MenopauseRx Book Club

Virtues of Soy: A Practical Health Guide and Cookbook
by Monique N. Gilbert, B.Sc.,
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Book Description:
This excellent book, written by Soy Expert Monique N. Gilbert, B.Sc.,describes major medical conditions and diseases common in America, which soy can positively effect.

• It explains how to incorporate soy and soy-based products into your daily diet. Provides 169 incredibly delicious, easy-to-follow, soy enriched recipes.
• Details which soy foods are best, and how much is needed to achieve optimum health benefits.
• Includes a useful glossary to define the various soy foods and ingredients used in the recipes.
• Contains a helpful index, which makes looking up any topic or recipe quick and easy.
• Not only is this book a practical health guide and magnificent cookbook, it is truly the only comprehensive soy reference manual you will ever need

The Wisdom of Menopause
by Christiane Northrup

Book Description:
Through her bestselling books, groundbreaking PBS specials, and up-to-the-minute clinical knowledge, DR. CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP has earned a place as one of America’s most trusted medical advisors.

In The Wisdom of Menopause, she once again challenges convention with this inspiring look at one of the most commonly misunderstood female health issues. The “change” is not simply a collection of physical symptoms to be “fixed,” DR. NORTHRUP claims, but a mind/body revolution that brings the greatest opportunity for growth since adolescence. The choices a woman makes now–from the quality of her relationships to the quality of her diet–have the power to secure her health and well-being for the rest of her life. Through her personal story and many fascinating case histories, Dr. Northrup shows:

• How menopause jump-starts changes in the brain, issuing a dramatic wake-up call to body, mind, and emotions
• How to ensure the long-term health of breasts, bones, and heart
• How the body adjusts naturally to changing hormones
• Why bestselling drugs like Premarin may not be the best choice
• How to deal with metabolism shifts, weight gain, sexual problems, and appearance issues
• How to negotiate the challenges of “the empty nest” and midlife marriage

And much more.

In a book destined to be a classic, DR. NORTHRUP shows women how they can make menopause a time of personal empowerment and positive energy–emerging wiser, healthier, and stronger in both mind and body than ever before.

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause: The Breakthrough Book on Natural Progesterone
by John R., MD Lee, Virginia Hopkins

Book Description:
Women considering hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause symptoms and health benefits should read this controversial, provocative book first. "Advertising and research dollars are spent trying to convince women that estrogen will cure everything from heart disease to Alzheimer's," writes John R. Lee, M.D., "but there is scant evidence for any of these claims and reams of evidence that synthetic estrogens are highly toxic and carcinogenic." Lee has studied the research and concludes that estrogen is not the magic bullet for protection against heart disease and osteoporosis, nor does it retard aging. Natural progesterone, instead, puts postmenopausal women's hormones in balance, says Lee. He cites study after study that indicates that natural progesterone, obtained in cream form, delivers what the usual HRT only promises. "Menopause as a disease has been largely fabricated by physicians and the pharmaceutical industry," says this leader of a "quiet but powerful revolution" regarding HRT. What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause covers the benefits of natural progesterone, the history and politics of the medical and drug establishment, the biochemistry and dynamics of hormones and how they get out of balance, and how to prevent hormone imbalance and stay healthy. Lee empowers you to ask hard questions of your doctor.

The Menopause Diet
by Larrian Gillespie

About the Author:
LARRIAN GILLESPIE graduated from the UCLA school of Medicine and practiced urology and urogynecology in Beverly Hills for fifteen years. She is the inventor on three pharmaceutical patents.

Known for her ability to relay complicated medical information in a patient friendly manner, she has appeared on Good Morning America, the Home Show , CNN and served on the medical advisory board of SHAPE magazine. She has published over fifty scientific articles and three chapters in medical textbooks.

She is the author of "You Don't Have to Live With Cystitis" (Avon Books ), which is a "Top Ten Bestseller" in women's health books category by the New York Review of Books' Reader's Catalog 1999.

Menopause: The Most Comprehensive, Up-To-Date Information Available to Help You Understand This Stage of Life, Make the Right Treatment Choices, and Cope effectively
by Isaac Schiff, Ann B. Person, Ann Parson

From Publishers Weekly:
Schiff, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Mass General, answers just about any question a woman facing menopause may have. Part One covers menopause and its effects with details on causes, symptoms, hysterectomy, mood fluctuation, sexual functioning and weight gain. The next section addresses the complex subject of hormone replacement therapy?its benefits and risks, the growing number of options and how the menopausal woman can best effect a partnership with her doctor. The third section considers alternatives to hormone replacement, covering treatments with herbs, vitamins, biofeedback and acupuncture, along with recommendations for good nutrition and exercise.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Book Description:
Forty million women are currently going through menopause and in the next ten years, that number will increase by 20 million. This outstanding guide provides women with the unbiased, up-to-date information they need in order to make informed choices. 19 line drawings, charts and graphs.

The Menopause Survival Guide: Surviving the Change of Life
by Donna Rogers

Book Description:
Focusing on all major topics relating to menopause, this book discusses medical issues in user-friendly language and offers common sense approaches in dealing with the Change of Life. Chapters focus on open discussion of women's health issues; definitions of menopause, perimenopause, and post-menopause; the life-long estrogen effect on the female body; actions of numerous hormones; menstrual cycles; statistical caveats; breast and uterine cancers; premature and induced menopause; changes in muscle strength and elasticity; heart disease and stroke; osteoporosis; memory; emotions; hot flashes and night sweats; pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy and herbal remedies; vitamins, diet, and exercise; male menopause; and information for husbands and children of menopausal women.