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Summary: Another scam from the blonde vegematic
Review: What do you when your career is failing and you're a Hollywood star? Bilk the American public with marketing savvy. Suzanne better known as the "expert on everything" does it again with superficial advice that has no basis in reality. Boutique hormones are laughable. Thank you but I'd rather take medical advice from doctors rather than a Blonde Harold Hill.
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Summary: Suzanne Somers has made a good life for herself
Review: No matter what you think of Suzanne Somers, her book presents a refreshingly different view of menopause. Mainstream medicine has done little to provide relief for women dealing with the annoying and difficult change of life symptoms which are so accurately described in her book. She had the wherewithal to search out some different options for herself and I think she should be applauded for that. Menopause is an easy time for some women and an excruciating time for others. Some women have hot flashes, some women have forgetfulness. Therefore it would make sense that treatments would vary depending on the needs of each individual woman. I like Suzanne's upbeat, energetic attitude.
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Summary: THERE IS HOPE FOR THE 2ND HALF OF LIFE
Review: A friend told me about the book, ordered it, read it twice, wrote the web site listed in book, MD personally emailed me, made appointment, and saw the doctor yesterday in Chicago. I cannot wait to have the blood work done and get the results with the bio-identical hormones that Suzanne talks about.
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Summary: A great gift
Review: I bought the book for my girlfried after just thumbing through it at the book store. It was the best thing I have ever done for her. If you are a guy and you have a wife or girlfriend I suggest you get this book, for the both of you..
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY A MUST READ BOOK
Review: All you baby boomers need to get smart on natural hormones. The drug companies do not make money on natural hormones.After being on synthetic hormones for years and starting to feel sick I knew I had to stop . After reading this book I felt that my life was not going to be down hill. Since then I have started on natural hormones and I can already see an improvement after a few weeks. It only makes sense. I have never read any of her books until this one caught my eye and it has changed my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Summary: This seems to be just another Somers product to sell
Review: I have to admit,I don't usually buy celebrity self-help books but I bought this one because the title caught my attention. While there are parts of this book that give a positive spin on getting older, for the most part it seems as if it is just another product Suzanne and her "manager-husband" are shilling to the public.
The premise of the book is that after a certain age, unless and until you take bioidentical hormones, your body and mind are going to pot. For women, dried ou vaginas and dried out brain cells are a definite, while for men, lack of(gasp!) desire and doddering frailty will be the norm.
The testimonials from doctors and friends did not impress me as the doctors have something to sell and the friends were hand-picked to deliver just the right angst and feelings of terror about getting older.
Suzanne Somers has obviously had "some work done" and I wish she would just admit it like other actors her age have done. I don't begrudge her the funds for plastic surgery, I've done it myself, but she wants you to believe that her beauty is all due to hormones.
Taking care of one's health and being proactive about it is one thing and a positive one at that. However, I still feel that this book was a wate of my money and it made feel as if I was at an 1800's carnival show where someone was hawking snakeoil.
Don't make Ms. Somers richer by buying the book.
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Summary: I did feel sexy until .....I read this book!
Review: Suzanne Somers is likable. What's not to like? She seems like a nice person but this book is an info-commercial for bioidentical hormones and Ms Somers is shilling for the companies who manufacture them. I was feeling kind of sexy until I read this book.Now I'm sorry I bought it.S
According to Suzanne,after a "certain" your life will be miserable, shortened, and you won't remember who you are because your mind will go south along with all your vital organs! Women will put "men-on-pause" because they will have no sex drive. Your vagina dries up along with your brain cells.You can't lose weight and you become a lumpy, bitchy, tired waste of existence.Life, as you come to know it, is in a word, lousy. However,there is a light at the end of the tunnel and you too can be saved through the miracle of bioidentical hormones, just like Suzanne. Wow!She makes it seem that you cannot live unless you take these products.
Her book is loaded with testimonials from doctors and friends but it somehow seems as if this is just one more of Ms. Somers products( you know like the ones she pushes on Home shopping networks). My advice? Don't buy the book unless you like salepeople who are sharks.
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Summary: Saved and Reborn
Review: Ten years ago I had to give up my gym workouts because I was getting hot flashes, shaking and sweating. Exercise made it worse. Doctors diagnosed "estrogen withdrawel" and prescribed Premarin and Progesterone. These made me feel worse, gain 80 lbs., and I was vomiting daily from the Progesterone. I suffered ten years with an aching back, hair thinning and falling out, feeling like I would rather be dead. I felt like this while having to take care of elder relatives! Then after hearing Suzanne, I went to one of the doctors in the book and after three weeks I am back to my old self again, able to get out of bed and go out again. This was truly the most diabling condition of my life. I thought it was over and that I'd be better off dead than suffering. Thank God for Suzanne and the bioidental hormonres.
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Summary: Way too pat for comfort.
Review: Either Ms. Somers was brain washed or is getting some baksheesh from the doctors she is pimping in this book. There is more to the management of menopause and aging than a few little bioidentical hormones that will get you back in balance. It seemed that she was repeating a mantra that was not very compelling-to me and possibly not to herself. It's obvious that the writer has had plastic surgery, and while I don't begrudge her that (as her looks are her meal ticket), it's naive of her to have us believe her apparent eternal youth is all due to natural estrogen and progesterone. And while the (hand picked) interviewees in the book give lip service to having menstrual periods at 60 and 70, no one discusses this in any detail. Do they get PMS? Is the flow heavy? Are these like the periods we experienced in our 20's and 30s? Does ANY woman of 70 or more STILL want to be bleeding every month?!
I have not read any of Ms. Somer's other books, and after reading this one, believe I will not seek them out. I am glad she has been able to make her dysfunctional childhood lucrative, but my belief is that far too much is glibly glossed over in this book.
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Summary: Interesting
Review: Suzanne Somers offers an interesting solution to something that effects all women eventually. But, as with all medical advice, effectiveness depends on the individual. I suggest buying it and evaluating it for yourself. Debbie Farmer, parenting columnist and author of 'Don't Put Lipstick on the Cat'
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