- Pages: 224
- Book Size: 6 x 9
- ISBN-13: 9781844097371
- Imprint: Findhorn Press
- On Sale Date: November 14, 2017
- Format: Paperback Book
- Illustrations: 9 b&w illustration
This book shows scientific proof that sprouted foods contain
• Plant oestrogens
• Plant progesterone
• Plant sterols
• Natural detoxifying nutrients.
Plus all the studies on how sprouted foods help
* Menopause symptoms
* Cancer
* heart disease
* osteoporosis
* dementia
* diabetes
* autism
Say no to expensive supplements, changing your whole diet and synthetic hormones. Grow your own HRT the way nature intended--it's quick, cheap and natural--you have nothing to lose.
Introduction
Part One -- Why you should Grow Your Own HRT
Chapter 1 – Why Western Women have such a bad time during menopause
Chapter 2 – The two ways to menopause (and why nobody mentions the second one)
Chapter 3 – The Western Diet versus Eastern Health: is it really that simple?
Chapter 4 – The amazing ways we achieve Hormonal Balance
Chapter 5 – What we thought was going wrong and how we have tried to fix it
Chapter 6 – How we are slowly learning what plant hormones / other phytochemicals can do for us
Chapter 7– How we can mimic traditional diets in modern ways – practical suggestions/scientific research
Chapter 8 – Why grow sprouted greens and beans as HRT – The historical perspective
Part Two -- How to Grow your Own HRT
Chapter 9 – What is bean and seed sprouting, and how can I do it?
Chapter 10 – How to grow Mung, Lentil, Aduki and Chickpea
Chapter 11– How to grow Alfalfa, Broccoli, Radish and Red Clover
Chapter 12 – How to grow Fenugreek and Flax
Chapter 13 – How to grow Cress
Chapter 14 – Troubleshooting
Part Three -- How much to eat, what else to eat, how to self-diagnose
Chapter 15 – How much are you getting already? (foods with plant oestrogen / progesterone)
Chapter 16 – Diagnosing yourself – which plant hormones do you need?
Chapter 17 – Gut bacteria, liver function and other important compounds
Chapter 18 – Synthetic hormones, chemical hormones, what are they, where are they, and why you should avoid them
Part Four -- Plant hormones and prevention of other illnesses
Chapter 19 – Plant hormones and Cancer
Chapter 20 – Plant hormones and Osteoporosis
Chapter 21 – Plant hormones and Dementia
Chapter 22 – Plant Hormones and Heart Disease
Part Five -- Testimonials
Chapter 23 – My menopause diary
Chapter 24 – Kate Tym’s Story
Chapter 25 – Lisa’s Pope’s Story
Chapter 26 – Viryapuspa Nolan’s Story
Chapter 27 – Jenny Allan’s Story
Part Six -- Appendices – A deeper look at some of the issues surrounding menopause
Appendix 1 – The story of Traditional HRT
Appendix 2 – Why research into supplements is so contradictory?
Appendix 3 – What about Bioidentical hormones (aka Biomatching and BHRT)
Appendix 4 – Hard evidence about hormones in the environment; why haven’t they been banned?
Appendix 5 – It’s about the molecules – stupid!
Appendix 6 – The progesterone story
Appendix 7 – Recipes
Afterword - Glossary of terms - Resources