Product Description

The 2nd edition of Dr. Platt's highly informative award-winning health book, The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones, How I Lost My Fatigue, Hot Flashes, ADHD, ADD, Fibromyalgia, PMS, Osteoporosis, Weight, Sexual Dysfunction, Anger, Migraines, provides many answers to common medical problems by explaining their underlying cause and how hormone balance brings you wellness. Outstanding praise for this reader-friendly book both nationally and internationally, because of its new ideas on hormone replacement and its unique perspective for optimum health.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26077 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 219 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780977668328
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"As a practicing orthopedic surgeon in Jakarta, Indonesia, with great interest in preventive medicine, I strongly recommend Dr. Platt's book as it is a fantastic one, the only kind of book that has prompted me to fly from the other side of the globe to meet the author in person." -- Henry Suhendra, M.D., FICS

"I'm very proud, and at the same time relieved, that we have doctors like Dr. Platt, truly interested in patient's complaints and devoted to preventive medicine." -- Dr. Luis Cesar Anzoategui, professor and physician, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

"Only a master of Dr. Platt's stature, with his enviable knowledge and command of human physiology, can weave a medical tapestry that is understood and appreciated by all, professionals as well as non-medical minds!" -- M. Sohail A. Qureshi, M.D., London, England

"Easy to read and filled with remarkable, real-life patient histories and case studies documenting dramatic results from achieving a balance with bio-identical hormones. This book will empower patients to seek hormone balance, gain control of weight and get on the road to wellness in their lives." -- Dana Reed-Kane, Pharm.D. FIACP, Reed's Compounding Pharmacy (Tucson, AZ) and Contributor, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding

"This is the most important health book published this year, or any year for that matter. It's an easy, fascinating, highly informative, even life-changing read." -- Barbara Morris, R.Ph., author of "Put Old on Hold"

From the Publisher
What's in this award-winning Best Health Book 2008 (Allbooks Review, Reader Views) that could be for you or someone you love?

Are you wondering why drugs don't make you feel good?

Are you sick and tired of feeling fatigued and stressed?

Would you like to understand why fad diets and programs may not be keeping your weight off permanently?

Would you like to be in control of angry outbursts and feelings of rage?

Do you know the underlying cause of fibromyalgia?

Would you like to keep your body balanced for optimum health and have it be under your control?

The wisdom of this reader-friendly book will help you understand the cause of your health challenges and what you can do about them.

No matter your age, whether you are a child with ADHD, or a senior with osteoporosis, Dr. Platt's advice offers you a way to dramatically change your life and achieve optimum health by balancing your hormones naturally, with an appropriate diet, and nutritional supplements. This is a book without borders and has health solutions that make sense no matter where you live in the world.

When you read the compelling stories in the book you'll understand why a band-aid approach to health won't bring you wellness.

To your health !!!!!

From the Author
"One of the biggest problems in healthcare today is that many doctors do not have the knowledge or training to understand why their patients are fundamentally ill. Hormones control every system in the body, but doctors rarely receive the training necessary to understand how hormones affect overall wellness, nor how to utilize them to make patients better. Instead, they choose 'band aids' in the form of drugs to take away symptoms.

The purpose of this book is to help people understand why they don't feel well and why they never seem to get better.

In their own words, my patients describe how they felt before and then after taking natural hormones. Many readers will easily identify with them and be encouraged that they too, can become well.

The dangers of estrogen are carefully explained; alternatives are logically put forth. A surprising bonus is that this book provides a complete understanding of why people struggle with weight.

It explains how hormones affect fat and why eating low carb is only part of the solution. In an easy to understand format, answers are given to problems such as menopause, the male andropause, menstrual disorders, fibromyalgia, urinary incontinence, loss of libido, migraine headaches, asthma, osteoporosis, fatigue, restless led syndrome, fatigue.

In addition, there is a revolutionary approach to the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which eliminates the need for medications.

This book will allow you to form a partnership with your physician who has the same goals that I have for you - your return to health." - Michael E. Platt, M.D.

Customer Reviews

A Life-Changing, Life-Saving Book
I got a copy of Dr. Platt's book by accident, but when I started reading it I (and my partner) saw ourselves in the pages. It was really quite remarkable, as Dr. Platt seemed to be writing about us. The book gave us hope for renewed health, and on the basis of it, we scheduled an appointment with him on Jan 3, 2007 (we live in California).

