Healthy Hormones (a Practical Guide To Balancing Your Hormones)

By (author) Kirkpatrick, Belinda; By (author) Johnstone Ainsley
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Expert naturopathic advice; 50 easy, delicious recipes using hormone-friendly ingredients; tips for fertility and conception.
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Discover how to feel your best and balance your hormones, naturally. Healthy Hormones is about making small and realistic changes to help your body function at its optimum level.

Naturopath Belinda Kirkpatrick helps you understand your hormones and provides easy ways to manage symptoms, hormonal conditions and fertility through diet and lifestyle.

Expert nutritional advice and lifestyle tips are combined with answers to the many questions that women have asked Belinda during a decade of clinical practice.


Healthy Hormones features 50 deliciously healthy family recipes, specially created, styled and photographed by recipe developer Ainsley Johnstone. The dishes are tailored around hormone-balancing ingredients and nutrient-dense fertility foods.


''As a woman and a medical doctor, I recommend all women read this delicious book to help them make practical and daily choices. It''s a book that nicely balances scientific explanations with nourishing food truths.'' Dr Natasha Andreadis, Fertility and Hormone Specialist, Gynaecologist, Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney
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BOOK INFO, FRONT FLAP
For women who want to optimise their well-being and fertility, an understanding of the impact of environmental, lifestyle and food choices on hormone balance is vital. Healthy Hormones is expert naturopath Belinda Kirkpatrick''s guide to the key factors that affect hormonal balance. Belinda explains the effects of lifestyle, environment, caffeine, alcohol, sugar, stress and poor food choices on our hormones, and discusses how to address common conditions, such as premenstrual syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis. She also explains the labelling of potential endocrine disruptors that can affect hormonal balance, such as household and personal care products, so you can choose wisely when you shop. Healthy Hormones also features 50 deliciously healthy family recipes that are tailored around superfoods and hormone-balancing ingredients for every meal of the day.
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''As a woman and a medical doctor, I recommend all women read this delicious book to help them make practical and daily choices. I especially love the explanations given about which foods to eat (or avoid) depending on a woman''s menstrual cycle or gynaecological issues. It''s a book that nicely balances scientific explanations with nourishing food truths.'' Dr Natasha Andreadis - Fertility and Hormone Specialist, Gynaecologist, Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney

''A very informative, delicious read full of science and TLC!"''
Dr Natasha Andreadis - Fertility and Hormone Specialist, Gynaecologist, Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney

''At last, a comprehensive and research-based book on women''s hormones! Filled with practical tips and easy to make nutritious recipes, this book should be on every woman''s bedside table. If you follow the recommendations, your hormones will not only be balanced, but you will feel incredible. I can''t wait to recommend this book to all my patients.''
Emma Sutherland, author of 50 Foods that will change your life: A women''s guide to health and vitality, Viking Penguin, 2013

''Belinda has left no stone unturned, on the journey towards you feeling like your own body''s expert. This will no doubt be a pivotal book in the lives of many women. The recipes are the icing on the cake - gorgeous and inspiring to get us deeply connected to the power of produce to heal and help us thrive.'' Alexx Stuart, Low Tox Life

''Every woman needs this book! Finally a practical, easy