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The Natural Health Bible for Women
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‘The Natural Health Bible for Women’ Is a practical, easy-to-use, one-stop reference book for women of all ages. Containing everything you need to know to make informed choices about your body, how it works, and how to keep it in the best of health.
Chapter One: Introducing Your Body gives a detailed analysis of how your body works, and what makes it so miraculously unique. It then covers essential information on...
‘The Natural Health Bible for Women’ Is a practical, easy-to-use, one-stop reference book for women of all ages. Containing everything you need to know to make informed choices about your body, how it works, and how to keep it in the best of health.
Chapter One: Introducing Your Body gives a detailed analysis of how your body works, and what makes it so miraculously unique. It then covers essential information on the role nutrition and complementary therapies can play in your well-being.
Chapters Two, Three and Four look at Your General Body Systems such as breast problems, PCOS, ovarian cysts, PMS, period problems, endometriosis, cervical problems, vaginal infections, thyroid and adrenal problems and hormonal balance ; Conception, Pregnancy and Birth; and Through The Menopause.
Within each chapter Dr Marilyn Glenville focuses on ailments and conditions. She explains what they are, why they happen, and how to tackle them using conventional medicine and complementary treatments, including herbal remedies, aromatherapy, homeopathy, massage, and nutrition.
Throughout Marilyn Glenville emphasizes the importance of using the right approach for you of natural or conventional medicine – or a combination of both.
Chapter Five: Optimum Healthcare looks at what you can do to maximise your general health throughout your life.
‘The Natural Health Bible for Women’ provides all the answers to the questions you ask about your body – why things happen to you, what you can do to fix them, and how you can ensure optimum health and well-being all through your life.
Introduction:
Introducing your body A woman’s body is an amazing machine. It’s full of intricate systems that not only sustain life, but may also create new life. Each of these systems must work with the others, in harmony, in order for the female body to function at its best.
We know more today about how a woman’s body works than we have ever done before. Despite that, many women are still unaware of how their organs function or even where they are located.
Even if we know something of our physiology, we rarely know much about our hormones. Many women I see have no idea of the staggering influence their hormones have, from birth, through puberty and pregnancy to menopause, not only on their physical health, but on their emotional health, too. In fact, it’s often not until we try for a baby, begin the menopause or just become unwell that we really start to appreciate how each system in our body affects the others.
Good health begins with a better understanding of how everything inside you fits together. Enjoy your voyage of discovery!
Contents:
Foreword 8
1 INTRODUCING YOUR BODY 10
The female organs 12
The female hormones 16
Your menstrual cycle 19
Knowing your fertility 20
The female organs 12
The female hormones 16
Your menstrual cycle 19
Knowing your fertility 20
THE ROLE OF NUTRITION 22
The basics of good nutrition 24
An organic future 30
Phytoestrogens 31
Supplements 32
Essential water 34
THE ROLE OF LIFESTYLE 36
Waking and sleeping 38
Keeping fit 40
Smoking 42
Alcohol and your body 43
THE ROLE OF NATURAL THERAPIES 44
Herbs and homeopathy 46
Acupuncture 47
Aromatherapy and massage 48
Yoga and meditation 50
Reflexology 52
Osteopathy 53
2 GENERAL BODY SYSTEMS 54
THYROID, ADRENALS AND HORMONAL
BALANCE 56
Underactive thyroid 58
Overactive thyroid 62
Adrenal problems 66
YOUR BREASTS 70
Breast problems 72
Preventing breast cancer 77
YOUR OVARIES 82
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) 83
Ovarian cysts 88
YOUR WOMB 92
Regulating your cycle 94
Pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) 96
