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Dr. Robert Greene's Perfect Balance: Look Younger, Stay Sexy, and Feel Great

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I've read just about every book there is out there on woman's health and hormone issues, and this one is truly the best. It gives the full story on everything from the controversial WHI study (yes, it was flawed!) to what to eat to help balance your hormones. Now I finally understand what I should be doing about my hot flashes (among other things.) The writing is not only clear and concise and easily understandable, but actually, if you can believe, a good read! Quite a feat for book this informative. Every woman should have this book in her library. I've made all my friends --and their daughters---promise to get it .

If you've ever had questions about your hormones and want to learn the important role they have in helping you achieve your optimum health, this is the book to read!

Dr. Greene explains our complex hormonal system in a way that you do not have to be a practicing physician to understand. The book most likely includes many questions that you have always wanted to ask but never did. The answers are all here!

After reading the book, I have come away with a new appreciation of my own individual hormonal system and a commitment to do everything I can to achieve the perfect balance!

I was intrigued to read this book after the forward Dr. Greene did for Suzanne Somers book, "The Sexy Years", and after what I learned he did for her, to balance her hormones following breast cancer.
"Perfect Balance" is great information for anyone, at any age, but it is most interesting to learn how hormones affect us constantly, and that if there is an imbalance, we can feel poorly or even start to suffer from various illnesses, or ultimately develop cancer. Dr. Greene outlines bio-mutegens in our environment to avoid, and he recommends healthy foods and a healthy lifestyle to naturally keep hormones in balance. This book is packed full of well-documented research and it"s easy reading.

I've read quite a few books on the subject of HRT and hormonal balance. Yet, Dr. Greene's book is by far the most comprehensive and best written of all those I've come across.

The material emcompasses not only information about menopausal issues, but information about the hormonal system of a female from the beginning of life. It is a book that must be read by every female who is curious about what makes her tick...and is willing to learn a lot about how to keep her health at an optimum.

I found the book fascinating, easy to read and a very very potent support tool when speaking to my health care providers about how I wanted my hormonal treatments to be designed. Really clear information about Estradiol, Estriol and Estrone. Which one of these estrogens is helpful and which ones are mainly waste product. And how to provide yourself with the appropriate amount of the more valuable estrogen in order to keep the brain healthy and cognitive functions at peak effectiveness. This is a book to give as a present to your female friends and their daughters. A book to have, to use, to share even with the male people in your lives. Particularly if you care enough about them to want them to know deeply about what makes you, as a female, work.

This work provides life-long strategies for maintaining hormonal health. For instance, metabolic hormones control caloric
management. The thyroid, INS and GH are the classic metabolic hormones. Regulating hormones refer to body temperature maintenance by Melatonin. Cortisol and epinephrim are stress hormones. Progesterone is the sex hormone.

Important glandular structures are explained. For instance, the Pituitary gland monitors the incoming signals in the blood. The Hypothalamus is the command center for hormonal messages. The Amygdala is the seat of all emotion. Adiponectin is the fat cell hormone which stabilizes glucose. The parietal lobe deals with pain sensations. The frontal lobe maintains executive functions.
The occipital lope regulates vision, The Hippocampus gathers data. The Py43-31 is the colon hormone released with food. Lower levels of testosterone lead to slower response of cerebellar regulatory balance and coordination. The difference between total testosterone and free testosterone is a pointer to identifying and treating hormonal problems. The author points toward certain vitamins to help stabilize hormones. i.e. Ca., Mg., non-fat milk,
yogurt, crab, salmon , avocado, kiwi, raisins and tofu. Estradol may be utilized to reduce arthritic pain.

This book has considerable advice regarding hormonal regulation and ongoing maintenance. Every health library should acquire at least one copy for the membership.

This book was purchased to learn more about hormone balancing, particularly the use of bioidentical hormones as replacement therapy. Instead, I found it to be an endorsement of what we've been told for years and has done so much damage: estrogen supplementation recommended for most all our hormone-related ills. Not only that, Dr. Greene condones synthetic pharmaceutical hormone use as well as bioidentical options. It is well known the havoc they as a class of drugs has caused in women's bodies for decades. It is also well known that many women today actually suffer from estrogen dominance, yet this fact goes unstated. To make matters worse, hormone level testing to determine existing levels before supplementation, via blood or saliva, is never even mentioned. Progesterone as a balancing hormone is given hardly a nod by Dr. Greene, and that not a favorable one. I was shocked to read he not only thinks birth control pills are safe, but he endorses their use for other purposes than avoiding pregnancy. For example, Seasonale, an oral contraceptive that subjects women to 9 more weeks per year of synthetic hormonal exposure than conventional monthly birth control garners this comment from Dr. Greene, "Seasonale is another good alternative.... designed so that you have one menstrual cycle per season. This kind of menstrual regulation is totally safe and preferred by a great many women for its convenience and predictability." Meanwhile, the manufacturer's prescribing information states, "Like other birth control pills, SEASONALE® has serious risks, which can be life threatening, including blood clots, stroke, and heart attack and are increased if you smoke cigarettes....." To make matters worse, Seasonale is listed under the heading, "Best Hormone Treatments" at the end of the section on sleep problems related to the menstrual cycle as well as after a discussion of cognitive decline. He keeps alive the theories that estrogen replacement protects against Alzheimer's, certain cancers, and many other age-related afflictions even though there is a growing body of evidence that says otherwise. Although he does discuss hormone balancing through numerous methods (diet, lifestyle, etc.), I would hardly call his program a "breakthrough". His advice in the book is slanted to the mainstream method of pharmaceutical "answers". I was very disturbed reading this book, and actually threw it away fearing another woman might read it and become assured that synthetic, patented estrogen compounds are safe and useful for many ailments. This book is dangerous.

This is a well written book full of great information for women, as well as men regarding the hormones in our body and how they affect us. From fertility to menopause, Dr. Greene has laid out a comprehensive plan on eating, natural hormone replacement and exercise. He documents symptoms and case histories of out-of-balance hormones as well as the part they play in mental and brain functions. I would recommend every woman read this book.

Finally a doctor that understands what we go through. This book is wonderful and easy to understand. I've given it as gifts and recommended it to everyone I've talked to.

Dr. Greene has the contempory in depth biochemical knowledge of hormonal sequencing in our human genders. Although his emphasis is on menopause, he adds great depth to previous writing done by Dr. Tan (Geriantologist) and subsequent done by Dr. Eugene Shippen (Internist) concerning the issue of Andropause. What all contributors cannot provide to the male gender is the contemporary studies done on humans of both genders concerning estradiole, testosterone and human growth hormone in terms of end of life bodily systems.

I have read several books on hormone replacement therapy, but this is the best by far. It is well written, easy to understand and I like that Greene gives dosage recommendations for specific symptoms. This is the only review I have ever bothered to write after reading quite a few books trying to figure out what the heck was wrong with me. I am now taking bio-identical hormones and although this is not a "cure all" it has certainly helped.