Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth About Synthetic Hormones and the Benefits of Natural Alternatives
- ISBN13: 9780060542344
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
In this revolutionary work — a landmark that signals the true beginning of feminist medicine — a doctor, a philosopher, and a scientist prove that by postponing marriage and motherhood, women have accelerated the aging process, resulting in earlier menopause and, ultimately for thousands, earlier death.
In Sex, Lies, and Menopause, T. S. Wiley, Julie Taguchi, M.D., and Bent Formby, Ph.D., offer strong evidence that the use of synthetic hormones leads to cancer and advise women to turn to natural hormone-replacement therapy — derived from plants, not drugs — to help them elevate their estrogen level for greater energy, libido, and intellectual capacity.
Provocative, empowering, and scientifically sound, Sex, Lies, and Menopause addresses the inherent benefits of natural progesterone, reveals the lies advanced by the medical and drug establishments, and challenges women to demand a medical future where their health comes first. The research presented in Sex, Lies, and Menopause will at last allow women to create their own plan of action to put themselves safely on the path to better health and hormonal balance at any stage of life.
Potential buyers should be aware that, of the 398 pages in the hardcover edition, 144 pages are reference notes, glossary and index. The price should be half of what the publisher is asking.
Rating: 2 / 5
Having just read the reviews of T.S. Wiley’s previous book, “Lights Out,” I understand why this book rants about artificial light creating an “endless summer” and “premature aging.” As did another reviewer, I too found the rock and roll chapter titles and internal headings distracting and a bit like the premise of the book — you can fool your body into thinking you’re 20! No, you can’t. Not with those rock and roll references, most of which are 30-40 years old. Not with those hormones that mean you never go through menopause.
But what really made me think these people were just selling snake oil was a simple sentence, set off by itself, on page 64 (hardcover), which says, and I quote:
“Then we may not have to die.”
Oh yes we do. We all do, whether we age naturally or drink horse urine by the bucketfull or rub yam extract on the inside of our thighs, we DO have to die. And the total lack of accounting for the millions of women who have had hysterectomies (no, it’s not in the index) is plain negligence. There is some bogus information about evolution, and nothing about genetics. Both my grandmothers, who lived in the age of artificial light, who did not give birth to children in their teens, lived to be more than 90 years old. Oh, and one survived non-Hodgkins Lymphona through chemotherapy, which is also totally discounted in this book.
The authors are also more willing to accept “scientific” studies done in the 18th century than studies done in the 20th.
Get enough rest, and go be a nun, but don’t think you’ll live forever.
Rating: 2 / 5
I picked up this book figuring it would be about menopause, HRT and the overuse of synthetic hormones. More than half of the book is devoted to encouraging woman to pop out their kids early. And, you had better have those kids. According to this book, if you don’t give birth, you’re destined to die of some form of cancer before you hit old age. Geez, what a ‘positive’ book. Since I’m childless and will remain so, this book is useless. I think I’ll simply eat right, exercise, and avoid books like these.
Rating: 1 / 5
As a physician, I can tell you that Wiley’s logic is poor, that her references to the scientific literature are often incorrect, and that she makes completely unfounded assumptions as to the safety of her method.
Further, I have treated about ten women who tried the Wiley protocol through other physicians and found it, after a few months, to be worse than useless.
This woman presents herself quite dangerously as a medical authority. Do not take this book seriously.
Rating: 1 / 5
I was really looking forward to reading this book, especially following the recent NIH studies repudiating HRT. The title promises “the shocking truth about hormone replacement therapy.” So when I finally began to read, my disappointment was huge, as I can’t imagine a more confusingly written book.
Perhaps to “sex up” what was feared to be potentially “dry” scientific talk, the author unfortunately chose to use hyped-up “rock & roll” chapter titles and an excess of distracting
interior chapter headings that are almost all completely disconnected in sense from the actual text, and therefore counterproductive. Also, the author has the habit of jumping wildly between theories with tenuous links to the main subject, all the while advancing them as proofs of her positions.
There is very interesting and important information here against the use of synthetic hormones, but again, it appears scattershot throughout the text, and the author’s argument for the use of natural hormones is woefully incomplete! For example, the author does not include information about the use of natural hormones for women who’ve had hysterectomies! The word “hysterectomy” does not appear in the index. This is a serious lapse, and there are many other such lapses as well, but a list here would be way too long, and in any case, should have been the work of the author’s editor before publication.
Perhaps the author was rushed into turning in a manuscript that was not ready, by a publisher anxious to take advantage of the media attention to HRT. Who knows, but unfortunately, a great opportunity has been wasted.
Rating: 3 / 5