The Big Book of Hormones: Survival Secrets to Naturally Eliminate Hot Flashes, Regulate Your Moods, Improve Your Memory, Lose Weight, Sleep Better, and More!
End the hormone roller coaster ride for good.

Behind the scenes your hormones have played a huge role where your health and well-beingare concerned.  So much depends on them, just as their functioning depends on many otheraspects of your life.  Despite a woman’s tendency to ruefully bemoan her hormones, God inventedhormones and He knew what He was doing.  He designed their intricate dances within your body.He also designed your mind to be able to understand how to live in and maintain a healthy body.
Using the wealth of resources from Siloam’s most popular health writers, including Janet Maccaro,Don Colbert, Reginald Cherry, Cherie Calbom, and Scott Farhart, The Big Book of Hormonesis a comprehensive book on women’s hormone health that covers topics such as antiaging,weight loss, natural health (supplements, vitamins, superfoods, smoothies, and juices), stressmanagement, and more.
WOMEN WILL LEARN:
  • HOW TO IDENTIFY HORMONE IMBALANCES
  • THE BEST PROTOCOLS FOR RESTORATION, WEIGHT LOSS, SLEEP, MEMORY RECALL  AND REGULATING MOOD SWINGS
  • HOW TO PREVENT OTHER DISEASES RELATED TO HORMONE DEPLETION SUCH AS HEART DISEASE, OSTEOPOROSIS,                                                                                                                                                                   CERTAIN CANCERS, AND MORE!

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The Big Book of Hormones: Survival Secrets to Naturally Eliminate Hot Flashes, Regulate Your Moods, Improve Your Memory, Lose Weight, Sleep Better, and More!
End the hormone roller coaster ride for good.

Behind the scenes your hormones have played a huge role where your health and well-beingare concerned.  So much depends on them, just as their functioning depends on many otheraspects of your life.  Despite a woman’s tendency to ruefully bemoan her hormones, God inventedhormones and He knew what He was doing.  He designed their intricate dances within your body.He also designed your mind to be able to understand how to live in and maintain a healthy body.
Using the wealth of resources from Siloam’s most popular health writers, including Janet Maccaro,Don Colbert, Reginald Cherry, Cherie Calbom, and Scott Farhart, The Big Book of Hormonesis a comprehensive book on women’s hormone health that covers topics such as antiaging,weight loss, natural health (supplements, vitamins, superfoods, smoothies, and juices), stressmanagement, and more.
WOMEN WILL LEARN:
  • HOW TO IDENTIFY HORMONE IMBALANCES
  • THE BEST PROTOCOLS FOR RESTORATION, WEIGHT LOSS, SLEEP, MEMORY RECALL  AND REGULATING MOOD SWINGS
  • HOW TO PREVENT OTHER DISEASES RELATED TO HORMONE DEPLETION SUCH AS HEART DISEASE, OSTEOPOROSIS,                                                                                                                                                                   CERTAIN CANCERS, AND MORE!

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The Big Book of Hormones: Survival Secrets to Naturally Eliminate Hot Flashes, Regulate Your Moods, Improve Your Memory, Lose Weight, Sleep Better, and More!

The Big Book of Hormones: Survival Secrets to Naturally Eliminate Hot Flashes, Regulate Your Moods, Improve Your Memory, Lose Weight, Sleep Better, and More!

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The Big Book of Hormones: Survival Secrets to Naturally Eliminate Hot Flashes, Regulate Your Moods, Improve Your Memory, Lose Weight, Sleep Better, and More!

The Big Book of Hormones: Survival Secrets to Naturally Eliminate Hot Flashes, Regulate Your Moods, Improve Your Memory, Lose Weight, Sleep Better, and More!

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End the hormone roller coaster ride for good.

