GUIDE TO THE MENOPAUSE

The “hormone industry” sparks into life the moment a woman reaches 50 (or younger). As medicine seems to view menopause almost as an illness, so it has a drug—hormone replacement therapy—to counter it. This 68-page booklet guides you through the menopause minefield, looking at HRT, “natural” progesterone, hysterectomies and the dangers and liklihood of osteoporosis, before suggesting genuinely safer options.

CONTENTS - 65 pages

• The “symptoms” of menopause
• The perimenopausal industry
• A natural part of ageing

2. HRT: the myths exploded

• New evidence of breast cancer
• HRT doesn’t prevent bone loss
• HRT doesn’t prevent heart disease
• HRT doesn’t prevent stroke
• Euphoria or addiction?
• The cancer risk
• Other side effects
• Migraine

3. Not-so-natural progesterone

• Made in the test tube
• Possible role in breast cancer
• Hormones versus nutrition

4. Hysterectomy—Surgical menopause

• Why a hysterectomy?
• Complications and side effects
• A cancerous time bomb?
• Alternatives to hysterectomy

5. Osteoporosis

• Does HRT cause osteoporosis?
• Limitations of drugs
• Calcium megadosing
• The importance of magnesium
• How accurate is bone testing?
• Beating osteoporosis without drugs

6. Treating menopause without drugs

• Hot flushes and sweating
• Changes in the vagina and decreased libido
• Maintaining a healthy heart
• Herbs and other alternative remedies