Your Inner Estrogen: An Individualized, Natural Approach to Understanding And Balancing Your Hormones Before And After Menopause Book

Dr. Pat Camillo was one of the first 100 Menopause Practitioners certified by the North American Menopause Society. With over 30 years experience in women's health, she offers women knowledge about hormonal changes that is often overlooked by younger practitioners in this field. In addition, she adds the personal wisdom she has gained over the years having had her share of hormonal challenges! Combining both her professional and personal expertise, Dr. Camillo offers an individualized approach to balancing hormones, using specific observations to help women identify and manage their own unique and naturally occurring estrogen - simply called "inner estrogen." Part 1 describes an estrogen self assessment tool (E-SAT) designed to help each woman determine whether she has too much or too little estrogen, both before and after menopause. Part 2 addresses various lifestyle choices and how they may affect the amount of estrogen a woman has in her body at any given time. For instance, a woman's estrogen significantly increases after drinking some forms of alcohol, especially when combined with prescription estrogens. Other factors addressed in this book that can potentially affect inner estrogen include cigarette smoking, caffeine, exercise, phytoestrogens, exposure to light and dark, and the environment. A separate chapter is devoted to women with diseases that are especially affected by too much or too little estrogen including breast cancer, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, and lupus. This book is not about which pill, patch, herb or cream to use. Rather, it's about each woman reconnecting with her own unique body and learning how to use what is truly natural to increase or decrease her inner estrogen. An accompanying website invites women to share their experiences with each other and participate in an ongoing discussion with the author.