Everything I Know About Hormones: Six Steps to Optimal Health and Happiness

by Hannah Alderson

“MC's Approved Products To Help Your Hormone Balancing Journey” – Marie Claire

“Realistic, uplifting, and most importantly joyful” – HELLO! Magazine

Puberty, pregnancy, perimenopause, and all that happens in between – our lives are shaped by our hormones.

Drawing on the latest scientific research alongside her own experiences, hormone expert and BANT-registered nutritionist Hannah Alderson demystifies the world of hormones and shows you the transformative impact that simple lifestyle changes can make to your everyday health and wellbeing.

From periods to hot flushes, low energy to high stress, and cortisol triggers to serotonin boosts, Alderson shares her simple six-step plan to improve nutrition, sleep, and movement, with smart solutions that fit into your routine to give you results that last.

Understand how your hormones workBuild a healthy hormone habitat Unlock solutions for countless health challenges, including weight fluctuations, mood swings, PCOS, endometriosis, hyperthyroidism, and PMDD
Full of wisdom, candour, and kindness, this book gives you everything you need to nurture your hormones, boost energy, gain body confidence, feel happier, and transform your health.

This book is for every woman. Most importantly, it is for you.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction

221 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 1, 2025

Reviews

[Tilly · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

A really interesting and informative read. Well thought out and researched. It holds a lot of useful information which I wish I had been given at school.
I like to think I am pretty well informed due to reading a lot of women's health books and suffering from severe endometriosis, adenomyosis and fibromyalgia. However, I still learnt a lot from this book. It's well written and easy to understand.

My main critique is the third section "The Positive Method" which looks into food, exercise and sleep to help regulate your hormones...it doesn't take having chronic illness or disability into consideration at all. Although PCOS/PMOS is mentioned a lot in the book, it doesn't really mean the author thought of anyone but able bodied people in this section. "Move more" - I physically cannot due to excruciating pain. "Eat organic/these expensive foods" - I am not flush with cash. "Do these things to sleep better" - pain wakes me up constantly anyway so I will get it whenever I can.
I think a paragraph or small section recognising this would have been good.

Also I must say that life is way too short for me to reduce my sugar and carb intake so much and to not eat ready made food sometimes (especially when often due to pain it's eat a ready meal or don't eat at all). It's about balance which Hannah Alderson does recognise but I think she could have looked at this from not just an able bodied way.

However despite my annoyance on that, this book is very interesting and a great, well structured read and I will recommend it to many people!

[Iona · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this to help my understanding of nutrition and hormones, I have found it really helpful already! Going to go through it with a highlighter! Also love how it’s been put together, the cover and how it’s been written! I’d recommend to anyone wanting to learn about their hormones and wellbeing!

[Kate Blinova · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s a great book for someone like me who doesn’t know much about hormones. I also find her diet tips really helpful

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing revelatory, but gorgeously produced and always simply wonderful to hear about how everything women do negatively impact their bodies. In spite of that, the book does a good job of leaving you comforted.

[Livia Van workum · Rating 5 out of 5]

its a dense read, but lots of great info and I liked hearing the nitty gritty about everything's purpose

[FH · Rating 4 out of 5]

so interesting, will need to read it instead of listening to it to register better the technical terms

[Hayley Rubino · Rating 5 out of 5]

So incredibly helpful and connective. I am so grateful for this book!

[Anja K · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really great book! Will have to reread in order to take notes :)

[Varvara Alderman · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF but marking as read. 5 stars for the first 50% of the book and 1 star for the second half.
The book presents a great overview of the endocrine system and hormones and speaks on issues related to hormones such as PCOS.
The book then goes on to discuss nutrition, supplements, exercise and stress avoidance. It has a bit of a toxic positivity approach and completely ignores that it is challenging to follow all the advice in the book (it reads very much like "you're depressed? Have you tried not being sad?"). When discussing vitamins and minerals, it doesn't go into side effects of taking these supplements or provide any caution even though there is data supporting such need.
Overall, if you need foundational information on hormonal system, I highly recommend the first half of the book, but wouldn't recommend continuing past that point.

[Fanny M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutement toutes les femmes devraient le lire!!! Et d’ailleurs, même les hommes et certains personnels de soin de santé!!!

[J. Barnabas · Rating 5 out of 5]

An empowering and refreshingly practical guide that transforms the way women understand and support their hormones turning frustration into balance, energy, and lasting well-being.









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[Nutan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is meant to make profit. It is good for beginners, but not for the people who know about hormones even 10%.

[B J · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insightful and ultimately helpful. It’s not dumbed down but still remains digestible. I loved the look of the book and layout really helped make all the information easier to absorb.