Survival Retreat or Natural Woman Natural Menopause

Survival Retreat: A Total Plan For Retreat Defense

Author: Ragnar Benson

Win the battles of defending your retreat by avoiding them! Learn how to harden your city or rural refuge by locating it well and disguising it. "The best defense is obscurity, unobtrusiveness and silence," Benson writes. Chapters are Who Is the Enemy?, What If It Comes to a Fight?, Beyond Firepower and more.

See also: Bodies under Siege or The Energy Prescription

Natural Woman, Natural Menopause

Author: Marcus Laux

For years, women thought they had only two choices for menopause: avoid taking synthetic hormones altogether and suffer the occasionally debilitating effects of menopause, ranging from bone loss to sleeplessness, or accept a prescription for Premarin and Provera and with it an increased risk of some cancers. But, at this groundbreaking book proves, there is a better, safer, more effective way.

In Natural Woman, Natural Menopause, Marcus Laux, N.D., a leading expert on natural medicine, and Christine Conrad, a patient herself who experienced the unpleasant side effects of synthetic hormones, cut through the confusion and misinformation and show women that:

• They can take natural, plant-derived hormones, which match their own hormones exactly, without any known side effects or cancer risks
• Bio-identical plant-derived hormones are widely available in this country, are prescribed by doctors, and can be taken in pill form or as a cream
• More and more pharmaceutical companies are manufacturing bio-identical plant-derived hormones
• They can look and feel better than ever before

Accessible as well as authoritative, Natural Woman, Natural Menopause features the stories of other women who, like Christine Conrad, found that they didn't have to accept less than a completely safe alternative. More important, in Natural Woman, Natural Menopause Marcus Laux and Christine Conrad offer readers their complete plan for long-lasting health and renewed vitality. Following their "Natural Woman Plan," which features the right combination of plant-derived hormones, nutritional supplements, a plant-rich diet, and an exercise program toeliminate and even reverse the effects of bone loss, women will find that not only will they be more energetic and radiant than they thought possible but they will be adding years of good health to their lives.

Whether you are currently undergoing hormone replacement therapy and can't imagine giving it up or you are in the process of considering your alternatives, Natural Woman, Natural Menopause is a book that no woman nearing or experiencing menopause should be without.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Who Is This Book For?
	A Personal Note from Christine Conrad
	A Personal Note from Dr. Laux
1	Another Way	3
2	"Estrogen": The Misunderstood Hormone	19
3	The Power of Plant Hormones	31
4	HRT: The Road to the Present Dilemma	41
5	The Risk/Benefit Factor	50
6	More Than an Alternative	61
7	"The Naturals": What Are My Choices?	72
8	Talking to Your Doctor About "The Naturals"	82
9	Following the Natural Woman Plan	93
10	How to Use "The Naturals"	104
11	Hormone Balancing Through Food	124
12	The Natural Woman Eating Plan	135
13	Supplements: For Hormonal and Overall Health	153
14	Taking Care of Your Bones	163
15	An Ideal Way to Exercise	174
16	A Way of Life	205
App. A	Doctor Referral Listings and Support Organizations	209
App. B	Compounding Pharmacies	212
App. C	Testing and Hormone Product Resources	217
App. D	Traditional Herbal Remedies	220
App. E	Recommended Organic Products and Resources	223
App. F	Recommended Cookbooks	225
App. G	List of Menopausal Symptoms	226
	Glossary	227
	Notes	233
	Index	241