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| Natural Hormone Balance for Women: Look Younger, Feel Stronger, and Live Life with Exuberance | 
 enlarge | Author: Uzzi Reiss
Creator: Martin Zucker
Publisher: Atria
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (50 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2663
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0743406664
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780743406666
ASIN: 0743406664
Publication Date: January 2, 2002
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Life changing April 21, 2008
I found this book to be extremely informational in helping me understand the way my body reacts to hormones. Highly reccomended read for every woman.
Protect Yourself from Endocrine Pollution March 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Recent articles in the Los Angeles Times have pointed out that pollutants discharged and mixed in the Pacific Ocean are so great, even in this diluted state, some male fish are developing eggs. This book and the companion titled "What your Doctor Might Not Tell you About Pre-menopause by Lee guides you on how endocrine pollution is effecting us and what to do about it. My doctor told me ten years ago that all his women patients that turned forty must read this book to be prepared when our bodies start to go through the change into menopause. I am now 51 and I'm back to buy another updated copy as menopause has hit me hard. My current M.D. put me on emergency medication of anti-depressants and I know this book will provide me with the tools to get off of them and get my heath back! This is the book that will teach you how to protect yourself so you don't get breast cancer (now one in 8 women), cysts, fibroids, etc. Anti-depressants do not protect you from this kind of pollution, they only treat the symptoms. Doctors were bombarded from drug companies that wanted to sell their patented fake hormones. Thousands of women died from these drugs and so now many doctors are afraid of any kind of hormone therapy. Natural hormones protect the body, which we need now to counteract estrogen based pollution. You can not afford to do nothing. Four of my family members got estrogen based cancers and none of us had the genes to predispose them for these cancers. Because these natural hormones can't be patented there is no big money to do the double blind studies nor is there anyone beating down doctor's doors to educate them. The doctors that have taken up the cause for natural hormone therapy do not have the high cancer rates in their patients as is found in the general population. Over ten years of experience is proof enough for these M.D.s to go against the norms as pushed by pharmaceutical companies.
A lot of information February 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very helpful for anyone that is going through the change of life. I learned a lot from it.
A Woman's Practical Guide to Natural Hormones December 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Natural Hormone Balance for Women by Uzzi Reiss MD
This is currently one of the best books for women who want to know about natural bio-identical hormones for the menopausal symptoms of night sweats, hot flashes, insomnia, weight gain, and foggy mind.
I met Uzzi Reiss at a medical meeting a few years ago, and he mentioned his new book during conversation. After returning from the meeting, I read Suzanne Somers' book in which she mentioned that Uzzi Reiss had been one of her doctors during her long odyssey to find bio-identical hormone replacement. As a gynecologist with a large clinical practice in Los Angeles, Dr. Uzzi Reiss has accumulated a considerable amount of knowledge and experience using natural hormones for women, and Dr. Reiss is one of the few physicians willing to share this knowledge.
Reiss's book provides a practical guide for the safe use of natural hormones, and answers the following questions:
1)When to use natural hormones, when to not use them
2)The difference between unsafe patented synthetic hormones, and the safe natural hormones.
3)Why natural hormones are safe.
4)What route of administration is best, pills, gels, creams, drops, etc.
5)What are your possible responses to each hormone in terms of how you will feel.
6)How to monitor our response and adjust your hormone dosage individually.
7)How to work with your doctor to adjust your hormone dosage for optimal effect avoiding hormone excess symptoms.
Regarding hormone testing:
Dr. Reiss uses blood testing for baseline hormone levels, however, he says: "The heavy reliance on normal-range readings is nothing less than a tragic, medical addiction"
Dr. Reiss's approach:
After a routine history and physical exam, baseline blood hormone levels and a pelvic sonogram, treatment is started at a relatively low hormone dosage, adjusting upward as needed. For the adjustment phase, Dr. Reiss empowers his patients with the knowledge to adjust their individual hormone levels. This is done based on symptoms of hormone deficiency or excess, clearly described in detail in his book, which serves as an educational tool for his patients.
Separate chapters are devoted to Estrogen, Progesterone and Testosterone with very detailed descriptions of symptoms of hormonal deficiency and hormonal excess. Dr. Reiss does not discuss thyroid, leaving that for other authors. Also, there are only limited comments about adrenal fatigue and the problems associated with low cortisol.
A major strength of the book is that Dr. Reiss provides exact hormone dosages and route of administration for his Los Angeles patient population. However, as a matter of practical experience, I have found his starting estrogen dosage somewhat on the high side of the scale for my area of the country, so I would caution the reader about that. Also, Dr. Reiss does not explain why he changed the standard formulation of Tri-Est (10/10/80) to a different unique formulation of Tri-Est gel (0.25E1/ 0.75E2/ 2.75E3). According to most large national compounding pharmacies, the most common formulation is Bi-Est in 0.625 mg to 1.25 mg dosage with (20 E2 / 80 E3) formulation.
In any event, these minor flaws are outweighed by the many strengths of the book which empowers women to learn about natural hormone balance. I applaud Dr. Reiss for providing a valuable public service with a book that should be in every woman's library on natural hormone replacement.
Jeffrey Dach MD
Amazing!! October 18, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Next to the Bible, this is the most useful book a woman will ever use!! I've been following the recommendations of Dr. Reiss for over a year now (I just turned 41) and I feel like myself again.
For many years I argued with my PCP that I wasn't depressed, his position was that I was still having my period so my hormones were just fine. After talking with a friend about how I felt, she referred me to this book and a FNP that specialized in women's hormones. After all the tests were run, I was diagnosed as having pre-mature menopause due to an excessively stressful lifestyle.
I have always been very health conscious - eating healthy, working out, etc..., but my life of go, go, go finally caught up with me. Since starting the BHRT the excess weight has easily gone away, my skin looks great, I have energy. So many people have noticed and complimented me asking what am I doing differently. Thank you Dr. Reiss for giving me my life back! I was too young to feel that old!!
If you are a woman of any age - buy this book and buy several for your friends.
If you are a man with a woman in your life - read this book, it will give you a tremendous understanding of what your woman is going through as well as give you insight about your own hormones.
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