Behind the scenes your hormones have played a huge role where your health and well-beingare concerned.  So much depends on them, just as their functioning depends on many otheraspects of your life.  Despite a woman’s tendency to ruefully bemoan her hormones, God inventedhormones and He knew what He was doing.  He designed their intricate dances within your body.He also designed your mind to be able to understand how to live in and maintain a healthy body.
Using the wealth of resources from Siloam’s most popular health writers, including Janet Maccaro,Don Colbert, Reginald Cherry, Cherie Calbom, and Scott Farhart, The Big Book of Hormonesis a comprehensive book on women’s hormone health that covers topics such as antiaging,weight loss, natural health (supplements, vitamins, superfoods, smoothies, and juices), stressmanagement, and more.
WOMEN WILL LEARN:
  • HOW TO IDENTIFY HORMONE IMBALANCES
  • THE BEST PROTOCOLS FOR RESTORATION, WEIGHT LOSS, SLEEP, MEMORY RECALL  AND REGULATING MOOD SWINGS
  • HOW TO PREVENT OTHER DISEASES RELATED TO HORMONE DEPLETION SUCH AS HEART DISEASE, OSTEOPOROSIS,                                                                                                                                                                   CERTAIN CANCERS, AND MORE!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781629985848
Publisher: Charisma Media
Publication date: 05/05/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

With more than four million books sold, Siloam is the undisputed leader in Christian healthpublishing with over two hundred published books, including two New York Times best sellers.The combined experience of Siloam’s authors represents more than three hundred years ofexperience, research, and wealth of knowledge.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Beautifully and Wonderfully Made xiii

