Review Menopause Without Medicine
Menopause Without Medicine : Dr. Linda Ojeda.
This updated fifth edition Menopause Without Medicine is an excellent health and wellness resource for all women, a natural holistic approach to both perimenopause and menopause. Ojeda empowers women to take care of their health.
It’s easy to read and comes complete with need-to-know health information in plain English.
Linda Ojeda has long maintained that menopause is a natural stage in a woman’s life, not a disorder that must be medicalised.
In every edition Ojeda has provided the latest information about conventional HRT and the safer alternatives available. In this definitive new edition she clearly explains why synthetic HRT has been found harmful and offers a wide range of alternatives. She also addresses the question of what you can do if the supplements, herbs, and soy products you may be taking instead of HRT are not working.
Other new information in this edition:
- What the famous Women’s Health Initiative study did and did not show
- The best HRT options for peri- and postmenopausal women
- The sometimes dangerous difference between synthetic and bioidentical natural hormones
- Types of HRT drugs available, including their trade names and generic names
- Hormone tests, and nonhormonal remedies to balance hormones
Let’s have a look at what Linda says herself ….
“The most important thing to remember about this whole menopausal
transition is that it is NOT a medical condition, even if we are being plagued with uncomfortable symptoms.
We are not sick.
The body is changing from one that can potentially bear children to one that cannot. We went through the reverse transition some 35 years prior to this and, if we remember, it was somewhat similar.
Our hormones were readjusting to a new role. The beginning of menstruation is considered normal, why isn’t menopause?
I think we really have to refocus from the medical emphasis that menopause is a condition to be treated with drugs. Our attitude of acceptance can greatly help us through the symptoms. If we know that what we are feeling is normal and is temporary, then we may be more likely to look for less toxic ways to handle our discomfort.
Truly, it doesn’t last forever.”
Menopause Without Medicine provides complete information on the symptoms of menopause — hot flashes, fatigue, sexual changes, depression and osteoporosis — and how to alleviate them.
Updated sections discuss the related issues of heart disease and breast cancer, and their relationship to cholesterol, diet, supplements, exercise, natural hormones and synthetic drugs.
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