Dr. Susan Lark's the Estrogen Decision Self Help Book: A Complete Guide for Relief of Menopausal Symptoms Through Hormonal Replacement and Alternative Therapies

By Susan M. Lark

Millions of women in America are making the estrogen decision every day. But recent conflicting data has made the choices more complicated. Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, has been hurled into... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890877769
• ISBN13: 9780890877760
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Celestial Arts
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

good info but weak in alternatives

I have found most of Dr. Lark's books to be professionally thorough and have turned to them numerous times. This time, however, I was a bit disappointed. She is too tentative in her exploration/explanation of alternative or natural nutritional supplements to see us through menopause. I am in the perimenopausal stage and have referred to my favorite site, iHerb, for alternatives. Based on iHerb's information, I have started on a Black Cohosh blend and a wild yam cream that is helping. Stay away from DHEA, but go with the other, natural phytoestregers that iHerb offers and check out other books that are a bit braver in their endorsement of these alternatives.

An excellent discussion of menopausal "management" options.

Well written and to the point, this book ably explains what women need to know about available options for dealing with menopause-related symptoms and conditions. I particularly liked the meal-planning and recipe section. I normally don't even read this part of a book, but this one is different. The recipes are very creative in the way they incorporate healthful ingredients such as flax meal and tofu. The one area in which I found the book lacking--and the reason I didn't rate it as 5 stars--was its failure to even mention Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy (as espoused by Jonathan Wright, M.D.).