Cutillo suffered from hormone-related issues as a teen, and covers her subject in depth. In separate chapters she discusses how hormone “shifts” relate to menopause, weight gain, the thyroid, PMS, mood, and aging. In the final chapter of the book she offers natural, safe, and effective methods that address each of these issues. Cutillo takes a mind/body/spirit approach to health, pointing out that our modern day society imposes constant doses of stress (“Americans are literally in a fight-or-flight mode most of the day,” she writes). She reveals how essential it is to break this pattern in order to keep progesterone levels up and estrogen levels in check.
Cutillo also clarifies the hazards of Estrogen Replacement Therapy (ERT), the Birth Control Pill (BCP), bio identical hormones, and explains the advantages of HGH, an effective natural hormone which when used in homeopathic form can safely help slow the aging process. This useful book will help women (some who have suffered for years) in their quest to overcome PMS symptoms, hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia, low libido, bloating, fatigue and other issues that are directly related to hormonal imbalance. As Cutillo wisely points out, “With proper hormone balance, weight goes, age slows, and vitality grows.”
Reviewed by Kathryn E. Livingston for IndieReader