Before the Change clearly explains the symptoms of peri-menopause & offers a self-diagnosis quiz. It details safe & natural alternatives to hormone therapy, including healing vitamins, minerals, herbs & natural hormones, & gives you a powerful Changing Diet, with tips & recipes for foods that prevent & alleviate symptoms. in addition, this revised & updated edition
Includes:: an expanded section on the pros & cons of soy as a natural phytoestrogen; an expanded discussion of hypothyroidism & how this is connected to hormonal imbalances as well as the best natural treatments; discussion on the findings of the Womens Health Initiative HRT study in which was halted in July 2002, but confirmed by two studies in 2003.