From the Book - Regular Print - First Scribner hardcover edition.
Part I Educate and Illuminate: Understanding the New Hormonal Landscape --
1 Getting Started: Fill Out the Questionnaires 22 --
2 A Hormonal Primer: Everything You Need to Know About Hormones 42 --
3 Perimenopause: Your Own Personal Global Warming Crisis, Hypervigilance, and Tighter Jeans 56 --
Part II Assess, Diagnose, Treat: From Imbalance to Ideal Hormonal Specimen --
4 High and/or Low Cortisol: Stress Case? Is Life Without Caffeine Not Worth Living? 71 --
5 Low-Progesterone Blues and Progesterone Resistance: Heavy Periods, PMS, Insomnia, and Infertility? 121 --
6 Excess Estrogen: Depressed and Chunky? 150 --
7 Low Estrogen: Are You Dry and Cranky? 178 --
8 Excess Androgens: Do You Have Pimples, Ovarian Cysts, and Rogue Hairs? 205 --
9 Low Thyroid: Weight Gain, Fatigue, and Mood Problems? 231 --
10 Common Combinations of Hormonal Imbalances 263 --
11 Hormonal Nirvana: Staying on Course 286 --
A Gottfried Protocol, by Hormone Imbalance 313 --
B Glossary of Terms 320 --
C Hormones and Their Functions 329 --
D How to Find and Work Collaboratively with Practitioners for Your Hormone Cure 333 --
E Recommended Labs for Home Testing 336 --
F Gottfried Food Plan 337.