- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong (1 April 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0738211648
- ISBN-13: 978-0738211640
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.4 x 2.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 866,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Midwest Book Review", 8/08
"Reveals how to manage a body's weekly hormonal shifts to best advantage...Any women's health collection will find this an intriguing, hopeful study."
"Reveals how to manage a body's weekly hormonal shifts to best advantage...Any women's health collection will find this an intriguing, hopeful study."
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This groundbreaking new book by a leading gynaecologist explains the surprising secrets of managing your weekly hormonal changes to your best advantage.All women have it, but they may never have stopped to think about it before - it is the one week of the month that you feel great about yourself, confident and together, more sensual and receptive to others, when your hair shines and your skin glows. Naming this phenomenon for the first time, and combining cutting edge medical information with practical advice, Dr. Rebecca Booth shows women not simply the best time to try to become pregnant (or avoid a pregnancy), but how to improve each week of their cycle by managing their bodies' changes to their best advantage.The complexities of the hormonal cycle can seem like a mystery. But once women come to understand-and own-the regular fluctuations, they can begin to feel less like victims of their hormones and more in the proverbial driver's seat. Once women learn the secret of "The Venus Week", they will be able to work with the ebb and flow of their hormones, improving their moods, energy level, sex life, fertility, and more. A lens through which to envision their daily, weekly, and monthly lives, women can use "The Venus Week" to channel that feel-good-look-good phenomenon and make it work for them - not only during those 5-7 days, but all month long.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Viva la Venus!!
1 May 2008
Format:Hardcover
This book is easy to read, well-researched and chock full of information for women of all ages... from pubescence to menopause and beyond. Using attractive metaphors borrowed from Roman mythology, Dr. Booth explains the facts our mothers never told us about our hormone changes, both monthly, cyclicly, and the "macro" changes that occur throughout our lives. She explains with freshness the hormonal dance that occurs during the "Venus" week, which creates a testosterone-fueled libido spike just prior to ovulation -- every month... critical information for young girls coming of age. For women in their 20's and 30's, she offers advice on enhancing fertility ... on how to identify the physiologic signs of the "venus" or ovulatory phase... how to understand better and manage the two-week "minerva" phase post-ovulation. The later chapters on peri-menopause and beyond contribute positively to the national discussion about HRT, adding wisdom and fresh data to a subject often viewed with aversion or reluctance. Throughout this lively read are nutritional, health and beauty tips -- as they relate to the hormonal interplay; particularly current is Dr. Booth's advice about eating... and she offers innovative recipes that align with the "Venus" lifestyle, that are nutritious (low-carb, high fiber, high in nutrients) but also taste good! Overall, an insightful, well-informed celebration of Venus... of womanhood.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A Handbook For Womanhood -- that all men should read!
2 May 2008
Format:Hardcover
My wife handed me "The Venus Week" and said, "Read this." When I finished the book, I wished I had read it years ago, for it gave me an enormous appreciation for my wife -- and all women. Much of what I find to be puzzling about women is made imaginable and within my grasp through the clear and insightful writing of Dr. Booth. She moves "hormonal" from the pejorative to the descriptive; offering the magical interplay of a woman's hormones as something to be celebrated rather than endured -- or ridiculed. If I had a daughter, I would want her to read this book, and I would want her to know that I had read it, so she would know that I do have a framework for understanding her. This book is far more than a medical thesis on female hormones -- though it is grounded in sound scholarship. It is a handbook for womanhood. I recommend it to every man.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Interesting read!
1 May 2008
Format:Hardcover
I picked this book up on the new releases table at Borders and ended up walking straight to the cashier. It wasn't at all what the cover suggested to me at first, but I couldn't put it down. I hope my 16-year old daughter will read it! Vital stuff for a hormonal teen!!!
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