What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause

By: John R. Lee M.D., Jesse Hanley, Virginia Hopkins

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Are you a woman between 35 and 50 experiencing PMS, migraine headaches, sudden weight gain, fatigue, irritability, tender or lumpy breasts, memory loss, fibroids, or cold hands and feet? If so, you may be experiencing symptoms of premenopause.

Even if you're a decade or more away from menopause, your hormones may already be out of balance, usually caused by an excess of estrogen and a deficiency of progesterone, say the authors of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause.

John Lee, MD, is a well-known advocate of the benefits of natural progesterone and the author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause. Jesse Hanley, MD, adds sensitivity to the emotional and spiritual aspects of premenopause. The authors recommend natural progesterone cream to balance your hormones, eliminate premenopausal symptoms, and make you feel better. They also discuss the dangers of xenohormones - substances not found in nature that have hormonal effects, frequently found in pesticides, solvents, plastics, and hormone-treated meat.

The book presents common symptoms of premenopause with suggested natural treatments (progesterone cream, diet, vitamins, and herbs) and substances to avoid, plus additional chapters on diet and exercise. Many case studies help to bring the information into perspective. If you are premenopausal (or close to someone who is), this is a valuable resource.

©1999 John R. Lee, MD, Virginia Hopkins, MS, and Jesse Hanley, MD (P)2016 Recorded Books

Fabulous and thorough

Sad that my OB/gyn never told me any of this....just quick to medicate Bc Pills that don't fix the hormonal deficiencies

I've been telling everybody

Everyone over 30 should read this book. It had lots of good information that I have never heard before. Well worth the read.

Excellent information.

Wish I would have found this book earlier.. about 5 years ago. Reading this would have saved me many tests, misdiagnosis and great sickness and frustration.

Fantastic. So informative.

This book delivered all that I had hoped for and then some.

Very happy with it.

Great Introduction

This was a great intro to the complex topic of the interplay of hormones as far as production and excretion, what we know, what has been observed, and what we don’t know.
There were numerous studies included, but the only critique I would have is to have a PDF reference included w Audible or Index in Kindle to make the studies (and contradictory studies) easier to find and examine.
So interesting how communicative the hormone systems are with each other, e.g. all sex hormones coming from pregnenolone, testosterone excretion being controlled by progesterone level, # of estrogen receptors being controlled by progesterone level, etc.