ANNOTATION

"...sheds light on the physical & emotional symptoms that occur during a woman's perimenopausal years...includes the `Changing Diet,' a guide to natural treatments, & a self- diagnosing quiz."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Learn How You Can head off Depression and Mood Swings, Weight Shifts, Erratic Sleep, Memory Loss, and Other Changes Leading to Menopause

Take 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 hormones gives you a powerful Changing Diet, with tips and recipes for foods that prevent and alleviate symptoms

This 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 ahistory of breast cancer, osteoporosis, or heart disease

About the Author

Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD., C.N.S., is the author of more than a dozen health books, including the bestselling Fat Flush Plan. Her books have sold over 3 million copies. Ann Louise has been named one of the country's Top Ten Nutritionists by Self Magazine and has also been named a Pioneer in the 21st Century Approach to Optimum Health by Total Health for Longevity Magazine. She maintains a private practice, consults for medical establishments, contributes regularly to national magazine features, and is a popular guest on television and radio.

FROM THE CRITICS

Natural Health

American natural health doyenne, Ann Louise Gittleman describes the changes women experience before the change and presents a program for countering unpleasant symptoms. . . . Before the Change is very readable, and its helpfullness is increased by its resource lists and product recommendations.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"The single best book you can read on cooperating with nature as your body shifts gears in preparation for the powerful menopausal years."  — HarperCollins