With the health risks associated with conventional hormone-replacement therapy, women are searching for safe and effective ways to reduce hot flashes, prevent osteoporosis, and reduce the risk of heart disease during menopause. In this User's Guide, health writer Kathleen Barnes describes a variety of natural and safe options for navigating the biological changes that come with mid-life. She suggests vitamins, herbs, and other supplements that scientific studies have found helpful in easing a natural transition and for lowering the long-term risk of age related diseases.

Hormone Repair Manual is a practical guide to feeling better in your 40s, 50s, and beyond. It explains how to navigate the change of perimenopause and relieve symptoms with natural treatments such as diet, nutritional supplements, and bioidentical hormone therapy. Topics include: - Why everything is different after “second puberty.” - How perimenopause can be a tipping point for long-term health. - The four phases of perimenopause. - The role of testosterone and insulin in weight gain. - How to speak with your doctor about hormone therapy, including natural progesterone. - Treatment protocols for all common perimenopause symptoms, including night sweats, insomnia, migraines, and heavy periods. - Risk reduction for osteoporosis, heart disease, and dementia. Written by best-selling author and naturopathic doctor Lara Briden, the book is backed by evidence-based research and real-world patient stories. Praise for Hormone Repair Manual: "The book my patients have been waiting for–a science and whole woman-based approach to the menopausal transition that will give women the wisdom, language, and practical tools to navigate menopause and unveil this time for what it really is–one of the most transformative and empowering chapters of a woman's life." Dr Peta Wright, gynecologist and women's health advocate "This lively, clear and supportive book provides positive and helpful information that many women need as they approach perimenopause and beyond." Jerilynn C. Prior MD, author of Estrogen's Storm Season "Essential reading for all women over 40 and their doctors!" Dr Natasha Andreadis, gynecologist and fertility specialist "Evidence-based natural solutions for optimizing women's health and wellbeing in their 40s, 50s and beyond." Dr Fatima Khan, menopause specialist

This User's Guide describes the nature of thyroid disorders, natural thyroid-replacement hormones, and the important role of supplemental vitamins and minerals for thyroid function.

Your backyard becomes an all-natural pharmacy! Colds. Headaches. Upset stomach, Allergy symptoms. Depression. Circulation problems. This timely book goes beyond using herbs as medicine; it also focuses on beneficial foods for more than 100 common ailments and shows you how to grow them. In that way, RX from the Garden lets you circumvent expensive meds with questionable side effects by explaining what foods to eat to help you feel better. In addition to aligning health problems with natural cures, this valuable resource provides step-by-step instruction on how to easily cultivate the corresponding vegetables and herbs in your lawn, garden, or flowerbed. According to Hippocrates, "Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food." Now you can reap health benefits for your very own backyard bounty.

A veteran nutritionist and health writer reveals some of the health secrets she has learned in the course of her career--the diagnostic tools and truly miraculous substances that can have a dramatic impact.

Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook provides a comprehensive overview on hormone replacement therapy, with a range of key features that differentiate it from other titles on the topic. This concise, handy title presents an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, acknowledging that sex hormones affect more than reproductive organs and hot flushes for a deeper understanding of how hormones function. The authors provide a breadth and depth of practical prescribing experience, including many helpful tables and algorithms as well as directions for prescribing hormone therapy in the most effective and safest ways possible. Targeted and easy to read, Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook offers all clinicians the state-of-the-art information they need to prescribe hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy.

"End the hormone roller coaster ride for good. Women want to look younger and live longer, have more vibrant and balanced lives all while making "it" happen like superwoman. Using the wealth of resources from Siloam's most popular health writers, including Janet Maccaro, Don Colbert, Reginald Cherry, Cherie Calbom, and Scott Farhart, The Big Book of Hormones gives readers a comprehensive book on women's hormone health that covers topics such as anti-aging, weight loss, natural health (supplements, vitamins, superfoods, smoothies, and juices), stress management, and more. Women will learn: How to identify hormone imbalances When to go to the doctor The best protocols for restoration, weight loss, sleep, memory recall, regulating mood swings, and preventing other diseases related to hormone depletion such as heart disease, osteoporosis, certain cancers, and more"--