The Menopause Made Simple Program: Maximise Your Lifestyle by Minimising Your Symptoms

by Debra Anderson, Vicky Graham

This complete program incorporates the latest medical research, nutrition information, exercise programs, and discussions about medical intervention and hormone replacement therapies to offer women a way to improve the quality of their lives during menopause. Intended to address the confusion and frustration many women feel when going through this stage of their lives, it acknowledges that certain lifestyle behaviors have positive effects on the relief and prevention of menopausal symptoms, but that many women are still using an ad hoc approach. This lifestyle plan consists of six steps that women can take to treat menopausal symptoms and maximize the quality of their life into the future. Explored are the normal experiences of menopause-what women can and cannot expect will happen in their bodies-and the differences in the symptoms experienced by women going through menopause in different cultures. Included is an easy-to-use action plan and motivational journal to help women put into practice the information they have gained.

240 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

About the author

An award-winning writer, playwright, and filmmaker, Debra Anderson is the recipient of the Writers' Trust of Canada's prestigious third annual Dayne Ogilvie Grant for an emerging gay Canadian author for a body of work. She is a graduate of the York University Creative Writing Program. Her novel, Code White was supported by the Ontario Arts Council Writers' Reserve Program and the work of her current work-in-progress has been supported by both the Ontario Arts Council Writers' Works in Progress Grant and the Ontario Arts Council Writers' Reserve Program.