Balance Your Hormones The Drug-free Guide to Improving Your Hormonal Health

by Holford, Patrick; Neil, Kate

• ISBN13: 9780749953393
• ISBN10: 074995339X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-28
• Publisher: Piatkus

Summary

Unbalanced hormones play havoc with women's lives and cause problems ranging from PMS and endometriosis to fibroids, breast cancer and menopausal problems. In BALANCE YOUR HORMONES Patrick Holford explains how, by making simple changes to your diet and lifestyle, you can restore the natural hormone balance in your body and return to a state of good, natural health.BALANCE YOUR HORMONES is packed with practical advice, backed up by the latest scientific research which continues to reveal new understanding of the role of food, nutrition and environment in hormonal health. The new chapters cover how hormones work; why hormonal problems are on the increase; what you can do to promote your own hormonal health; safe, natural strategies for restoring, maintaining and promoting your health; nutritional advice for preventing and overcoming problems associated with hormonal imbalance; and the problems associated with the synthetic hormones used in the Pill and HRT and how to overcome them naturally.

Author Biography

Patrick Holford is one of the world’s leading authorities on nutrition and mental health. He has written 30 health books and is the founder of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition. His books include The Holford Low GL Diet, The New Optimum Nutrition Bible, and Optimum Nutrition for the Mind. Kate Neil is a nutritional therapist, the editor of The Nutrition Practitioner, and director of her own company offering nutrition services to health care professionals, industry, and the public.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Guide to Abbreviations, Measures and References	p. viii
Introduction	p. xi
The Role of Hormones	p. l
The Female Life Cycle	p. 3
The Rise of Hormonal Health Problems	p. 13
Hormonal Overload	p. 19
The Problem with Stress	p. 36
How to Avoid Hormone Disrupters	p. 39
Staying Hormonally Healthy	p. 45
The Gut-Hormone Connection	p. 47
Cut Sugar and Control your W8	p. 59
Beating PMS with Diet	p. 77
Natural Solutions for Heavy and Painful Periods	p. 89
Promoting a Healthy Sex Life	p. 93
Fertility Rights and Wrongs	p. 103
Balancing Your Hormones During Pregnancy	p. 109
The Secrets of a Trouble-free Menopause	p. 119
Staying Free From Hormone-related Diseases	p. 137
Underactive Thyroid-A Common Cause of Chronic Fatigue	p. 139
Migraines, Headaches and Hormones	p. 146
Conquering Candida	p. 152
Stopping Cystitis	p. 166
Preventing Polycystic Ovaries	p. 171
The Hidden Epidemic: Endometriosis	p. 180
How to Prevent Breast Lumps and Cancer	p. 194
Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis	p. 206
Balancing Your Hormones Naturally	p. 227
Oestrogen and Progesterone in Detail	p. 229
The Pill and HRT - Exploding the Myths	p. 242
Bio-identical Hormones - A Safer Alternative	p. 253
Testing for Hormone Imbalances	p. 277
Your Action Plan for Hormonal Health	p. 287
Diet for the Good Life	p. 289
Phytonutrients-The Hormone Helpers	p. 310
Supplementary Benefit	p. 317
The Hormonal Health Questionnaire	p. 323
The GL Scores of Common Foods	p. 328
The Acid and Alkaline Levels of Foods	p. 332
High-amine Foods	p. 334
Phytoestrogens in Food	p. 338
Diakath Breathing	p. 340
Recommended Reading	p. 343
Resources	p. 345
References	p. 358
index	p. 379
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