Introduction | p. 13 |
The Basics of Sexuality and Desire | p. 17 |
Doctor, I've Lost My Libido! | p. 19 |
The Urge to Merge | p. 20 |
One in three women (at least) has lost her libido | p. 21 |
Prioritizing Your Own Health | p. 22 |
The benefits of sex | p. 22 |
Bioidentical Hormones, Properly Prescribed | p. 23 |
But there's more to it than hormones | p. 24 |
Your Man and Your Libido | p. 25 |
The Psychology of Libido | p. 26 |
Mindfulness: The secret ingredient | p. 27 |
A New Consciousness of Libido | p. 28 |
What is Sexy? | p. 29 |
Youth is Sexy | p. 30 |
Cultural Sexiness is Ever-Changing | p. 31 |
A Short History of Sex | p. 32 |
Sexy Body Types | p. 34 |
Sex and religion | p. 35 |
Medicine dictates sexiness | p. 35 |
A New Paradigm | p. 37 |
Let's Get Physical-The Organs of Libido | p. 39 |
The Sounds, Smells, Sights and Sensations of Desire | p. 40 |
Touch connects, arouses and heals | p. 41 |
Oxytocin, the cuddle and bonding hormone | p. 42 |
Sound, sight and sexuality | p. 43 |
The Scent of Desire: Pheromones and Libido | p. 44 |
Non-Genital Zones of Pleasure | p. 45 |
The Genital Zones | p. 46 |
The vulva | p. 46 |
The clitoris | p. 48 |
The vagina | p. 50 |
The urethra | p. 52 |
The G-spot; Fact or fiction? | p. 53 |
The cervix | p. 55 |
The uterus | p. 56 |
Hysterectomy | p. 57 |
The ovaries and fallopian tubes | p. 58 |
The Orchestration of Libido | p. 58 |
The Libido Restoration Kit | p. 59 |
Sexuality and Hormones-An Overview | p. 61 |
Hormones: An Introduction | p. 63 |
Estrogens: Feminizing, Growth-Promoting | p. 64 |
Estrogens and mood | p. 66 |
Progesterone: Menstrual Timing, Estrogen Balancing, | |
Pregnancy Maintenance | p. 66 |
Estrogen Dominance: An Introduction | p. 68 |
Estrogen dominance, libido, and the pill | p. 71 |
Testosterone: The Hormone of Libido | p. 72 |
Thyroid Hormones and Adrenal Function | p. 73 |
Cortisol and Adrenal Fatigue | p. 74 |
Hormones Through a Woman's Ages and Stages | p. 75 |
Infancy, childhood and puberty | p. 75 |
The 20s andearly 30s | p. 76 |
Premenopause: mid-30s through mid-40s | p. 76 |
Perimenopause and menopause | p. 78 |
What You Should Know About Using Bioidentical Hormones | p. 80 |
How about DHEA? | p. 81 |
Summing Up: Hormones, Libido, and Quality of Life | p. 82 |
Testosterone-The Hormone of Arousal | p. 83 |
The Biochemistry of Testosterone | p. 84 |
Testosterone, PCOS and Heart Disease | p. 86 |
Women who miss testosterone | p. 87 |
When to Use Testosterone | p. 88 |
How to use testosterone | p. 89 |
Testosterone' Approach with Caution | p. 90 |
My Favorite Libido-Boosting Supplements and Herbs | p. 93 |
Sexual Arousal is All about Blood Flow | p. 94 |
Recommended Supplements and Herbs for Arousal | p. 95 |
L-Arginine | p. 96 |
B vitamins | p. 98 |
Damiana (turnera aphrodisiaca | p. 99 |
Epimedium (horny goat weed) | p. 100 |
Ginkgo biloba | p. 101 |
Ginseng | p. 103 |
Maca | p. 104 |
Muira Puama (ptychopetalum olacoides) and Catuaba (trichilia catigua) | p. 105 |
Drugs That Sabotage Your Sex Life | p. 107 |
Hormonal Contraceptives | p. 110 |
Hypertension Drugs and Heart Drugs | p. 114 |
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs | p. 118 |
How to reduce cholesterol without drugs | p. 120 |
Psychiatric Drugs, Sleep Drugs, and Anti-Seizure Drugs | p. 121 |
Remedies for depression: | p. 124 |
Remedies for anxiety or sleeplessness: | p. 125 |
Self-Medication: Alcohol, Marijuana and Cocaine | p. 126 |
Knowing Your Options | p. 128 |
How to Resolve Stress and Fatigue and increase Libido with Lifestyle Changes | p. 129 |
Stress Douses the Fires of Libido | p. 131 |