We have been following his program for less than a full week after driving back from Palm Desert, but the results have already been astonishing. My partner was sleeping 12-13 hours a day and was always exhausted; she is now sleeping 8 hours a day and waking up naturally, rested. For the last year we had to drug ourselves with benadryl and melatonin to sleep; now, with the progesterone cream, we are sleeping easily and well. We both have energy again, and the brain fog is starting to clear. My partner was so depressed she was literally suicidal, yet all the anti-depressants in the world were not helping. She is no longer taking anti-depressants, yet she is in a better mood than I have seen her in YEARS. She was struggling to work 3-4 hours a day, and she has put in FULL 8 HOUR DAYS every day this week. There is no explanation for this major change other than the fact that she has been taking the thyroid and hormone medications prescribed by Dr. Platt. She has also been getting very ill with respiratory illnesses every winter for her entire life -- especially the last few years -- and she is now -- in just a week! -- in better health than she has been in years. I know it sounds too good to be true, but it is true.

I have already lost nearly 6 pounds in five days, and I haven't even been 100?% compliant with cutting out refined carbs (I've been 95% compliant, my partner has been 100% compliant). What is most astonishing is that neither one of us have the cravings for sugar, white bread, candy, baked goods that we had before we started on Dr. Platt's regimine. Before, we would try not to eat carbs, but it was just impossible -- the cravings were too great. I attribute the lack of cravings to the hormones that Dr. Platt prescribed.

I don't know what will happen over the long term, but I do know this -- the results we seen in just the last week are nothing short of miraculous. We are going to keep this up. I won't bore everyone with the details of the major health problems we've both had during the last 10-15 years, but I will say that we had pretty much given up hope. I am 49 and my partner is 54, and we have real optomism now that we can regain our health and enjoy the rest of our lives with mobility and joy. Now I really believe that my lifelong goal of hiking down and up the Grand Canyon can be achieved, because now I really believe I can get the weight off that it will take to accomplish that goal.

Dr. Platt was kind, gentle, and factual when we met with him. His office staff is first rate. It was a blessing to talk to someone who, for the first time, didn't blame us for our weight and health problems. It was a blessing to have someone treat us as humans, not as lab results.

I recommend this book to anyone who is persistently, consistently overweight or is experiencing high blood sugar, etc. I recommend that you find the money and consult with Dr. Platt if there isn't someone in your area who will do hormone replacement. I think this is, at last, the real deal.

The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones
I've read quite a few books on bio-identical hormones but this is one of the best. It is informative & easy to understand. Dr Platt doesn't present hormones as strictly a female or menopausal issue. He presents it as a human issue & gives examples of men & women, young & old who have benefitted from the balancing of their hormones. Although the state of health care in America is at a very scary place, Dr Platt sheds a great ray of hope & light on human health. A fascinating read.

Non-bioidentical estrogen phobia
There's two big problems with this book: it promotes estrogen-phobia and recommends non-bioidentical hormones (even though the title is The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones).

It claims that estrogens promote uterus and breast cancers. But doesn't mention that the reason young women don't get cancers when their estrogen is at its highest is because it's balanced by progesterone. Doesn't mention the safety of any natural estrogen replacement therapy when it's balanced with progesterone. The book does not mention that a decline of estrogen leads to heart disease, osteoporosis, mood problems, etc. There's no proper presentation of menopause in this book. Moreover, the book implies estrogen is useless other than for getting pregnant and it has no effect on sex. Check the textbooks. Estrogen has a powerful libido-enhancing and mood-enhancing effect on woman's body. Everybody knows what happens to poor women when they go through the menopause. The book claims progesterone boosts libido. As an anti-depressant it actually has a libido-reducing and relaxation effects. Progesterone is great for health but sorry it doesn't effect the libido. Also, the amounts of progesterone recommended seem high.

The book screams 'bio-identical' and 'natural' on every page. Yet, it recommends synthetic thyroid and the non-bio-identical estrogen (1 of the 3 estrogens is missing in the recommended cocktail). Then talk about cancers.

This book is not very good with common sense and doesn't contains references to works of other people or offers much reasoning for the claims made. It's got "personal bias" and "free interpretation" written all over it. There are much better books on the market:

- Natural Hormone Balance for Women: Look Younger, Feel Stronger, and Live Life with Exuberance, by Uzzi Reiss
- What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause (TM): The Breakthrough Book on Natural Hormone Balance by John R. Lee
- The Hormone Solution: Stay Younger Longer with Natural Hormone and Nutrition Therapies by Thierry Dr Hertoghe

You can't educate yourself about natural hormones by reading this book!