The Hormone Cure: Reclaim Balance, Sleep and Sex Drive; Lose Weight; Feel Focused, Vital, and Energized Naturally with the Gottfried Protocol

Marc Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:
Foreword / Dr. Christiane Northrop, MD -- Preface -- Part I. Educate and Illuminate: Understanding the New Hormonal Landscape -- Introduction: Why Hormones Matter -- 1. Getting Started: Fill Out the Questionnaires -- 2. A Hormonal Primer: Everything You Need to Know About Hormones -- 3. Perimenopause: Your Own Personal Global Warming Crisis, Hypervigilance, and Tighter Jeans -- Part II. Assess, Diagnose, Treat: From Imbalance to Ideal Hormonal Specimen -- 4. High and/or Low Cortisol: Stress Case? Is Life Without Caffeine Not Worth Living? -- 5. Low-Progesterone Blues and Progesterone Resistance: Heavy Periods, PMS, Insomnia, and Infertility? -- 6. Excess Estrogen: Depressed and Chunky? -- 7. Low Estrogen: Are You Dry and Cranky? -- 8. Excess Androgens: Do You Have Pimples, Ovarian Cysts, and Rogue Hairs? -- 9. Low Thyroid: Weight Gain, Fatigue, and Mood Problems? -- 10. Common Combinations of Hormonal Imbalances -- 11. Hormonal Nirvana: Staying on Course -- Epilogue -- Part III. Appendix -- A. The Gottfried Protocol, by Hormone Imbalance -- B. Glossary of Terms -- C. Hormones and Their Functions -- D. How to Find and Work Collaboratively with Practitioners for Your Hormone Cure -- E. Recommended Labs for Home Testing -- F. The Gottfried Food Plan -- G. Normal and Optimal Ranges of Hormone Levels and Related Laboratory Tests -- H. Fertility, Conception, Pregnancy, and Lactation Protocols -- Paperback Q and A -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Biographical Note:
Sara Gottfried, MD, is a Harvard-educated physician and board-certified gynecologist who treats the root cause of problems, not just symptoms. A nationally recognized yoga teacher, Gottfried teaches women how to balance their hormones naturally. She has been featured in Yoga Journal, Glamour, and Cosmopolitan and in the award-winning film, YogaWoman.

Review Quotes:
"The Hormone Cure is a breakthrough hormone guide-entertaining, persuasive, hilarious. I've not seen this content anywhere! Get to the root of your issues: low energy, fatigue, low sex drive, anxiety, weight gain. This book is gold."

Publisher Marketing:
The New York Times bestselling guide to hormone balance that helps women of all ages with hormone imbalance symptoms--from perimenopause to menopause--achieve increased energy, resilience, vitality, and sensuality through science-based natural therapies.All too often women are told that feeling moody, asexual, tapped out, dried up, stressed out, and sleep deprived is just a part of being female. Or they're led to believe that the answer can be found only at the bottom of a bottle of prescription pills. Dr. Sara Gottfried, a Harvard-educated physician and nationally recognized, board-certified gynecologist, refuses to accept that being a woman means feeling overwhelmed or that popping pills is the new normal. In The Hormone Cure, she shares the unique hormone-balancing program that she has used to help thousands of women reclaim wellness, verve, and optimal health. Combining natural therapies with rigorous scientific testing and using an informative questionnaire to identify the common causes of hormonal imbalance--including thyroid health, adrenal fatigue, and insulin resistance--Dr. Gottfried provides an individualized plan in nonjudgmental and thoughtful language. Based on ten years' study of cutting-edge medical research as a specialist in functional and integrative therapies, Dr. Gottfried's three-tiered treatment strategy includes: - Supplements and targeted lifestyle changes that address underlying deficiencies - Herbal therapies that restore balance and optimize your body's natural function - Bioidentical hormones--most available without a prescription The Hormone Cure is a groundbreaking book that demonstrates how balancing your hormones can cure underlying health issues and result in restored sleep, greater energy, improved mood, easy weight loss, increased productivity, and many more benefits. Dr. Sara Gottfried's The Hormone Cure will transform your life.

Contributor Bio:Gottfried, Sara
Sara Gottfried, MD, is a Harvard-educated physician and board-certified gynecologist who treats the root cause of problems, not just symptoms. A nationally recognized yoga teacher, Gottfried teaches women how to balance their hormones naturally. She has been featured in Yoga Journal, Glamour, and Cosmopolitan and in the award-winning film, YogaWoman.