Period pain 102
Lack of periods 106
Heavy periods 110
Fibroids 114
Endometriosis 118
Preventing cancer of the womb 125
Prolapsed womb 126
Hysterectomy 128
YOUR CERVIX 132
Cervical tests 135
Preventing cervical cancer 137
YOUR VAGINA 140
Vaginal infections 141
Yeast infections 144
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) 148
Cystitis 152
Painful sex 156
YOUR LEGS 160
Cellulite 161
Varicose veins 162
3 CONCEPTION, PREGNANCY AND BIRTH 164
MAKING BABIES 166
Pre-conception care 168
Egg donation 174
Sperm donation 178
Assisted conception 180
Fertility and aging 188
PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND BREASTFEEDING 192
Being pregnant, staying healthy 193
Antenatal depression 199
Morning sickness 202
Back pain 206
Pregnancy diabetes 209
Pre-eclampsia 212
Ways to give birth 216
Labour and labour pain 219
Breastfeeding 222
Postnatal depression 229
LOSING YOUR BABY 234
First and second trimester miscarriage 235
Stillbirth 242
4 THROUGH THE MENOPAUSE 244
UNDERSTANDING AND EASING THE CHANGE 246
The medical approach: HRT 249
A natural menopause 252
THE MENOPAUSE 256
Hot flushes and night sweats 258
Mood swings 261
Low libido 263
Hair loss 266
POSTMENOPAUSE 270
Osteoporosis 271
Vaginal dryness 278
Memory loss and poor concentration 282
Heart disease 286
Stress incontinence 292
5 OPTIMUM HEALTHCARE 294
Optimizing your weight 296
Boosting your immunity 302
Beating the years 306
Overcoming stress 309
Glossary 312
Bibliography 314
Index 317
Resources / Picture credits 320
The basics of good nutrition 24
An organic future 30
Phytoestrogens 31
Supplements 32
Essential water 34
THE ROLE OF LIFESTYLE 36
Waking and sleeping 38
Keeping fit 40
Smoking 42
Alcohol and your body 43
THE ROLE OF NATURAL THERAPIES 44
Herbs and homeopathy 46
Acupuncture 47
Aromatherapy and massage 48
Yoga and meditation 50
Reflexology 52
Osteopathy 53
2 GENERAL BODY SYSTEMS 54
THYROID, ADRENALS AND HORMONAL
BALANCE 56
Underactive thyroid 58
Overactive thyroid 62
Adrenal problems 66
YOUR BREASTS 70
Breast problems 72
Preventing breast cancer 77
YOUR OVARIES 82
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) 83
Ovarian cysts 88
YOUR WOMB 92
Regulating your cycle 94
Pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) 96
Period pain 102
Lack of periods 106
Heavy periods 110
Fibroids 114
Endometriosis 118
Preventing cancer of the womb 125
Prolapsed womb 126
Hysterectomy 128
YOUR CERVIX 132
Cervical tests 135
Preventing cervical cancer 137
YOUR VAGINA 140
Vaginal infections 141
Yeast infections 144
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) 148
Cystitis 152
Painful sex 156
YOUR LEGS 160
Cellulite 161
Varicose veins 162
3 CONCEPTION, PREGNANCY AND BIRTH 164
MAKING BABIES 166
Pre-conception care 168
Egg donation 174
Sperm donation 178
Assisted conception 180
Fertility and aging 188
PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND BREASTFEEDING 192
Being pregnant, staying healthy 193
Antenatal depression 199
Morning sickness 202
Back pain 206
Pregnancy diabetes 209
Pre-eclampsia 212
Ways to give birth 216
Labour and labour pain 219
Breastfeeding 222
Postnatal depression 229
LOSING YOUR BABY 234
First and second trimester miscarriage 235
Stillbirth 242
4 THROUGH THE MENOPAUSE 244
UNDERSTANDING AND EASING THE CHANGE 246
The medical approach: HRT 249
A natural menopause 252
THE MENOPAUSE 256
Hot flushes and night sweats 258
Mood swings 261
Low libido 263
Hair loss 266
POSTMENOPAUSE 270
Osteoporosis 271
Vaginal dryness 278
Memory loss and poor concentration 282
Heart disease 286
Stress incontinence 292
5 OPTIMUM HEALTHCARE 294
Optimizing your weight 296
Boosting your immunity 302
Beating the years 306
Overcoming stress 309
Glossary 312
Bibliography 314
Index 317
Resources / Picture credits 320
Quality Assured
All the NHP supplements included in this programme have been given Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD's Exclusive ‘Seal of Approval
To be awarded Dr Glenville’s Exclusive Seal of Approval all NHP supplements have been formulated and personally checked and approved by Dr Marilyn Glenville PHD, the UK’s leading nutritionist specialising in natural health.
