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9781601387189

The Sex Drive Solution for Women: Dr. Jen's Power Plan to Fire Up Your Libido

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    9781601387189

  • ISBN10:

    1601387180

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-02-01
  • Publisher: Atlantic Pub Co
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Summary

Dr. Jen doesn¿t only talk about weight management, renewed energy and sexual vitality for women over 40 - she is a living, breathing example that all of that and more are possible. The Sex Drive Solution is a wealth of information not only from an expert doctor, but a woman, a wife, a mother who has walked a mile in your shoes. Sex Drive Solution offers women of all ages the chance to learn what is happening to their bodies, why sex isn¿t over after 40 and how to reinvent their love lives in every stage of life. Using her expertise as an OB/GYN and now a pioneer in bioidentical hormone therapy, Dr. Jen shares real life stories of patients who have re-ignited their sex-lives and experienced complete wellness transformations with renewed energy and zest for life! Applying The Sex Drive Solutions, women can stop dreaming and start living sexier and happier than they ever believed possible. Part doctor, part cheerleader, part coach, Dr. Jen¿s Sex Drive Solution helps women set and achieve realistic goals to ¿Get Your Sexy Back and Keep It!¿ Secrets to mid-life weight loss The key ingredient for amazing sex at any age Creative ways to revive a bored libido A Libido Quiz to help you find the sex sinkers in your life Answers to, ¿What if it¿s him, not me?¿ The truth about hormones from a leading expert The best remedies for rekindling desire (and which ones to avoid)

