Great Books
The following books are suggested readings that can be invaluable tools for your health.
100 Questions & Answers About Endometriosis
David B Redwine, MD, FACOG
EMPOWER YOURSELF!
It is estimated that between 10 and 20 percent of American women of childbearing age have endometriosis. About 5.5 million women in the U.S. and Canada are diagnosed with the disease each year.
Whether you’re a newly diagnosed patient, or are a friend or relative of someone suffering from Endometriosis, this book offers help. The only text available to provide both the doctor’s and patient’s views, 100 Questions & Answers About Endometriosis gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, and provides sources of support from both the doctor’s and patient’s viewpoints. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of endometriosis.
Endometriosis: a key to healing through nutrition
Dian Shepperson Mills, MA and Michael Vernon, PhD HCLD
In this important book Dian Mills and Michael Vemon describe clearly what endometriosis is, how it affects the body, the treatments that are already available – both orthodox and complementary – and , most importantly, what practical steps can be taken to push endometriosis into remission. Drawing upon years of research, they show how diet can provide the key to optimum health and can unlock a completely refreshed sense of well-being. This book includes:
- an explanation of how endometriosis affects the body and advice on how to cope with it
- a practical account of the key role played by nutrition
- information on foods that harm, foods that heal, minerals and vitamins
- delicious recipes and menu suggestions
- practical tips
Sexy Hormones
Lorna R Vanderhaeghe, MS and Alvin Pettle, MD
Sexy Hormones is the first book to explain when and how to use bioidentical hormones safely and effectively to eliminate hormonal health problems and get that zest back in your life. This book teaches you how to balance your sexy hormones, including estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and DHEA so you feel vibrant!
Sexy Hormones is packed with simple, honest advice on how to achieve or regain lost passions. Lorna and Dr. Pettle explain why the “little blue pill” for our men is of little use when the women have lost their sex drives because of hormonal problems, too much stress, inadequate nutrition and more.
Sexy Hormones is your complete guide to:
- Understanding when and how to use bioidentical hormones safely and effectively
- Treating hormone-related conditions from bladder incontinence to vaginal dryness
- Understanding what hysterectomy, the Pill and Kegels have to do with your sex life
- Recovering lost passions with sexy foods and simple exercises
- Unlocking the secrets to great orgasms with love, lubes and toys
- The Top-10 pro-sexual nutrients that will change your love life—and your health
Falling In Love Works Better Than Prozac
Jessica R Gera
The author takes her readers through a journey of the “4B’s”. Bruised, Broken, Bitter, Better. Through explaining her own personal story of heartfelt truth peppered with astute humour, wit and reflection on being an East-Indian twenty-somehing divorcee who meets with ovarian cancer, Gera reminds us that only the most courageous will choose to get ‘better’ over ‘bitter,’ even in our most trying times. While Gera’s book does not concentrate on endometriosis in particular, her story reminds us that our hardships should never dictate our happiness.
Regardless of your hardship, this is a story that anyone can relate to. You lost your job after 20 years of being with the same company? Your kids hurt you? Your parents hurt you? You became ill? Then what? How do we choose better over bitter? Do we truly understand the fundamental relationship between our mental and physical health? How do we put ourselves together once we’ve ‘broke?’
This is an ideal read for anyone who is looking for an inspirational story, a ‘pick me up’ and a reason to laugh out loud! For more information: www.jessicargera.com
The China Study
T. Colin Campbell, PhD and Thomas M Campbell 11
This comprehensive presentation of the findings from the China Study conclusively demonstrates the link between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Referred to as the “Grand Prix of epidemiology” by The New York Times, this study examines more than 350 variables of health and nutrition with surveys from 6,500 adults in 65 counties, representing 2,500 counties across rural China and Taiwan. While revealing that proper nutrition can have a dramatic effect on reducing and reversing these ailments as well as obesity, this text calls into question the practices of many of the current dietary programs, such as the Atkins diet, that enjoy widespread popularity in the West. The impact of the politics of nutrition and the efforts of special interest groups on the creation and dissemination of public information on nutrition are also discussed.
Hipchick’s Guide To Macrobiotics
Jessica Porter
Vibrant health, dazzling beauty, a great body, fulfilling relationships, amazing sex and inner peace—what woman wouldn’t want these things? But chasing the latest diet craze and burying ourselves in beauty products isn’t really helping us achieve better bodies and minds. It’s time to trade in the fads and expand your healthy lifestyle beyond yoga and pilates with one of the most enduring and popular diets in the world.
For women for whom looking good means feeling good, macrobiotic chef and cooking instructor Jessica Porter offers fresh, contemporary, and accessible insight into a dietary practice that has been invigorating women’s health for generations. Cooking tips and recipes are combined with Jessica’s no-nonsense philosophy and witty anecdotes to create a book that will inspire you to hit the kitchen armed with the tools you need to strengthen your mind and body through food.
