Your Perfectly Pampered Menopause: Health, Beauty, and Lifestyle Advice for the Best Years of Your Life

By Colette Bouchez

Book Overview

A fun and fabulous health guide for living well at midlife--no prescription required

Menopause can be a difficult and confusing time--but it doesn't have to be. Your Perfectly Pampered Menopause has the answers that make the difference, with a clear-cut plan that shows you how to look and feel better now than ever before.

Culling advice from leading medical experts, award-winning reporter Colette Bouchez dispenses the latest news on everything from hot flashes, insomnia, and dysfunctional bleeding to incontinence, bone health, weight control, and more. She explores the latest buzz on HRT, natural hormones, and the newest prescription drugs, as well as the latest in natural and traditional care for a truly comprehensive guide to midlife health.

But she also brings you advice from top beauty and lifestyle experts and clues you in on everything from anti-aging skin and hair care to the hottest news in midlife nutrition (including an anti-hot-flash diet ), divine new relaxation techniques, optimal exercise and dieting secrets, and putting the kick back into your sex life

With this complete guide to taking care of yourself now and in the future you'll discover how midlife can be the best time of your life

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767917561
• ISBN13: 9780767917568
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Easy into the Pause

This is a lighthearted approach to understanding a serious subject. I have purchased numerous copies to share with friends. I highly recommend this book to those whodo not want a clinical outlook. This book will make you laugh out loud at some of her experiences. I have found it to be a great resource asI sift through the "pause".

Wow! Menopause and So Much More!

I read two free excerpts of this book on WebMD and they were both wonderful - filled with great information and very helpful suggestions. So I bought the book - and I wasn't disappointed - it was even better than what I read online. It is definitely one of the only menopause books I know of that discusses all treatment options - both traditional and non-traditional, plus it also is a great resource for mid-life health in general. It not only covers traditional menopause symptoms - like hot flashes and night sweats and memory loss - it also offers important information on bone health, on mid-life weight gain, fatigue, women and heart disease, hair loss, incontinence, reducing cancer risks, - so it's really so much more than just a meonpause book. In fact, you really get your money's worth with this one! But again, that's what I've come to expect from what I read on WebMD - they always feature the best and most informative articles. Wow - a great book!

Husband's Choice: A Wonderfully Helpful Guide

Of all things, my husband bought me this book! He knew I was suffering with so many symptoms - and thought this book would help!At first I was angry- but I got over it, and when I read this book it practically changed my life. It eased my mind about many problems, and offered concrete solutions for others. It's also hysterically funny - made me look at my life in a whole new way! This book should be REQUIRED READING by every woman over 45! It's also easy to read and understand, and follow - plus it has a fabulous website that also offers a lot of help. If you are having any type of menopause related problems - or perimenopause - don't miss this book - it's the best one,and I've read them all!

What a relief!!!

Your Perfectly Pampered Menopause coincided with my hot flashes, bizarre itching, weird memory loss and irrational meltdowns, culminating with one in Amy's Bread because they let ONE PERSON buy all their brioche loaves. So, even though I just turned 48, it never occurred to me that I might be going through perimenopause--duh--until a friend turned me on to this fantastic book. I knew I was on to something when I looked at chapter 9 Your Brain on Menopause...Or, why you cry when the bakery is out of rye bread. No coincidence. This book is hilarious and chock full of comforting information--I'm not losing my mind!!!--and sound advice. I now carry it around with me and not just because I keep forgetting to take it out of my bag...okay, I do forget...But this is an awesome book!