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 13
The Basics of Sexuality and Desirep. 17
Doctor, I've Lost My Libido!p. 19
The Urge to Mergep. 20
One in three women (at least) has lost her libidop. 21
Prioritizing Your Own Healthp. 22
The benefits of sexp. 22
Bioidentical Hormones, Properly Prescribedp. 23
But there's more to it than hormonesp. 24
Your Man and Your Libidop. 25
The Psychology of Libidop. 26
Mindfulness: The secret ingredientp. 27
A New Consciousness of Libidop. 28
What is Sexy?p. 29
Youth is Sexyp. 30
Cultural Sexiness is Ever-Changingp. 31
A Short History of Sexp. 32
Sexy Body Typesp. 34
Sex and religionp. 35
Medicine dictates sexinessp. 35
A New Paradigmp. 37
Let's Get Physical-The Organs of Libidop. 39
The Sounds, Smells, Sights and Sensations of Desirep. 40
Touch connects, arouses and healsp. 41
Oxytocin, the cuddle and bonding hormonep. 42
Sound, sight and sexualityp. 43
The Scent of Desire: Pheromones and Libidop. 44
Non-Genital Zones of Pleasurep. 45
The Genital Zonesp. 46
The vulvap. 46
The clitorisp. 48
The vaginap. 50
The urethrap. 52
The G-spot; Fact or fiction?p. 53
The cervixp. 55
The uterusp. 56
Hysterectomyp. 57
The ovaries and fallopian tubesp. 58
The Orchestration of Libidop. 58
The Libido Restoration Kitp. 59
Sexuality and Hormones-An Overviewp. 61
Hormones: An Introductionp. 63
Estrogens: Feminizing, Growth-Promotingp. 64
Estrogens and moodp. 66
Progesterone: Menstrual Timing, Estrogen Balancing,
Pregnancy Maintenancep. 66
Estrogen Dominance: An Introductionp. 68
Estrogen dominance, libido, and the pillp. 71
Testosterone: The Hormone of Libidop. 72
Thyroid Hormones and Adrenal Functionp. 73
Cortisol and Adrenal Fatiguep. 74
Hormones Through a Woman's Ages and Stagesp. 75
Infancy, childhood and pubertyp. 75
The 20s andearly 30sp. 76
Premenopause: mid-30s through mid-40sp. 76
Perimenopause and menopausep. 78
What You Should Know About Using Bioidentical Hormonesp. 80
How about DHEA?p. 81
Summing Up: Hormones, Libido, and Quality of Lifep. 82
Testosterone-The Hormone of Arousalp. 83
The Biochemistry of Testosteronep. 84
Testosterone, PCOS and Heart Diseasep. 86
Women who miss testosteronep. 87
When to Use Testosteronep. 88
How to use testosteronep. 89
Testosterone' Approach with Cautionp. 90
My Favorite Libido-Boosting Supplements and Herbsp. 93
Sexual Arousal is All about Blood Flowp. 94
Recommended Supplements and Herbs for Arousalp. 95
L-Argininep. 96
B vitaminsp. 98
Damiana (turnera aphrodisiacap. 99
Epimedium (horny goat weed)p. 100
Ginkgo bilobap. 101
Ginsengp. 103
Macap. 104
Muira Puama (ptychopetalum olacoides) and Catuaba (trichilia catigua)p. 105
Drugs That Sabotage Your Sex Lifep. 107
Hormonal Contraceptivesp. 110
Hypertension Drugs and Heart Drugsp. 114
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugsp. 118
How to reduce cholesterol without drugsp. 120
Psychiatric Drugs, Sleep Drugs, and Anti-Seizure Drugsp. 121
Remedies for depression:p. 124
Remedies for anxiety or sleeplessness:p. 125
Self-Medication: Alcohol, Marijuana and Cocainep. 126
Knowing Your Optionsp. 128
How to Resolve Stress and Fatigue and increase Libido with Lifestyle Changesp. 129
Stress Douses the Fires of Libidop. 131
Adrenal recoveryp. 134
The sexiness of a good nights sleepp. 135
Mindfulness -The Ultimate Stress Managementp. 137
Tantrap. 142
Awakening the sensesp. 142
Mindfulness and sexp. 143
Pro-Libido Lifestyle - Nutrition, Supplements and Exercisep. 145
Small Changes Add Up to Big Benefitsp. 146
Overcoming resistance to changep. 147
The Pro-Libido Nutrition Plan: An Overviewp. 149
Eat foods the way nature makes themp. 150
Good carbs, bad carbsp. 151
Food Sensitivitiesp. 156
Putting Fats in Perspectivep. 159
Fat and inflammationp. 160
Keeping Portion Sizes In Proportionp. 162
More Pro-Libido Nutrition Guidelinesp. 164
Pro-libido nutritional supplementsp. 166
Omega-3 fish oilsp. 168
Vitamin D: Sunshine and supplementsp. 170
Calcium and magnesiump. 171
Other supplements I recommendp. 172
The Pro-Libido Workout Planp. 173
Keeping It Realp. 182
Moms: It's OkayTo Insist on Privacyp. 183
Enhancing Desire and Sensationp. 185
Awareness, blood flow and energyp. 186
Libido strengthening and warm-up exercisesp. 188
Masturbation: Lovemaking for onep. 189
What about sex toys?p. 190
Erotica, pornography and fantasyp. 193
The Ages and Cycles of Sexuality and Libidop. 195
Childbirth and Childrenp. 197
The First Few Monthsp. 199
Breastfeeding and post-partum libidpp. 201
Mommies Don't Have Sex, Do They?p. 202
What About Contraception?p. 204
How To Renew Your Sex Life Post-Partump. 206
Giving birth changes things. ..Down there and all overp. 207
The Fluctuating Fortiesp. 209
Is It Your Hormones... or Is It Your Relationship?p. 211
Premenopause and Estrogen Dominancep. 212
Estrogen dominance, libido and the pillp. 216
Testing and prescriptions for estrogen dominancep. 217
Reduce exposure to xenoestrogensp. 218
Nutritional supplements for estrogen dominancep. 219
When Relationship Issues are Part of the Problem(and They Almost Always Are)p. 220
Helping Him Get What He Wantsp. 223
The Fifties and Beyond - Menopausep. 225
Not Your Mother's Menopausep. 226
Menopause Confusionp. 228
Get Real and then Get Creativep. 229
How Aging Can Sink Your Sex Life (and what you can do about it)p. 230
Weightp. 231
Sightp. 231
Creaky jointsp. 231
Dry va-jay-jayp. 232
Sagging organsp. 232
Hot flashes and night sweatsp. 232
Moodinessp. 233
Insomniap. 233
Disappearing partsp. 233
Bioidentical Hormone Confusionp. 234
Where Did it Go? The Libido Quizp. 235
Low Sex Drive Solutionsp. 239
What If It's Him, Not Me?p. 241
Libido Problems in Men: An Overviewp. 242
Erectile Dysfunction (ED)p. 243
Physical causes of EDp. 243
Other causes of EDp. 246
Premature Ejaculationp. 247
For men: Start/stop technique to delay ejaculationp. 248
Delayed Ejaculationp. 249
Andropause, Libido and Performancep. 50
The Low-Testosterone Generation?p. 251
When testosterone is low, replacement has many benefitsp. 252
Defining low testosterone is trickier than you might thinkp. 253
Testosterone replacement: Guidelines., precautions and benefitsp. 254
How to replace testosteronep. 258
Side effects of too much testosteronep. 259
Communication and Relationship Challengesp. 260
Resourcesp. 265
Glossaryp. 267
Referencesp. 271
Author Biographiesp. 283
Indexp. 285
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