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Natural Hormone Therapy for Women Promotes Weight Loss, Improves Mood, and Increases Sex Drive SANTA ROSA, Ca. -- Larkfield Publishing has announced the Spring 2004 release of a new book entitled "The Hormone Survival Guide to Perimenopause: Balance Your Hormones Naturally" by Nisha Jackson, Ph.D. Jackson, a women's healthcare practitioner, addresses the significant changes in mood, weight, sex drive, and general well-being that women between the ages of 35 and 50 experience during perimenopause -- the years leading up to menopause. Women in the premenopause years commonly suffer from such symptoms as acne, bloating, depression, fatigue, insomnia, weight gain, joint pain, facial hair, food cravings, fuzzy thinking, and loss of sex drive. Unbalanced hormones are most often to blame. Most women endure these symptoms and believe doctors who tell them, "It's all in your head" or "It's normal for your age." More and more women are no longer willing to settle for feeling bad. They are asking questions that demand solutions: What can I do about my depression? What about my in-the-pits sex drive, my memory lapses, and my weight gain? What can I do to feel good again? They are discovering that symptom control and even symptom alleviation are within their grasp. Careful hormone testing and treatment, as well as proper diet, exercise, and stress reduction, can balance out-of-whack hormones -- and the results can be spectacular, even life altering. What makes Jackson's book different is its emphasis on bioidentical, or plant-based natural hormones, which more closely mirror the body's own. At a time when many physicians are still prescribing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) despite its links to cancer, women are justifiably scared of synthetic hormones, and word is getting out that therapy using natural, bioidentical hormones is a safe and effective alternative for relieving unpleasant symptoms. The book helps women educate themselves about the differences between synthetic and natural hormones and make informed choices. Jackson stresses, however, that using any type of drug, including natural hormones, is not the first course of action. Many perimenopausal symptoms can be relieved through a combination of lifestyle modifications, stress reduction, and use of supplements, and her book offers helpful guidelines for the busy woman to incorporate such lifestyle changes. Sections such as "A Six-Step Plan for Weight/Fat Loss," "The Quick-Fix Plan for Stress," "The 12-Week Diet Overhaul," "Jumpstarting Energy," "Simple Ways to Spice Up Your Love Life," "Establishing Better Sleep Patterns," and "Simple Exercises for Improved Body Image" give the working wife and mother simple ways to make practical lifestyle changes and set realistic goals for getting healthy and staying fit. So how does a woman know if her hormones, particularly estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, are in balance? Jackson recommends measuring their levels with reliable lab tests so that accurate dosing and treatment decisions can relieve symptoms and create hormonal balance. Jackson's own medical practice centers on individual hormone testing and treatment using natural hormones. Perhaps best of all, it helps women avoid unnecessary or unsafe medications that don't provide long-term solutions to hormone imbalances. * * * Nisha Jackson, Ph.D., M.S., C.N.P., is the owner of Southern Oregon Health and Wellness, P.C., a practice dedicated to hormonal health. She is also the owner of Body Analysis Clinic, Inc., a medical weight management center. Having specialized in women's health since 1991, Dr. Jackson has dedicated her practice to hormonal wellness, helping both women and men improve their lives through hormonal balance. She is a radio and TV personality, author, national lecturer, spokesperson, and women's health advocate. -- 30 -- |
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