Dr. Erika Schwartz combines gentle encouragement, smooth organization, and broad health education in her surprising simple 30-day plan. Rather than lumping all women together in one group, she's taken the time to separate out age groups, laying out the varying needs of vitamins and supplements while emphasizing that every age will benefit from increased walking, morning stretches, drinking plenty of water, and cutting back on coffee and alcohol.
The 30-Day Natural Hormone Plan includes many features found in diet books (journal pages, recipes, recommendations for specific brands of supplements) but the goal isn't primarily weight loss. Instead, Schwartz aims to help regulate hormonal fluctuations that lead to sugar craving, fatigue, blotchy skin, hot flashes, and sleeping problems. Two sections at the end of the book are worth reading before you dive into the book: a glossary that explains terms like "bioidentical" and "ostopenia," and a short chapter that outlines the headline-making study of women and synthetic hormones that identified serious health concerns.
Whether you're looking for natural alternatives for easing menopause, relief from monthly migraines, or just hoping to improve your overall health, you'll find plenty of benefit from Schwartz's nutritionally sound month-long plan. --Jill Lightner
From Publishers Weekly
Schwartz (The Hormone Solution), a practicing physician specializing in natural hormones, provides a 30-day program that relies on the use of natural hormones to alleviate menopausal symptoms such as lack of libido, bone loss, insomnia and depression that often beset women. Schwartz clearly explains that while synthetic hormone replacement therapy interferes with human hormones, natural hormones made from plants are identical to hormones in the human body. She recommends working with a physician to establish an individualized treatment program. In addition to natural hormone therapy, Schwartz's 30-day program for maintaining good health while aging, relies equally on a combination of diet and exercise. The strength of Schwartz's program is that it's designed to be gradually introduced into one's lifestyle. For example, positive dietary changes are initiated over a period of weeks; at the same time, sugary processed foods, caffeine and alcohol are reduced or eliminated slowly. Included are two chapters on hormone friendly recipes. These strategies will be helpful to menopausal women and others with hormonal imbalance who want to avoid any possible health risks in taking synthetic hormones. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Gary Null, PhD, New York Times bestselling author
"Offers new and compelling insights into important questions about our health...this book is an essential asset..."
Christiane Northrup, author of Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
"...tells women exactly what they need to know about hormone replacement and menopause...I highly recommend this authoratative...book..."
Hugh R.K. Barber, professor of clinical OBGYN, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
"...a masterpiece...it should be read by all physicians and those practicing clinical medicine."
Book Description
An expert in natural hormone supplementation, Dr. Erika Schwartz delivers a comprehensive, proven program to help women feel 30 again--without hormone replacement therapy (HRT).The symptons of hormone imbalance are all too familiar for the millions of women who suffer from hot flashes, depression, night sweats, insomnia, mood swings, and loss of libido on a daily basis. For years, these women have depended on synthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to relieve their symptoms. But now that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has halted its government-run study and confirmed that HRT can have detrimental effects, including a higher risk of breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke, women are frantically searching for new treatments that are safe and effective. Dr. Schwartz presents a proven, 30-day program, which includes a natural hormone regimen, dietary advice, and information on exercise, vitamins, and supplements, that will alleviate symptoms and keep women feeling--and looking--young.
About the Author
Dr. Erika Schwartz lives in Westchester County, New York.
The 30-Day Natural Hormone Plan: Look and Feel Young Again - Without Synthetic HRT FROM THE PUBLISHER
Even after the National Institutes of Health halted its ten-year study on synthetic hormones in July 2002, new findings continue to link the use of synthetic HRT with increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease, and stroke. If you're one of the more than forty million women battling hot flashes, depression, night sweats, mood swings, or the loss of libido, you may be desperately searching for a safer, effective way to relieve symptoms. Now Erika Schwartz, M.D., an expert in natural hormone therapy and author of The Hormone Solution, delivers a structured, day-by-day program that has already helped thousands of women (and men too!) feel more vital, energetic, and younger than ever -- without synthetic HRT. The 30-Day Natural Hormone Plan shows you how to balance your hormones so you feel great and look good ... no matter what your age. It includes the supervised use of natural hormones, supplements, vitamins, diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes. You'll feel so good on The 30-Day Natural Hormone Plan you'll wonder why you ever considered synthetic HRT in the first place!
FROM THE CRITICS
Publishers Weekly
Schwartz (The Hormone Solution), a practicing physician specializing in natural hormones, provides a 30-day program that relies on the use of natural hormones to alleviate menopausal symptoms such as lack of libido, bone loss, insomnia and depression that often beset women. Schwartz clearly explains that while synthetic hormone replacement therapy interferes with human hormones, natural hormones made from plants are identical to hormones in the human body. She recommends working with a physician to establish an individualized treatment program. In addition to natural hormone therapy, Schwartz's 30-day program for maintaining good health while aging, relies equally on a combination of diet and exercise. The strength of Schwartz's program is that it's designed to be gradually introduced into one's lifestyle. For example, positive dietary changes are initiated over a period of weeks; at the same time, sugary processed foods, caffeine and alcohol are reduced or eliminated slowly. Included are two chapters on hormone friendly recipes. These strategies will be helpful to menopausal women and others with hormonal imbalance who want to avoid any possible health risks in taking synthetic hormones. (Jan.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
In the wake of findings by the National Institutes of Health on the dangers of synthetic hormones, Schwartz (The Hormone Solution) wrote this book, which puts forth a 30-day plan for perimenopausal and menopausal women, to "jump-start and maintain a healthy rest-of-your-life." Much of the information on exercise and food can be found in similar sources, e.g., The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Managing Menopause, edited by Mary S. Kittel. What makes Schwartz's book different are her "prescriptions": she divides her plan into manageable daily chunks that include detailed recommendations for plant-based natural hormones (available on a prescription-only basis), diet, supplements, and exercise; all of these recommendations feature recipes for main dishes and snacks. It is notable that Schwartz does not offer information about the safety of natural hormones for breast cancer survivors but does for the problems of eating out, ethnic-food choices, and the politics of hormones. Readers will also find journal pages, a glossary, a list of online resources and recommended reading, a bibliography of articles from both medical and popular literature, and contact information for companies that sell natural hormones. Appropriate for public libraries lacking new titles in this area. (Index not seen.)-Martha E. Stone, Massachusetts General Hosp. Lib., Boston Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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