| View Larger Image | Before the Change : Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause | Paperbackby Ann Louise Gittleman (Author)
| List Price: | $14.95 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Edition: | 2ndnd Edition | | Page Count: | 304 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 01, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 299,378th |
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Product Description
Learn How You Can head off Depression and Mood Swings, Weight Shifts, Erratic Sleep, Memory Loss, and Other Changes Leading to MenopauseTake charge of your perimenopause simply, safely, and naturally! This breakthrough book details a gentle incremental program for understanding your own changes and offers a wide range of options for taking care of yourself. By following the author's proven techniques for controlling the symptoms of perimenopause, you can continue to feel great through this vital phase of your life.With this essential do-it-yourself program, you can say good-bye to hormone havoc and sail through your perimenopause, the period of about ten years leading up to menopause, by understanding and controlling its symptoms.Before the Change ...clearly explains the symptoms of perimenopause and offers a self-diagnosis quiz;details safe and natural alternatives to hormone therapy, including healing vitamins, minerals, herbs and natural hormonesgives you a powerful Changing Diet, with tips and recipes for foods that prevent and alleviate symptomsThis revised and updated edition includes:an expanded section on the pros and cons of soy as a natural phytoestrogen; an expanded discussion of hypothyroidism and how this is connected to hormonal imbalances as well as the best natural treatments; a full discussion on the ramifications of the halted Women's Health Initiative HRT study in July of 2002, i.e., how to wean yourself off of the synethetic hormones and what other herbal, lifestyle, and diet options and modifications there are for women who have had a hysterectomy, have risk factors or a history of breast cancer, osteoporosis, or heart disease |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 57 reviews)
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It was perimenopause! Who knew? by Jane Tipton (San Diego, CA)  5 Stars
September 02, 2009
Love this book. Can hardly wait to get it back from the second girlfriend I loaned it to. Started taking Barlean's "Essential Woman" which has two of the oils Gittleman recommends (flax seed and evening primrose), et voila! no more post period migraines. As a bonus, my skin is clearer and softer, too. Thank you, Ann.
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Real answers for your changing body & emotions! by Dreaming in Color (Michigan) 5 Stars
April 21, 2009
Before reading this book my PMS symptoms had grown from the day before my period to the week before, and a week in the middle of the month . . . they were beginning to take over my life. I KNOW my irritability level was OFF THE CHARTS and I was weepy at the drop of a hat (my poor family - ouch!). I know this sounds strange but at times it felt like someone was scraping their nails over a chalk board inside my bones. As far as lack of desire, well, its hard to feel amorous when you are ticked at your husband MOST of the time! My periods were heavier than normal, but still regular so I didn't even think about menopause. When a girlfriend mentioned the term "perimenopause" and that there are symptoms before the quintessential "hot flashes" I had heard so much about I began doing some research. I found this book at the library and read it in one day.
As I read, I had MOST of the symptoms of perimenopause. What a relief to understand exactly what was happening to me! I tried the Peri Zappers and could not believe how quickly they calmed and settled my emotions! Gone was the feeling in my bones (it must have been some sort of vitamin deficiency), my skin is not so dry, and many other symptoms just disappeared or greatly lessened. Needless to say, I purchased the book and refer to it often when I have questions about what I am experiencing. After one year I am using almost all of the Peri Zappers and at 47, though things are progressing toward menopause the road is MUCH less bumpy. I can't imagine where I would be today without this book and the Peri Zappers!
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Excellent & Informative. A real eye opener by M. Sheehan (Ireland) 5 Stars
October 07, 2008
This book makes so much sense. It made me consider the food I am eating, the impact that low progesterone has on my physical & mental well-being.
It is a fantastic read and one that I have recommended to all my friends.
We need more books like this here in Ireland. Women need to challenge their GPs more and not just sit back and let them prescribe antidepressants, tranquilisers etc. Natural Progesterone cream is the answer!
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Worth buying just for the peri zappers by I am (in an eating disordered world) 5 Stars
August 03, 2008
I already feel better after a few days. I'm not thrilled about taking supplements all day long, and so I chose a few here and there from her lists to combat my symptoms. Thank God for natural progesterone! I really liked this book; it helped explain why I was having my symptoms and then told me what to do about them. Others have mentioned that they don't like that she gives references of where to buy her products, but I completely appreciated it because I live in a rural community and we don't have health stores here. Actually I didn't end up buying from her store because I went with a brand that Dr. Northrup recommended in her book, but it is nice to have another resource in case I want to try a different brand, etc.
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I had immediate results/improvement! Thank God! by G. Essex (Austin, TX United States) 5 Stars
April 10, 2008
I am just about to turn 40. For the past two years, I've had insomnia and severe PMS symptoms every month. I've been to a sleep specialist, an endocrinologist, the gynocologist, all to no avail except money spent on meds that didn't work. I threw the meds out when a friend handed me this book, tried just the vitamin and mineral supplement suggestions (one of the perizappers) plus the magnesium suggestion for insomnia, and got relief within two weeks. Make sure the magnesium you get has a high absorption rate (I use Albion brand). That made an immediate difference in a day. The only "symptom" I have is cramps the moment my period starts, and Advil takes care of that. No more raging, angry, dark cloud of gloom in my life for days before it starts. My husband and I laugh because now my cycle starts without warning. And I'm sleeping great. I am so grateful to God that this came along.
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