What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About PREmenopause
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)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Forewards
Introduction
PART I: GETTING ACQUAINTED
Life Cycles and Hormone Cycles
Chapter 1
Premenopause As a Life Cycle
Chapter 2
The Importance of Hormone Balance
Chapter 3
The Estrogens: Angels of Life, Angels of Death
Chapter 4
Progesterone and Progestins: The Great Balancer and the Great Imposters
Chapter 5
How We Got Into Xenohormone Hell and How to Get Out
PART II: WHEN YOUR BODY TALKS, LISTEN
What's Causing Premenpause Symptoms and How to Treat Them
Chapter 6
How to Keep Your Uterus and Save Your Cervix
Chapter 7
Cycles, Follicles and Ovaries
Chapter 8
PMS: And When She Was Good She Was Very Very Good, and When She Was Bad She Was Horrible
Chapter 9
Tired Adrenals Equals a Tired Woman
Chapter 10
Other Premenopause Syndrome Symptoms and Solutions
Chapter 11
The Dangers of Hormonal Contraceptives
Chapter 12
The Relationship of Hormones to Breast Cancer and Other Women's Cancers
PART III: THE PREMENOPAUSE BALANCE
PROGRAM
Practical Steps for Optimal Health
Chapter 13
Restoring and Maintaining Balance
Chapter 14
How Nutrition Affects Your Hormone Balance
Chapter 15
How Exercise Affects Your Hormone Balance
Chapter 16
How to Use Natural Progesterone
Chapter 17
How to Use Other Natural Hormones
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RECOMMENDED READING, RESOURCES and REFERENCES