MENOPAUSE: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN NATURAL AND CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
by Lorilee Schoenbeck, N.D., with Cheryl A. Gibson, M.D. and M. Brooke Barss, M.D.
Kensington Publishing Corp.
$14.00/softcover
332 pages



As the first wave of baby boomers turns 50, one woman enters menopause in the United States every five minutes. In the next 10 years, 21 million American women will follow, according to the U.S. 1990 Census.

The three distinguished physicians who authored this book have over 50 years combined experience in women’s health care. They have joined together to bring women the best of both natural and conventional options.

In Menopause they erase the divisions between the two types of medicine and guide women in answering important questions such as:

• Should a woman take hormones during and after menopause?
• Can she use herbs instead?
• Which natural medicines are safe and effective?
• How can a woman work with her health provider to assess her unique situation?
• Are natural approaches enough for heart health and osteoporosis prevention or does a woman need to consider medication?
• How can a person make sense of conflicting information?
• What can a woman do to prevent breast cancer?

For the first time a naturopathic physician, an OB-GYN and a psychiatrist, each highly respected and firmly grounded in their respective fields, have collaborated to bring women an unbiased menopause resource. Their approach, based on individual assessment, accurate information and absence of ias, has allowed hundreds of their shared patients to find their own unique path. Now they provide guidance and up-to-date information concerning the best of natural and conventional options at menopause in one comprehensive volume.

THE WHOLE FAMILY GUIDE TO NATURAL ASTHMA RELIEF
by C. Leigh Broadhurst, Ph.D. with Vladimir Badmaev, M.D.
Avery
$12.95/softcover
199 pages



Asthma is now the leading cause of chronic illness and school absenteeism in North American children. Yet asthma is a relatively new disease, one that was virtually unknown 100 years ago.

The Whole Family Guide to Natural Asthma Relief will show you how to treat and prevent asthma without the use of traditional medications. The authors show how to identify common asthma triggers and then explain the biochemical reactions these triggers set off in the body in easy-to-understand terms, clarifying the interconnected relationship between asthma and allergies.

The natural health advice in this book can help you:

• Reduce the severity and frequency of asthma attacks
• Reduce the severity and frequency of related respiratory infections
• Greatly reduce allergy problems and teach you to identify your allergic triggers
• Eliminate the fatigue associated with asthma and allergies
• Reduce your need for medications
• Give you control of your health.

A WOMEN’S BEST MEDICINE FOR MENOPAUSE
by Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D.
Contemporary Books
$24.95/hardcover
290 pages



Over 19 million American women, age 45–54, are currently undergoing the menopausal transition and facing the question, “Should I or shouldn’t I?” take hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

Fortunately, in A Woman’s Best Medicine for Menopause, Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D., a Johns-Hopkins trained physician, offers a personalized self-care program for menopause, based on the principles of the world’s longest-lived, natural health care system, Ayurvedic medicine. Dr. Lonsdorf provides an invaluable guide through the current maze of conflicting data, offering simple lifestyle changes that can reduce menopausal symptoms and lower the risks of heart disease and osteoporosis to an equal or greater degree than any hormonal or drug approach— without dangerous side effects.

A Woman’s Best Medicine for Menopause provides a welcome voice of reason, clarity and knowledge in a field where women urgently need a deeper understanding of the menopausal transition, of the limitations and risks of the current medical approach and a natural means to achieve better health at midlife.

THE CHOPRA CENTER COOKBOOK: NOURISHING BODY AND SOUL
by Deepak Chopra, M.D., David Simon, M.D. and Leanne Backer
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
$12.95/softcover
199 pages

The Chopra Center Cookbook: Nourishing Body and Soul is full of recipes that contain nutritious, natural ingredients but the book is also a practical guide to help people prepare delicious, healthy meals that nourish body and soul. More than a traditional cookbook with recipes, The Chopra Center Cookbook educates people on the importance of food and how they can better enjoy their meals.

The demands of modern life make it difficult to truly enjoy what we eat. Eating becomes more often an exercise in refueling than a celebration. Chopra, along with David Simon, medical director and cofounder of the Chopra Center and Leanne Backer, executive chef of the Chopra Center, relate the importance to people enjoying what they eat.

To help readers with their choices The Chopra Center Cookbook has a 30-day program and more than 200 simple recipes. The recipes are inspired by the Chopra Center where each year thousands of people visit to heal themselves, to learn more about themselves, to improve their relationships and to accelerate their spiritual evolution. Repeatedly these people have said that the meals they enjoy there are among the most gratifying components of their experience. Now anyone can create these delicious meals and enjoy them in the comfort of their home.

THE SOY SOLUTION FOR MENOPAUSE: THE ESTROGEN ALTERNATIVE
by Machelle Seibel, M.D.
Fireside Books
$14.00/softcover
340 pages



There are 40 million menopausal women in the United States and 75 percent suffer signs of menopause including hot flashes, sexual dysfunction, lack of energy, weight gain, sleeplessness and other symptoms as they approach and reach menopause. Recent studies suggest that the risks of taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are greater than previously thought. Women in menopause are actively seeking an alternative to estrogen and HRT.

The 4,000 American women who reach menopause each day face higher risks for osteoporosis, heart disease and diabetes. Many doctors suggest HRT, yet why do only nine to 15 percent of menopausal women chose HRT? Because they are concerned about the risks and side effects. HRT is associated with an increased rise of breast cancer, uterine cancer and blood clots. There is, however, an excellent alternative to HRT, one that carries no risk, one that a woman doesn’t need a doctor to prescribe or administer. All a woman needs to do is to add soy products to her diet or take soy supplements.

In his book, The Soy Solution for Menopause: The Estrogen Alternative, awardwinning endocrinologist Dr. Machelle Seibel shares his fascinating discoveries about the healing possibilities of soy and introduces scientific proof for its use as a comprehensive alternative to hormone replacement therapy. .