Kathy Smith’s Moving Through Menopause: The Complete Program for Exercise, Nutrition, and Total Wellness
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North Americas leading fitness expert guides women through menopause with this unique and definitive fitness and nutrition program.A presence in the fitness world since the 1980s, Kathy Smith, now 49, has developed a loyal following of women. When she began to experience the symptoms of perimenopause, she developed a diet, nutrition, and lifestyle program to ease themand was so successful, she decided to share it with the millions of other women who are experiencing this stage of life. Kathys Moving Through Menopause program incorporates advice on alleviating the symptoms of perimenopause, strength training, cardiovascular training, yoga, nutrition, stress-reduction tips, information on prevention of diseases like osteoporosis and heart disease, and more.Topics include:Hormonal changes and common symptoms such as hot flashes, irritability, and sleep problems.How to overcome factors that worsen symptoms, like poor diet, inactivity and stress.Checklists and journal exercises to help readers determine where they are on the menopausal time line.Answers to questions about personal risk factors and mental attitudes.Amazon.com Review
Fitness expert Kathy Smith has written a sensitive and smart book about what she calls the “half-time bell,” also known as menopause. Using as examples her own hot flashes, raw nerves, restless nights, and memory misfires, Smith outlines an upbeat, trifaceted program for “taking charge of menopause.” She addresses the three themes of midlife transition: hormonal symptoms such as mood swings and night sweats; the need to reflect and create a deeper meaning; and long-term health issues, specifically heart disease and bone loss. Each theme is explored using examples from Smith’s experience, questionnaires, self-tests, journal writing, and relevant up-to-date information. Smith details dozens of strategies for taking charge–from herbal remedies to hormone replacement, from illustrated strength training workouts to Kegel exercises to keep your sex life active. Her optimistic and sensible suggestions deliver on her promise that menopause can be more than just a set of symptoms. –Barbara Mackoff
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Kathy Smith has always conveyed that a healthy lifestyle includes very few quick fixes. It takes small steps that accumulate to form a healthier body and psyche. Her chapters on exercise are, as always, filled with great pictures and instructions. None of them require that you bend yourself into a pretzel or replicate moves you made in gym class thirty years ago. And her nutrition information is obviously carefully researched. Plus she takes into account “cheating.” A kind and gentle approach to menopause from a kind and gentle lady.
Rating: 5 / 5
Kathy Smith’s Moving Through Menopause: The Complete Program for Exercise, Nutrition, and Total Wellness
The authors’ have done an excellent job of pointing out the importance of maintaining physical, emotional and spiritual health through this trying time in a woman’s life. I particularly liked the suggestions of using herbs as an alternate to hormone therapy. Hormone therapy is an individual affair that should be discussed with one’s one physician and there are extreme pros and cons of hormone therapy - it is not for every woman. Herbs, if selecting the right ones in the right amounts can be an alternative but I would suggest readers consult a qualified herbologist first, rather than experimenting themselves. Some herbs, like any medication, do not mix well.
This book does contain some helpful exercises and self-assessment tests, though I did not find the tests to be terribly beneficial. The book is complete in that it covers all aspects of a woman’s menopausal years; however, my personal preference on this subject is still “The Wisdom of Menopause” by Dr. Christiane Northrup. Kathy Smith’s book appears to be written from personal experience, whereby Northrup’s is based on qualified medical advice. Readers will need to decide for themselves which avenue they wish to follow, personal experience or medical expertise.
Rating: 4 / 5
Kathy Smith’s Moving Through Menopause: The Complete Program for Exercise, Nutrition, and Total Wellness