What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause: Balance Your Hormones and Your Life From Thirty to Fifty
by John Lee, Jesse Hanley, Virginia Hopkins
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Author: Jesse Hanley, John Lee, Virginia HopkinsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-01-01
ISBN: 0446673803
Number of pages: 395
Publisher: Warner Books
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Book Review: Every woman over 18 must read this eye opener!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
If I could do my life over again, I would read this book as early as possible. It is so informative about all the BETTER (Naturally instead of with Prescription drugs that are toxic/harmful in the long run) alternatives available to women to deal with basic issues like PMS, sensitive breasts, yeast infections, heavy menstruation bleeding, severe menstrual cramps, irregular bleeding, headaches, early onset of hot flashes (I am in my early 30's and they have already started0, etc., as well as more serious issues such as cystic fibroids, infertility, unnecessary hysterectomy, hormone replacement therapy.
In this book I learned that a doctor would opt for removing your uterus instead of removing the fibroid causing problems because most doctors are trained in the removal of a uterus but are not skilled/trained/licensed to perform the surgery to remove a fibroid. Thus they would have to send you to another doctor who is trained in that procedure, so they would loose your business. My doctor prescribed the pill for my PMS and related symptoms, which in the long run caused other problems. He could have simply prescribed a natural and inexpensive over the counter progesterone cream that would have solved those problems as well as helped to balance my hormones. But this means that my issues would be solved and he would loose me as a patient thus loosing valuable business.
After reading the book, I went to Whole Foods Market and purchased one of the natural progesterone creams that didn't contain wild yams (as instructed in this book)(I won't give the name of the product I selected so that no one will think that I am promoting a particular product). I used the cream for only 5 days and was so amazed that it works. My PMS is usually so bad, I have to make a serious effort to keep myself from screaming at my significant other and my dogs for every little thing they do but not this month. I had only one day where I felt mildly irritated. I will continue to use it and see if I can eliminate the PMS altogether. Ohh, and did I mention that I did not suffer from 'Tender Breast' either!!!!!!!!
There is a negative review posted by Piasta Wnuczka, who writes: 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. Piasta seems to be upset that this book promotes products (a list of natural progesterone creams are listed at the end of the book). I don't understand why this bothered this particular reader. I would be upset if the situation were reversed, where the book would have failed to give me viable information on options available for my all very real issues/ailments.
This book also has a chapter on Xenohormones. This are toxic chemicals that we eat via our foods, drink in our water or put on our skin via skin care products which mimic certain hormones (act hormone like). Most tend to act like the estrogen hormone, which makes us estrogen dominant, which in turn causes many of our problems. At first I thought this chapter would be boring but it opened my eyes to the everyday little ways that I poison myself with my morning coffee which was sprayed with DDT (yuk) and lettuce sprayed with chemicals, and the plastic Tupperware that I store the food in, and the toxic Teflon covered pans that I cook in which even when using a low flame still release the super toxic chemicals into my food. I now buy organic coffee at Trader Joes and organic lettuce (the cost is actually not that much more), switched to glass food storing containers, switched to stainless steel pans with copper clad bottom (they are the best for heat distribution/new, they are very expensive but they are easily found at local thrift shops for under $10), I now look for my mayonnaise and salad dressing in glass containers instead of plastic.
So sorry that this review turned into a book in itself but I just can't say it all with less. Please excuse any misspellings or bad sentence structure.
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Summary of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause: Balance Your Hormones and Your Life From Thirty to Fifty
An expert in women's health offers a safe, proven, effective hormone balance program for the more than 50 million women suffering from premenopause syndromeAre you a woman between 35 and 50 experiencing PMS, migraine headaches, sudden weight gain, fatigue, irritability, tender or lumpy breasts, memory loss, fibroids, or cold hands and feet? If so, you may be experiencing symptoms of premenopause. Even if you're a decade or more away from menopause, your hormones may already be out of balance, usually caused by an excess of estrogen and a deficiency of progesterone, say the authors of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause. John Lee, M.D., is a well-known advocate of the benefits of natural progesterone and the author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause. Jesse Hanley, M.D., adds sensitivity to the emotional and spiritual aspects of premenopause. The authors recommend natural progesterone cream to balance your hormones, eliminate premenopausal symptoms, and make you feel better. They also discuss the dangers of xenohormones--substances not found in nature that have hormonal effects--frequently found in pesticides, solvents, plastics, and hormone-treated meat. The book presents common symptoms of premenopause with suggested natural treatments (progesterone cream, diet, vitamins, and herbs) and substances to avoid, plus additional chapters on diet and exercise. Many case studies help to bring the information into perspective. If you are premenopausal (or close to someone who is), this is a valuable resource. --Joan Price
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