Hillarious! I have no idea why I requested this book because a large portion of the text is pseudo-science. It's elitist garbage and cons people into spending money they don't always have. Sadly, there's so much quakery on Instagram, people will believe this and buy into it. I don't have the knowledge to do a complete review of why this book is problematic but any book like this should be approached with caution.

I must apologise for not being able to review this book after you so kindly accepted my request. I have had an unfortunately challenging time, but am now free to resume reading and reviewing. I hope that you will not hold my difficulties against me in future requests

This is such a useful and informative book that I’d recommend all women approaching middle life/ menopause have a read. It’s one of those books from which you learn and can keep going back to, dip in and out of. Valuable book for any woman feeling that her hormones are misbehaving and looking for self help ideas. Whilst I haven’t attended Gluck’s clinic, but strongly considered doing so, this book did help me decide to look further into bio identical hormones and make changes to my lifestyle and diet. With so many books available on this subject and much information written for an American audience, it was nice to have one written for a UK audience. That being said, I’ve read widely from both US and UK authors out there and have benefited from both. Grateful to NetGalley and publisher for a review copy in exchange for an honest review.

Dr Marion Gluck runs the Marion Gluck Clinic in London. This clinic is “The home of bio identical hormones.” As a consequence of reading this book I will be visiting her clinic when I start to feel symptoms of peri-menopause. She works closely with nutritionist Vicki Edgson. The two women work with patients to assess and treat hormone imbalances. They work with diet, vitamin supplements and bio identical hormone prescriptions that are made up by a specialist pharmacy nearby. This book is really a springboard or an eye opener to the ideas that fatigue may be from low thyroid function; that heavy periods may be due to low progesterone; that people with polycystic ovaries need not stay on the pill for the rest of their lives; and that conventional HRT isn’t great for menopausal women. All things that I already know but many women don’t. It is filled with case studies - mainly of menopausal women. The reader may recognise themselves or someone in their family from the case study, they can follow the nutritional advice but the bio identical hormones prescribed - those, you’ll have to find a practitioner to figure out for you. I took a screenshot of the frozen cranberry and manuka honey UTI juice recipe to use as well as the energy boosting vitamin supplements table.

An interesting read and something I may go back to as reference tool, but not everyone can afford all the supplements and foodstuffs the authors recommend and they seemed very dismissive of conventional treatments

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for this review copy which was given in exchange for an honest review.

This book jumped out at me straight away, it’s so appropriate for me at the moment! It covers all types of hormonal problems and how they affect women. There is lots of information in this book which is useful if you are suffering at the moment (and this can also be aimed at men to help them through their partners hormonal journey!). There are lots of case studies and it does give you food for thought if you are facing making some important decisions about your treatment. I’m not sure it really helped me at all, but it was interesting in reading other people’s experiences.

This book covers how hormones affect women. There is nutritional information about how to deal with differing hormonal problems. There is advice on how to have bio-identifiers for hormones which follow your own natural pattern. I can't see this being done on the NHS and the information is a little sketchy. Lots of case studies are included but, like they say, everyone is an individual. I have hormone problems. Reading this book hasn't given me any new insights on how to help myself. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me review this book.

This is an excellent book on a subject that really needs much more attention.. I loved the authors passion for the subject and their vast well of knowledge. It is a book that all women (and men) should read so they are better informed and can make a more informed decision when looking at options for treatment. Although the book was bursting with information you would probably need help in picking out what is relevant to you personally. Overall an excellent book. Thank You