Recommended Reading - Good Books!

THE CLASSIC BESTSELLER BY DR. JOHN LEE!

The breakthrough book on natural progesterone.
by John R. Lee, M.D. with Virginia Hopkins
Warner Wellness 2004, Trade paperback, (372 Pages)

If you're a menopausal woman who's looking for detailed answers on how your hormones work and how to use natural hormones, this is the book for you! Dr. Lee explains hot flashes, irregular periods, heavy bleeding, weight gain and other symptoms of hormone imbalance. You'll also find great advice on how to prevent osteoporosis, restoring tired adrenals, and how to use diet, exercise and lifestyle changes to balance your hormones. Extensively revised and updated in 2004.

FINALLY! UNDERSTAND YOUR HORMONES AND SYMPTOMS

Balance Your Hormones and Your Life from Thirty to Fifty.
by John R. Lee, M.D., Jesse Hanley M.D. and Virginia Hopkins
Warner Books 1999, Trade Paperback (395 pages)

Want detailed info on why you have PMS or other hormone imbalance symptoms? Here's Dr. John Lee's famously commonsense and down-to-earth advice on what causes PMS, fibroids, fibrocystic breasts, weight gain, fatigue, endometriosis, irregular or heavy periods, infertility, miscarriage, and other premenopausal hormone imbalance symptoms -- and how to treat them. He also covers the topics of stress, birth control pills, hysterectomy and cancer. Many case histories are included, and Dr. Hanley adds a new dimension to this book by addressing the emotional side of premenopause issues usch as PMS, as well as the use of herbs and nutritional supplements to treat symptoms.

YOU WON'T FIND THIS INFORMATION ANYWHERE ELSE!

How Hormone Balance Can Help Save Your Life
by John R. Lee, M.D., David Zava, Ph.D. and Virginia Hopkins.
Warner Books 2002 (410 Pages) Trade Paperback

This book is twenty years ahead of its time on why women get breast cancer and how to prevent it. When Dr. Lee and Dr. Zava put their heads together, the result was another brilliant and pioneering classic that really gets to the heart of breast cancer biochemistry and causes. It covers a wide array of topics including how HRT may trigger breast cancer, the underlying causes of breast cancer, how to prevent breast cancer, and the preventive benefits of properly prescribed natural hormones, diet and stress management.

The Essential How-to Guide to Symptoms, Dosage, Timing and More

by John R. Lee, M.D. and Virginia Hopkins

from Dr. John Lee and Virginia Hopkins, who brought you the best-selling "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You..." books.

Free of confusing medical terminology, yet filled with practical advice, Hormone Balance Made Simple gives clear, step-by-step guidance for a natural hormone program tailored to your individual needs. Now you can learn which hormones are right for you and how to deal with mood swings, hot flashes, night sweats, breast tenderness, irregular bleeding, and other distressing symptoms of menopause and premenopause.  Learn how with the help of:

• Up-to-date information about symptoms and causes of hormone imbalance
• A monthly calendar for tracking symptoms (Download it Now)
• Guidance on how much to take and when to take it
• How stress, diet, exercise, sleep and exposure to toxins can affect your hormone balance

Download THIS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST: KEEP TRACK OF YOUR SYMPTOMS CHART

In the Introduction to Hormone Balance Made Simple Virginia Hopkins talks about finishing this book without Dr. Lee.

Read about The Hormone Basics in Chapter 1 of Hormone Balance Made Simple.

THE BEST Q&As
John R Lee MD Medical Letter
1998 to 2003

An e-booklet packed with Dr. Lee's famous and timeless down-to-earth advice about hormones, progesterone cream, birth control, osteoporosis, breast cancer, pregnancy, vaccinations and much more.

by John R. Lee, M.D
Edited by Virginia Hopkins, 2010

43-page e-booklet

Available only as a pdf download. The link for downloading the booklet will be available in the shopping cart and in your email receipt.

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TIMELESS, CLASSIC WISDOM and ADVICE

by John R. Lee, M.D.
BLL Publishing 1999 (211 pages)

Optimal Health Guidelines was first written for Dr. Lee's students at the College of Marin and its clear explanations give us some insight as to why his classes were so popular that they kept moving them to larger rooms.

The book is full of great stories from Dr. Lee’s medical practice, his often wry philosophy, and eye-opening factoids. Dr. Lee also covers a wide range of medical issues in this book, including attitudes towards disease, how nutrients work in the body, and his now-famous commonsense approach towards heart disease, cancer, hormone balance, digestive problems, and many other common illnesses.

by Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D. and Virginia Hopkins, M.A.

In this new 4th edition of Prescription Alternatives are hundreds of updates on drug warnings and side effects, as well as new natural alternatives to prescription drugs.

Safe, Natural, Prescription-free Remedies to Restore and Maintain Your Health

RECOMMENDED BY DR. JOHN LEE!
When the first edition was published Dr. Lee wrote this recommendation, “Before you start taking a prescription drug, take this book off the shelf and read up on the drug to find out how it might harm you, and how you might solve your health problem more gently and safely.” — John R. Lee, M.D.

Prescription Alternatives is a reference book that lists known side effects of hundreds of prescription drugs—including interactions with foods and supplements—along with hundreds of safe, gentle, natural, prescription-free remedies to restore and maintain your health.

McGraw-Hill, 2009 (440 pages)

The straight skinny on fad diets, good carbs, good fats, good proteins, and how to opt out of the diabesity epidemic.

by Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D. and Virginia Hopkins, M.A.

2010 Council Oak Books, 164 pp trade paperback

This is not a diet book! It teaches how to work with the body and use some simple tools and lifestyle changes to increase energy and maintain optimal health.

Nutrition Bible Table of Contents

Nutrition Bible Introduction