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Summary: This book has started a revolution!
Review: Since our "Menopause" book was released in 1995 nearly a million copies have been sold, and the conventional medical approach to HRT has finally begun to transform, albeit very slowly. Many thanks to the thousands of women who have e-mailed us with their experiences. Although we can't answer all of your e-mails, all of them are read and very much appreciated and taken into consideration both in our books and in our newsletter.
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Summary: Must read for anyone interested in their hormones.
Review: At last clear sense about estrogen, and progesterone. This book gives easy to understand and clear guidelines for feeling better. This book is not just for menopause. On the contrary, this information applies to women of all ages and specific areas for men--like hair loss. This is based on all natural products so what do you have to loose?
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Summary: I wish I knew about this book 5 years ago
Review: A friend told me about this book after I told her what I was going through with my hormones after having a hysterectomy with ovaries removed. My husband was amazed how I completely changed to a "Nice person again". I don't have the mood swings any more and I feel really good. I have decreased my hormones to a half tablet a day and eventually will decrease it to a point that maybe I won't need any. I purchased the cream "Progesta-care" and got a audio tape with it. Dr. Lee also has a tape that I borrowed from the health food store that was really good too. I'm so glad that I found out about this. I also have told a few women at work that have purchased the cream and they too notice the difference. I know I notice the difference in them!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Educational in a user-friendly way and extremely helpful!
Review: This book is excellent in explaining the female hormonal system so that a lay person can understand it. I can't believe how much I didn't know after one miscarriage and three children. I have been using progesterone cream for only one month - after a very heavy period that lasted two weeks and no menstrual period for three months prior to that. After two weeks on the cream I ovulated (which has not occurred in many months). I started the cream again on the third day after ovulation began. When I stopped the cream, just one day short of two weeks, my period started. This time it is normal. During the past month, I am calmer (no PMS), I am sleeping better, and my post nasal drip has subsided somewhat. No hot flashes (except for one day briefly during the first couple of days on the cream), my thinking seems clearer and I am less forgetful. I am amazed at these changes! I will begin the cream again on the 12th day of my menstrual cycle. I hope these results continue! Dr. Lee's nutrition and exercise advice is also very helpful. I plan to read more on this subject, especially how to obtain the protective benefits of estrogen in natural form. P.S. I am 53.
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Summary: Comprehensive in scope except for one very important point
Review: This book opened my eyes to the bias that American doctors have against using natural progesterone, and the authors taught me almost everything I now know about this subject; however, they left out one extremely important point. When a patient needs progesterone, her hormone levels must be professionally tested by using a revolutionary new type of blood test or salivary test. Then, their doctor can prescribe the correct amount of natural progesterone to use and also proceed to monitor her blood levels. Hormones are very powerful and should be used under the guidance of a medical doctor who is familiar with the proper protocol. Over the counter creams can be a quick fix, but they are presently unregulated. Would you prescribe a band-aid for someone who really needs stitches in order to heal their wound? The answer, of course, is, "No!". Yet, Dr. Lee and Virginia Hopkins neglect to mention anything about the necessity of being tested and having your hormone levels monitored by a trained professional.As the above authors state, most women in the United states are oblivious to the importance of maintaining the correct level of progesterone all the way through their premenopausal, perimenopausal and menopausal cycles. However, for some reason Dr. Lee ignores the following extremely pertinent information: "The revolutionary discovery of radioimmunoassay blood tests changed the method of measuring female hormones, because blood samples could be used with greater accuracy. To the surprise of PMS workers, this method showed that low progesterone blood levels were not necessarily associated with PMS." (Dalton, Katharina,M.D.: "Once a Month", Publishers group West, 1700 Fourth Street, Berkley, CA, 94710. Copyright 1999, p.86)The receptors that carry the progesterone to the cells may not be doing their job. Then, no matter how much progesterone one takes, there will still be medical problems in the patient. A patient who follows Dr. Lee's advice and merely begins using a progesterone cream without knowing if she needs it or not could be ignoring a very real need for medical care. Also, radioimmunoassays "are valuable in determining the absorption of natural progesterone administered by various methods. Volunteers are tested in their follicular phase, one month with no progesterone and a subsequent month with progesterone either by injection, vaginal or rectal suppository, orally or through the skin. These tests have revealed marked differences, with the best absorption being by intramuscular injection, good absorption vaginally and rectally, and poor absorption through the skin (creams)and orally.(Ibid.p.87) Supplementing a lack of progesterone is not something that should be left in the hands of the over the counter companies that want to increase their sales of their OTC creams. The medical community, including doctors like Dr. Lee and his colleagues, needs to stress the importance of monitoring the process of supplementation with blood tests every 6 months---a process leading to correctly prescribed amounts of natural progesterone that will truly help a patient in need of professional care! Unfortunately, this type of medical care is slow in coming in the United States, but it is very popular n Great Britain and Europe. Perhaps, Dr. Lee's next book will include guidelines and even a list of clinics that provide such excellent medical care. However, this book is sorely lacking in any information concerning medically supervised supplementation of natural progesterone in prescribed amounts in its most easily absorbable form: suppositories.
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Summary: EXCELLENT AND INFORMATIVE!
Review: This is a MUST READ for women approaching, in or post-menopause! Before you fall into the medical "trap" of estrogen, READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Answers to 26 years of health problem questions
Review: In 1973 my battle with health problems began with a series of D&C, partial hysterectomy and total hysterectomy, fibromyalgia, excess weight gain, depression, allergies, sinusitis and chronic tendonitis. I have not been able to work full time since 1992. I have been on birth control, Premarin, cortisone shots, antibiotics and anti-depressants. I have been hospitalized numerous times for many of these problems with no positive results and am now allergic to nearly all antibiotics. I was employed for six years in textile mills and for thirteen years in an industrial chemical plant. Attorneys and doctors argued that the environment was not at fault for my illnesses and that the root cause of my medical problems was mental. I have known for many years that something was amiss and Dr. Lee answered my questions in his book. I am grateful for his willingness to share his knowledge with the women who have the same problems I have. The use of natural progesterone has produced amazing results in a short period of time and I encourage women to read Dr. Lee's book. I believe that the information provided is vital to the health of all women and men not just menopause patients.
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Summary: This is a "Must read" for every woman and her doctor!
Review: This book will bring to light answers to the questions you have regarding HRT (hormone replacement therapy), their dangers, and safe alternatives. It also covers, very thoroughly, how hormone balance (or lack of it) effects other health issues such as arthritis, allergies, the thyroid gland, migranes, breast cancer, cholesterol, P.M.S. and many, many other disorders. This book is for women of all ages who are experiencing hormone imbalance problems. Find a good physician and share it with him/her and feel better for life!
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Summary: This is the best explanation of hormones effects!
Review: A must read for women of age 32 and up. It explains the differences in life styles of women in Asia vs the Western World, and it seems obvious once you have read it. I would imagine their are many women who will benefit from reading and following the suggestions made in this book. It explains why most doctors really do not understand how hormones work, and how dependent we have become on prescriptions drugs which in the end create other problems and never actually fix the disbalance between estrogen and progesterone which is the main problem for many women.
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Summary: excellent information-should be read by every woman
Review: Dr. Lee gives interesting insight to the problems many women experience before, during, and after menopause. His recommendations about diet, exercise, supplements, and hormones are thoughtful and appear to be well researched. He is definitely going against the current medical establishment and the pharmaceutical industry with most of his information.
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