Adrenal recovery | p. 134 |
The sexiness of a good nights sleep | p. 135 |
Mindfulness -The Ultimate Stress Management | p. 137 |
Tantra | p. 142 |
Awakening the senses | p. 142 |
Mindfulness and sex | p. 143 |
Pro-Libido Lifestyle - Nutrition, Supplements and Exercise | p. 145 |
Small Changes Add Up to Big Benefits | p. 146 |
Overcoming resistance to change | p. 147 |
The Pro-Libido Nutrition Plan: An Overview | p. 149 |
Eat foods the way nature makes them | p. 150 |
Good carbs, bad carbs | p. 151 |
Food Sensitivities | p. 156 |
Putting Fats in Perspective | p. 159 |
Fat and inflammation | p. 160 |
Keeping Portion Sizes In Proportion | p. 162 |
More Pro-Libido Nutrition Guidelines | p. 164 |
Pro-libido nutritional supplements | p. 166 |
Omega-3 fish oils | p. 168 |
Vitamin D: Sunshine and supplements | p. 170 |
Calcium and magnesium | p. 171 |
Other supplements I recommend | p. 172 |
The Pro-Libido Workout Plan | p. 173 |
Keeping It Real | p. 182 |
Moms: It's OkayTo Insist on Privacy | p. 183 |
Enhancing Desire and Sensation | p. 185 |
Awareness, blood flow and energy | p. 186 |
Libido strengthening and warm-up exercises | p. 188 |
Masturbation: Lovemaking for one | p. 189 |
What about sex toys? | p. 190 |
Erotica, pornography and fantasy | p. 193 |
The Ages and Cycles of Sexuality and Libido | p. 195 |
Childbirth and Children | p. 197 |
The First Few Months | p. 199 |
Breastfeeding and post-partum libidp | p. 201 |
Mommies Don't Have Sex, Do They? | p. 202 |
What About Contraception? | p. 204 |
How To Renew Your Sex Life Post-Partum | p. 206 |
Giving birth changes things. ..Down there and all over | p. 207 |
The Fluctuating Forties | p. 209 |
Is It Your Hormones... or Is It Your Relationship? | p. 211 |
Premenopause and Estrogen Dominance | p. 212 |
Estrogen dominance, libido and the pill | p. 216 |
Testing and prescriptions for estrogen dominance | p. 217 |
Reduce exposure to xenoestrogens | p. 218 |
Nutritional supplements for estrogen dominance | p. 219 |
When Relationship Issues are Part of the Problem(and They Almost Always Are) | p. 220 |
Helping Him Get What He Wants | p. 223 |
The Fifties and Beyond - Menopause | p. 225 |
Not Your Mother's Menopause | p. 226 |
Menopause Confusion | p. 228 |
Get Real and then Get Creative | p. 229 |
How Aging Can Sink Your Sex Life (and what you can do about it) | p. 230 |
Weight | p. 231 |
Sight | p. 231 |
Creaky joints | p. 231 |
Dry va-jay-jay | p. 232 |
Sagging organs | p. 232 |
Hot flashes and night sweats | p. 232 |
Moodiness | p. 233 |
Insomnia | p. 233 |
Disappearing parts | p. 233 |
Bioidentical Hormone Confusion | p. 234 |
Where Did it Go? The Libido Quiz | p. 235 |
Low Sex Drive Solutions | p. 239 |
What If It's Him, Not Me? | p. 241 |
Libido Problems in Men: An Overview | p. 242 |
Erectile Dysfunction (ED) | p. 243 |
Physical causes of ED | p. 243 |
Other causes of ED | p. 246 |
Premature Ejaculation | p. 247 |
For men: Start/stop technique to delay ejaculation | p. 248 |
Delayed Ejaculation | p. 249 |
Andropause, Libido and Performance | p. 50 |
The Low-Testosterone Generation? | p. 251 |
When testosterone is low, replacement has many benefits | p. 252 |
Defining low testosterone is trickier than you might think | p. 253 |
Testosterone replacement: Guidelines., precautions and benefits | p. 254 |
How to replace testosterone | p. 258 |
Side effects of too much testosterone | p. 259 |
Communication and Relationship Challenges | p. 260 |
Resources | p. 265 |
Glossary | p. 267 |
References | p. 271 |
Author Biographies | p. 283 |
Index | p. 285 |
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