The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path By Hormonal Change with Goal, Energy, and Info

Excellent Menopause book
Excellent book to help you navigate the menopause journey. This is my third menopause book and it was the easiest to read and understand. I read Estrogen Matters – which is a good book but reads more like a text book so it was a bit hard to digest. This book was different – it was easier to grasp the info and it was relatable. Every woman should read this book no matter where she is in her journey thru life.

Changing the Way You Think About Midlife and Beyond
his is an absolute must-read for anyone navigating the complexities of menopause!!I was not prepared for perimenopause or menopause. I went through both with absolutely no assistance from my medical providers or conversations with friends. In looking back on that misadventure I can see why I nearly lost my mind. A lot has changed in 10 years… and menopause is FINALLY a topic hitting mainstream media. It’s about time.I applaud doctors like Dr. Mary Claire Haver, who are creating comprehensive guides (she is the creator of “The Galveston Diet” which I read and follow) for women managing transition. This is a must read, for all OB/Gyn’s, women, and men. Become more knowledgeable about the most important property you will ever own, your body!!Dr. Haver provides a a way forward to this inevitable hormonal change with clarity, compassion, and citings of comprehensive research.There is more than one treatment option to deal with the what feels like hundreds of symptoms. While I could have used all this info during at the beginning of my own journey, it is still helpful now. AND even more importantly, I can help women younger than me feel empowered to thrive through this transition… unlike me, who barely survived it.If there is a women in your life over the age of 35 purchase this book for her on her next birthday. It’s never to soon to be educated about your health.

Great Info. On HRT, Inaccurate Info. On Functional Medicine Treatments
This book has great information on HRT options for women in menopause, which I really appreciated. Not enough doctors know how to treat women who are suffering through menopause, so this book is an important tool for many women out there who have not found help through the conventional medical approach to menopause. I congratulate the author for her wonderful work, and for bringing this information to light.That said – she lost a bit of credibility in my eyes when she stated that things like subclinical hypothyroidism is rare, as are vitamin deficiencies, and that functional medicine doctors only treat women for things like toxins and infections to balance their hormones. Well, the truth is, hormone imbalances are due to toxins and infections, as well as menopause.And, Hypothyroidism is not rare, it’s extremely common and it contributes to symptoms of menopause. So detoxifying the body and treating hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue (since the adrenals take over hormone production when the ovaries stop producing hormones) – are integral components of recovery in my mind. Along with hormone replacement therapy, of course. I’ve authored, co-authored, or ghostwritten over 20 medical books, and I feel that a bit more of a comprehensive approach than what is mentioned in this book is warranted, such as attention to the hormones that are not directly involved in menopause, but which can influence menopausal symptoms (by the way, thyroid labs are inaccurate much of the time because they don’t reveal what the cells are using, only what’s in the blood). A few herbs or an anti-depressant are not the best solutions for depression and anxiety, and eating a diet containing whole grains will not help you to lose weight.Still, the author’s information on sex hormone replacement is very good, but I feel that she needs to understand other aspects of integrative and functional medicine better – such as the relationship between adrenal steroid and thyroid hormones and menopause, and other things that are making people’s hormones imbalanced these days – before making claims that vitamin deficiencies are rare or that detoxification doesn’t help the body to heal. It makes me wonder if she has been influenced by Big Pharma, which rejects anything alternative in medicine, or her publisher (as my experience has been that large publishers are afraid to publish anything that goes against the conventional medical establishment’s agenda).In nations where environmental toxicity is not so much of a problem, menopausal symptoms are rare. So removing toxins is important as well, because toxins block and damage hormone receptors on cells, skew hormone production, and cause inflammation that affects hormones, among many other things.

This book is amazing!
I truly believe that every woman 40 and older should read this book! I have been asking my doctor about menopause for years and I kept being told “We will check your levels when you are 50.” I know now that I was just being brushed off! I have had several symptoms that my doctors told me was nothing, because all my labs were normal. They were perimenopause symptoms!!! Apparently doctors are not educated about menopause so they just tell women they are fine or it’s in our heads. Take charge ladies! Do your research, learn all you can and be your own advocate. Stop needlessly suffering. There is help available and you have a right to it.

Probably the most useful book I bought in 2024. A real game changing. All woman should read it before reaching 35 years old, in order to better understand what might happen soon, and how to help themselves.Definitely a must have !

Livro muito bem escrito, por uma profissional com experiência na área. Tem muita informação valiosa e bem escrita

The New Menopause is a powerful and empowering resource for women – middle-aged and up! – that encourages us to take the reins of our health and our journeys through perimenopause and into menopause. Women’s health has always been deemed by society and the medical profession as less than, receiving a glaring lack of support, importance and research considering women make up half of the world’s population.Misinformation, doctors not formally trained in menopause and a lack of resources are sadly (and maddeningly) the status quo for women struggling to understand what is happening in our own bodies. We need to educate ourselves about how to navigate the information and therapies that can help greatly impact our physical and mental quality of life.This book is a HUGE step in the right direction. This is a ‘one-stop shop’ for everything you need to know to arm yourself with knowledge and options to live through the perimenopause years. Down-to-earth (albeit with more of a ‘doctory’ feel in the first half), this is a must read for anyone whose end game will be menopause. The journey doesn’t have to be rough, suffered alone or in silence. There IS true power in knowing you are not alone and that you have options. Dr. Haver encourages us to not accept the ‘it is what it is’ mentality and arm ourselves with knowledge so we can actively advocate for ourselves and insist on accurate information from the medical field and our own health care professionalsMany women have received ‘substandard care and weak support. Many patients felt invalidated or reported that they hadn’t been provided with any help or even given access to information that would allow them to understand the cause of their symptoms. (p4)Personally, this book got me to finally book an appointment with my doctor. Going into the appointment with a clearer understanding of my symptoms and perimenopause helped a lot and allowed my doctor (who is amazing) and I to jump right into the conversation. I left the appointment elated that I was listened to and taken seriously (while simple these are both powerful!) and that we had set a plan in motion. For me that included trying Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).I hope that this book gets into many women’s hands. We have been fed misinformation or outright neglected by the medical community, but with the facts, support and a sense of community, women can choose how they will navigate these years and understand our amazing bodies which will lead to a better quality of life.