Menopause: Natural & Medical Solutions

Part title......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
About the authors......Page 8
Intro......Page 11
What is menopause, exactly?......Page 13
When to expect it......Page 14
Normal stage or a disease?......Page 16
Positive thinking......Page 17
The hormones......Page 19
Hormone levels......Page 22
Menstrual cycle changes......Page 25
Wrong diagnosis......Page 26
Diagnosis......Page 29
When to see a doctor......Page 32
Erratic periods and the endometrium......Page 33
Hot flushes and sweats......Page 34
Dryness......Page 40
\'PMS\'-Type symptoms......Page 42
Mood changes......Page 43
Migraines......Page 46
Healthy Bones after Menopause......Page 47
Risk factors for osteoporosis......Page 48
Measuring the problem......Page 51
Building better bones......Page 52
Treating low bone density and osteoporosis......Page 54
Your Heart......Page 56
Risk factors for heart disease......Page 57
How to protect your heart......Page 60
HRT and your heart......Page 61
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)......Page 62
Types of HRT......Page 63
Undesirable effects of HRT......Page 68
Getting off HRT......Page 69
Other oestrogen-like drugs......Page 70
Cancer, HRT and other oestrogen-like drugs......Page 72
Health Checklist for the Mid-life Woman......Page 75
Choosing and working with your doctor......Page 77
Screening......Page 79
Choosing and working with your natural therapist......Page 86
Self Care......Page 91
Food for health......Page 92
20 diet hints......Page 93
What to aim to eat every day......Page 113
Meal suggestions......Page 115
Food for healing......Page 117
Continuing functional hypoglycaemia diet......Page 118
Continuing diet for irritable bowel syndrome......Page 122
Minerals......Page 124
Plant oestrogens......Page 142
Books......Page 148
Websites......Page 149
Early menopause......Page 151
Support groups......Page 152
Health care centres......Page 158
Index......Page 161