The hormone cure : reclaim balance, sleep, sex drive; lose wieght; feel focused, vital and energized naturally with the Gottfried Protocol / Sara Gottfried.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Scribner, 2013.Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover edDescription: xxii, 458 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781451666946 (hbk.) :
  • 1451666942 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.1/75061 23
LOC classification:
  • RC483.5.H6 G68 2013
Contents:
Educate and illuminate : understanding the new hormonal landscape. Introduction : why hormones matter ; Getting started : fill out the questionnaires ; A hormonal primer : everything you need to know about hormones ; Perimenopause : your own personal global warming crisis, hypervigilance, and tighter jeans -- Assess, diagnose, treat : from imbalance to ideal hormonal specimen. High and/or low cortisol : stress case? Is life without caffeine not worth living? ; Low-progesterone blues and progesterone resistance : heavy periods, PMS, insomnia, and infertility? ; Excess estrogen : depressed and chunky? ; Low estrogen : are you dry and cranky? ; Excess androgens : do you have pimples, ovarian cysts, and rogue hairs? ; Low thyroid : weight gain, fatigue, and mood problems? ; Common combinations of hormonal imbalances ; Hormonal nirvana : staying on course -- Appendix. A. The Gottfried Protocol, by hormone imbalance ; B. Glossary of terms ; C. Hormones and their functions ; D. How to find and work collaboratively with practitioners for your hormone cure ; E. Recommended labs for home testing ; F. The Gottfried food plan.
Summary: A Harvard physician's scientifically proven method to improve physical and mental health by optimizing the hormones in the 30s, 40s, and beyond. Dr. Gottfried combines natural therapies with rigorous scientific testing to help women feel fully alive, especially in the years prior to menopause.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [344]-381) and index.

Educate and illuminate : understanding the new hormonal landscape. Introduction : why hormones matter ; Getting started : fill out the questionnaires ; A hormonal primer : everything you need to know about hormones ; Perimenopause : your own personal global warming crisis, hypervigilance, and tighter jeans -- Assess, diagnose, treat : from imbalance to ideal hormonal specimen. High and/or low cortisol : stress case? Is life without caffeine not worth living? ; Low-progesterone blues and progesterone resistance : heavy periods, PMS, insomnia, and infertility? ; Excess estrogen : depressed and chunky? ; Low estrogen : are you dry and cranky? ; Excess androgens : do you have pimples, ovarian cysts, and rogue hairs? ; Low thyroid : weight gain, fatigue, and mood problems? ; Common combinations of hormonal imbalances ; Hormonal nirvana : staying on course -- Appendix. A. The Gottfried Protocol, by hormone imbalance ; B. Glossary of terms ; C. Hormones and their functions ; D. How to find and work collaboratively with practitioners for your hormone cure ; E. Recommended labs for home testing ; F. The Gottfried food plan.

A Harvard physician's scientifically proven method to improve physical and mental health by optimizing the hormones in the 30s, 40s, and beyond. Dr. Gottfried combines natural therapies with rigorous scientific testing to help women feel fully alive, especially in the years prior to menopause.

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