Victim or Survivor? xiii

Steward of a Precious Gift xiv

Year After Year xv

Chapter 1 We're All Women Here 1

Hormones for Life 1

Hormones Define a Woman's Seasons of Life 2

Estrogen and Friends 4

Learning to Parallel Park 5

Don't Forget About Progesterone 6

The Role of Testosterone 6

Keeping the Balance, Year After Year 7

Balance of Good News and Bad 7

Five Ways to Pray for Your Physical Well-being 8

Pray for openness to hear God's voice 9

Pray to know how to pray 9

Pray for correct understanding of Scripture 9

Specifically target your prayers toward your personal situation 9

Chapter 2 When Things Are Out of Balance 11

Where Do Hormones Come From? 11

Women and Hormones 13

PMS 14

Premenopause 15

Menopause 15

Negative Consequences of Estrogen Dominance 17

Fatigue 19

Inflammation 20

Surgical Solutions for Hormonally Caused Problems 23

Urinary Tract Infections 23

Normal Passage of Life 24

Chapter 3 They Meant Well 26

Hormones Enter the Scene 26

The Problem With Standard Treatments 32

Functional Medicine 32

What Can You Do? 34

Plant-Derived Phytoestrogens 36

Forget About a Silver Bullet 37

Chapter 4 Regulating PMS Symptoms and Menstrual Cycles 39

The Cycle 39

Interplay of Hormones 40

The Estrogen and Progesterone Dance 41

Estrogen 41

Estrogen dominance 42

PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome) 44

Dysmenorrhea (Painful Periods) 45

Treatment of PMS Symptoms 45

PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) 46

Natural Supplements Can Help 47

Calcium 47

Vitamins and minerals 48

Chasteberry 48

Not Ovulating Leads to a Progesterone Deficit 49

Causative factors 49

Other Menstrual Cycle Problems 50

Making It All Work 51

Chapter 5 Premenopause, Menopause, Postmenopause 53

Premenopause 53

Natural Progesterone 55

Menopause 56

Hot flashes 58

Other symptoms of menopause 61

Hormone supplements-yes or no? 62

The Estrogen-Osteoporosis Connection 63

Bioidentical Hormones for Menopause? 64

Estrogen Guidelines 64

Smooth Sailing 66

Chapter 6 Mood Swings-Stress, Anger, Depression, and Anxiety 67

Stress and Anxiety 68

Stress-Busting Ideas 71

"I'm stressing and PMS-ing" 72

Stress junkies 73

Simple nurture 73

De-stress to avoid distress 74

Anger 74

Depression 76

Hugs for Emotional Health 79

Chapter 7 Heart Disease 81

Heart Attacks 81

Women and Their Hearts 83

Heart Disease in Women 84

Reducing Heart Risk 85

Mitigating Other Risk Factors 86

Cholesterol 87

More Than Heart Attacks 88

Arrhythmia: irregular heartbeats 89

Bradycardia 90

Tachycardia 90

Atrial fibrillation 91

Premature ventricular contraction 91

Congestive heart failure 92

High blood pressure 93

Balancing Your Blood Pressure 95

Chapter 8 Breast Cancer and Other Women's Cancers 97

Options for Treatment 98

Risk Factors 99

How to Decrease Your Risk of Breast Cancer 100

Speaking of soy… 103

Breast Cancer Detection 104

Breast self-examination 104

Mammography 105

Cervical Cancer 107

Uterine Cancer 108

Ovarian Cancer 110

Avoid and Conquer the Big C 111

Chapter 9 Osteoporosis 112

Women and Osteoporosis 112

The Bone Renewal Process 115

The Role of Hormones 116

Warning Signs 116

Osteopenia and Early Detection of Osteoporosis 118

Diagnosing osteoporosis 118

Osteoporosis screening 119

How to Get Enough Calcium 120

Which Calcium Supplement Is Best? 121

Magnesium Too 123

Eat Foods Rich in Vitamin D 124

The Importance of Exercise 125

Chapter 10 Weight Management 127

So Much Food 127

Risks of Being Overweight 129

Older and Heavier 129

Can You Speed Up Your Metabolism? 130

Weight-Related Health Concerns 131

The Cortisol-Obesity Connection 131

American Women and Weight Management 132

Whole Foods or "Live Foods" 134

Food winners 135

The Importance of Physical Activity 136

Overcoming Midlife Weight Gain 136

What Would You Like to Weigh? 138

Lifestyle Changes to Support Weight Loss 138

Chapter 11 Memory and Mental Clarity 141

Other Symptoms of Serious Memory Impairment 142

Wanted: Brain Cells (Not Dead, but Alive) 143

Menopausal "Senior Moments" 144

Work Out for Brain Health 145

Free Radicals and Memory Loss 146

What If It Has Already Started? 147

How Your Brain Works 148

The Necessity of Neurotransmitters 149

Diet for a Healthy Brain 150

Brain-enhancing fats 150

Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats 151

Phospholipids 151

Keep memory sharp with ginkgo 152

Sugar 153

PMS brain fog 154

Important tips for maintaining mental clarity 155

Chapter 12 Sleeplessness and Insomnia 156

Lack of Sleep impairs Performance 157

Elusive Sleep 157

Symptoms of Sleep Deprivation 158

Epworth Sleepiness Scale 159

Insomnia in Midlife Women 159

Adrenal Exhaustion 160

Overcoming Fatigue and Sleeplessness Naturally 163

Exercise and Sleep 164

Quality of Life 166

Chapter 13 Fight Aging by Restoring Hormone Balance 167

Assess Your Situation 167

Finding Yourself on the Other Side 169

Changing Focus 169

Health Screenings for Every Woman Over Forty 171

Finding Hormonal Balance 174

DHEA 175

Are You Menopausal? 177

Aging and Intimacy 178

Hormonal Realities 179

Well Worth It 180

Chapter 14 Foods Essential to Women's Hormone Health 181

Seek Out Phytoestrogens 182

Soy Food Products 184

What Should You Eat? 185

Fresh fruits and vegetables 185

Whole grains 187

Legumes 187

Nuts and seeds 188

Water 190

Limited Access 190

Sugar 190

Hold the salt 192

Then there's junk food 192

Other dietary health robbers 192

Fats and Hormones 194

Oils (fats) to avoid 194

Saturated fats 195

Good fats 196

Calories Do Count 196

Nutritional Balance and Aging 197

Chapter 15 Vitamins and Supplements Essential to Women's Hormone Health 199

What Is a Dietary Supplement? 199

What Are the Criteria for Safety and Efficacy? 200

Mind-Boggling, Isn't It? 202

Beyond Multivitamins 203

Omega-3 fatty acids or EPA/DHA supplements you can trust 205

Herbs 206

Other supplements 206

Other supplements for depression 208

Supplements for a full life 209

Chapter 16 Healthy Lifestyle Practices for Every Woman 213

Guilt Trips 214

Looking for Blessings 215

Move It! 216

Take the One-Year-to-Live Test 219

Celebrate Life With a Merry Heart 221

Live in the Power of Forgiveness and Peace 222

Notes 225

Index 232

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