment useful.
Perimenopause is a marketing construct, intended to sell drugs, books and other products by instilling self-doubt and insecurity. Resist the effort to pathologize everything about women's bodies.
Womens Health June 19, 2007
I found this book very informative and gave it to my daughter, too. I believe women of any age can benefit from reading this book and it is worthy of giving to other women in the gift of friendship.
Book Review March 8, 2007
0 out of 3 found this comment useful.
Well, it's a great book I had it two days and now my mom has it. She loves it.
facts and answer to menopuse finally January 10, 2007
0 out of 3 found this comment useful.
this is a great book the facts and truth about menopause what the doctors are pushing --the book does not sat why but we all can figure it out---the drug companies and money not that the book is about this at all --the book is just facts about estrogen and bones and cancers and WHY and WHAT to DO
this is a most have kind of book
i am using the directing of this book it works
it works
buy 2
you will want to give one to a dear friend
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