The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones 2nd Edition - Michael Platt, MD
One
of the best books I've read on the subject of natural hormones. When we think of using bioavialable hormones we
usually think of women entering menopause, but read here to see how low progesterone levels affect men, women, and children;
why progesterone levels are trending lower and lower in the general population; how low progesterone is linked to cancers
of many kinds, type 2 diabetes, weight problems, depression, and even ADD/ADHD. Further, a very pleasant read, as Dr.
Platt moves from case to fascinating case. Many of my clients have told me they couldn't put it down once they got
started.
The Schwarzbein Principle - The eyes of endocrinologist Schwarzbein were opened when she began working
with type 2 diabetics. What she discovered, to her surprise, was that the standard diet prescribed by The American Diabetic
Association was actually making diabetics more...well...diabetic and causing other health problems, as well! Read here
to find how returning her patients to a wholesome, traditional, and satisfying diet brought so many of her patients back to
health. Follow this link - she has a second book, you'll see, and a wonderful cookbook I highly recommend.
Let's Have Healthy Children - Adelle Davis - Here it is! This is the book I read as a teenager
(my mother's copy) that spawned my interest in and passion for profoundly affecting health through nutrition - food!
Later, when I was pregnant with our daughter Krista, I followed the advice found in this book with almost obsessive discipline.
All I can say is that I have absolutely no regrets; Krista was and is everything Adelle said she should be if her guidance
was followed. Why find "natural" ways later to find solutions to problems that can be prevented in the first
place? If you are pregnant or - even better - considering a pregnancy, then this is MUST reading for you! What
you do for your child during the preconception period and pregnancy will result in the constitution of your child's
health - something that will last a lifetime! While you can improve a poor constitution somewhat using nutritional strategies
once the child is born, you will never at any later time be able to improve his or her fundamental constitution
of health. Conversely, if you provide your child with a robust constition through diet during the preconception time
and pregnancy, nutritional mistakes later in life - while perhaps having a temporary negative effect - will not be able to
change the basic and fundamental constitution of good health. Want to eat carelessly for nine months and spend the next
sixteen years or so traipsing from one doctor's office to the next, OR would you rather feast yourself
on nutritious foods only now and forsake the pharmacy later??