To comply they need to be in the correct form, the right dosage level and of the highest quality to ensure maximum bio-availability and absorption in order to increase their effectiveness and produce the greatest benefit and be free from all non-active and chemical excipients.
All formulations must conform to Dr Glenville’s demanding criteria:
- Only 100% active ingredients included
- In their most bio-available form to aid absorption,
No minerals in the form of chlorides, carbonates, oxides or sulphates.
Vitamin C in alkaline form rather than the acidic ascorbic acid form
Vitamin D as D3 not D2
Vitamin B6 in the active form of pyridoxal-5-phosphate and not the cheaper pyridoxine form
Natural vitamin E as d-alpha tocopherol not synthetic dl-alpha tocopherol - Free From: gluten, dairy, yeast, artificial flavours, colours, additives, preservatives, added sugar, sweeteners, benzoates, maltodextrin, nuts and nut traces and soya* *(except Meno Herbal Support, Advanced Brain and Memory Support and Advanced Hearing Support)
- Free From - fillers, binders, anti-caking agents, lubricants eg magnesium stearate, titanium dioxide, talc, calcium hydrogen phosphate dehydrate, stearic acid.
- Contained in vegan* capsules - no bovine gelatine used
*(excluding Omega 3 Support and Advanced Marine Collagen Support which are in vegetarian capsules) - No genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
- Registered with the Vegetarian Society*
*(excluding Omega 3 Support and Advanced Marine Collagen Support which are in vegetarian capsules) - Registered with the Vegan Society*
*(excluding Omega 3 Support and Advanced Marine Collagen Support which are in vegetarian capsules) - Kosher and Halal approved
- Omega 3 fish oil. High Strength made from wild deep-sea fish and from the body of the fish not the liver. In natural triglyceride form. Screened for contaminants. Frends Of The Sea certified
- Manufactured, batch tested and certified in the UK
- Contained in glass bottles for easy recycling
Thanks to Dr Glenville’s 30+ years’ experience and stringent quality control checking procedures, you can be confident that any product with Dr Glenville’s Exclusive ‘Seal of Approval’ is effective, safe and healthy for you to use.
Does all this really make a difference?
When you take vitamins, minerals, and herbs, you aim to give your body the tools to heal itself and maintain good health.
Unfortunately, many supplements nowadays contain unnecessary and potentially harmful substances, making your body work harder to eliminate them.
You may not realise that they can be full of ‘nasties’ - non-active ingredients - like, fillers, bulking and anti-caking agents, disintegrants and lubricants.
These chemicals are in there to help the manufacturing process flow through the machines.
Good for the machines maybe but certainly not good for your body.
If your body expends energy dealing with these substances, it may divert energy from other areas essential for maintaining or restoring good health, potentially causing additional health problems and low energy.
It's crucial that the vitamins, minerals, and herbs you consume contain only the highest quality ingredients possible and are Free From all nasties.
Not all supplements are made equal, and knowing what to look for is important.
Sounds daunting doesn’t it?
But don’t worry because, if you don’t have the time or inclination, (or a degree in chemistry), to go round reading labels on every pot of vitamins or minerals, Dr Glenville has already done the work and scrutinised the labels for you.
And only when she is completely satisfied that the products are Free From all the ‘nasties’ and in their most bio-available form and at the highest safe dosage level will she award it her ‘Seal of Approval’.’.
You can rest assured that all NHP supplements have Dr Glenville’s exclusive ‘Seal of Approval’ and are safe, effective and healthy for you.
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