Balance Your Hormones The Drug-free Guide to Improving Your Hormonal Health

Unbalanced hormones play havoc with women's lives and cause problems ranging from PMS and endometriosis to fibroids, breast cancer and menopausal problems. In BALANCE YOUR HORMONES Patrick Holford explains how, by making simple changes to your diet and lifestyle, you can restore the natural hormone balance in your body and return to a state of good, natural health.BALANCE YOUR HORMONES is packed with practical advice, backed up by the latest scientific research which continues to reveal new understanding of the role of food, nutrition and environment in hormonal health. The new chapters cover how hormones work; why hormonal problems are on the increase; what you can do to promote your own hormonal health; safe, natural strategies for restoring, maintaining and promoting your health; nutritional advice for preventing and overcoming problems associated with hormonal imbalance; and the problems associated with the synthetic hormones used in the Pill and HRT and how to overcome them naturally.

Patrick Holford is one of the world’s leading authorities on nutrition and mental health. He has written 30 health books and is the founder of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition. His books include The Holford Low GL Diet, The New Optimum Nutrition Bible, and Optimum Nutrition for the Mind. Kate Neil is a nutritional therapist, the editor of The Nutrition Practitioner, and director of her own company offering nutrition services to health care professionals, industry, and the public.