Heat Is On : Health, Humor and Hope for Women Facing Menopause

by Demetre, Danna

• ISBN13: 9780800759810
• ISBN10: 0800759818
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Revell

Summary

The Heat Is On challenges the old myths about menopause and provides practical solutions to the once-dreaded "change" so you can embrace this dynamic and positive season of life. Integrating scriptural applications, Danna outlines the basics to a healthy lifestyle and answers all your questions about hot flashes, mood swings, and other menopause manifestations.

Author Biography

Danna Demetre is a popular speaker, founder of Women of Purpose, and the author of Scale Down

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(2)
Preface	11	(132)
1. The Three Ps of Womanhood	17	(12)
Health Flash: Help for Hot Flashes	25	(4)
2. What's Wrong with This Picture?	29	(12)
Health Flash: The Brain/Beauty Connection	35	(6)
3. Mirror, Mirror...Please Lie!	41	(14)
Health Flash: Extreme Makeovers	49	(6)
4. The "Change" That Transforms Your Life	55	(14)
Health Flash: Ginkgo Biloba	66	(3)
5. The Seasons of Our Lives	69	(14)
Health Flash: Healthy Hearts	77	(6)
6. You Go...Go...Go, Girl!	83	(14)
Health Flash: R&R for Your Body and Soul	93	(4)
7. Get a Lifestyle-Eating and Living for Maximum Energy in the Real World	97	(16)
Health Flash: Seven Nutritional Steps You Can Take Right Now	111	(2)
8. Exercise-Use It or Lose It!	113	(16)
Health Flash: Get Your Lifestyle into the Act	126	(3)
9. Does Menopause = Fat?	129	(14)
Health Flash: Thyroid News You Can Use	138	(5)
10. The ABCs of Lifestyle Change	143	(12)
Health Flash: Four Lifestyle Evaluations	148	(7)
11. HRT-Yes or No?	155	(12)
Health Flash: Hormone Testing	163	(4)
12. Hormone Hostage Husbands, Part One	167	(20)
Health Flash: The Power of Authentic Connection	183	(4)
13. Hormone Hostage Husbands, Part Two	187	(14)
Health Flash: Sex, Sex...What Sex?	198	(3)
14. Menopause and the Single Woman	201	(18)
Health Flash: Healthy Recipes for Holy Hotties	215	(4)
15. You Can't Take It with You	219	(16)
Health Flash: Our Wonderful Sense of Sight	231	(4)
16. What's Your Wheelchair?	235	(12)
Health Flash: Outsmarting Osteoporosis	242	(5)
17. Feeling Down? Look Up!	247	(12)
Health Flash: Dealing with Depression	253	(6)
18. Living with Purpose...Leaving a Legacy	259	(18)
Notes	277	(4)
Recommended Resources	281