Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Woman's Guide to Safe Natural Hormone Health [Paperback]

RN, Dr. Holly Lucille ND (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2004

Today, women are looking for ways to address underlying issues rather than simply mask their symptoms. We are waking up to the fact that artificial hormones suppress the body's natural cycle. They do nothing to address the cause of many of women's symptoms-hormone imbalance. Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Woman's Guide to Safe, Natural Hormone Health will help you understand what creates imbalance. You will learn safe ways to restore balance, prevent disease, and increase your overall quality of life. This book will provide you with an understanding of safe and natural solutions you can use to restore your body's natural balance. Feel empowered as you learn simple lifestyle improvements to correct the hormone imbalance at the root of your PMS, menopausal symptoms, breast fibroids, or whatever women's health issues you may be experiencing.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A refreshing, empowering commonsense approach! This is the direction women need to be turning." -- Marcus Laux, ND, author of “Natural Woman, Natural Menopause.”

About the Author

Dr. Holly Lucille is a nationally recognized licensed Naturopathic Physician, author and educator graduating form the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, AZ where she received the prestigious "Daphne Blayden Award" for her "Commitment to Naturopathic Medicine, academic excellence, compassion, perseverance, a loving sense of humor and a positive, supportive outlook". Holly is the past president of the California Naturopathic Doctor's Association where she worked to ensure the availability of safe naturopathic health care by spearheading a lobbying effort to have Naturopathic Doctors licensed in the state of California. She has worked with the LA Free Clinic providing health education, promotion and prevention in the public health system and recently was awarded the "SCNM Legacy Award" for her "contribution to the advancement and development of the field of Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Lucille is on the clinical staff of Renaissance Malibu, an addiction and recovery center, where she applies the principles of Naturopathic Medicine to serve people in recovery and is also on the faculty of the Global Medicine Education Foundation, a teaching organization aimed at understanding the common threads of spirituality, ecology, culture, relationships and community inherent in all approaches to healing. Dr. Lucille has a private practice in Los Angeles, "Healing from Within Healthcare", where her focus is comprehensive Naturopathic Medicine and individualized care. Dr. Lucille also lectures throughout the nation and has been featured on Lifetime Television for Women, the Discovery Health Channel and as well, been a guest on a number of radio and television shows. She is regularly quoted as an expert in both consumer and peer journals and in 2007 she was listed in Time Magazine's Alt List as one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People". She is the author of Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Women's Guide to Safe, Natural, Hormone Health. (IMPAKT Health, 2004) and recently joined forces with Jon Benson, the author of Fit Over Forty to develop "NaturaPause" an informational program focusing on nutrition and exercise to optimize normal hormonal transitions including menopause and andropause. Dr. Lucille believes in the science, the art and the mystery of healing and has a heartfelt passion for the individual wellness of all people.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: IMPAKT Health (February 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890694401
• ISBN-13: 978-1890694401
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Holly Lucille knows her stuff! May 2, 2004

By A Customer

This is the first book I have read on women's hormonal issues that I can understand and makes sense. I have been pracitisng many of Dr Lucille's guidleines and feel so much better. I love how she integrates holistic and traditional medicine as both are necessary.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Creating And Maintaing Balance. March 25, 2004

By Lucille King

This is by far the best book I have ever read on this subject. Very informative and well written. Easy to understand and use. Hope there are more books to come by this author...

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars NICE WORK! March 29, 2004

By Dr. Holly Lucille

This is by far the best work I have seen regarding this whole issue of hormones! It makes sense and it is very reader freindly. Every women needs to have a copy!