TABLE OF CONTENTS Forewards Introduction PART I: GETTING ACQUAINTED Life Cycles and Hormone Cycles Chapter 1 Premenopause As a Life Cycle Chapter 2 The Importance of Hormone Balance Chapter 3 The Estrogens: Angels of Life, Angels of Death Chapter 4 Progesterone and Progestins: The Great Balancer and the Great Imposters Chapter 5 How We Got Into Xenohormone Hell and How to Get Out PART II: WHEN YOUR BODY TALKS, LISTEN What's Causing Premenpause Symptoms and How to Treat Them Chapter 6 How to Keep Your Uterus and Save Your Cervix Chapter 7 Cycles, Follicles and Ovaries Chapter 8 PMS: And When She Was Good She Was Very Very Good, and When She Was Bad She Was Horrible Chapter 9 Tired Adrenals Equals a Tired Woman Chapter 10 Other Premenopause Syndrome Symptoms and Solutions Chapter 11 The Dangers of Hormonal Contraceptives Chapter 12 The Relationship of Hormones to Breast Cancer and Other Women's Cancers PART III: THE PREMENOPAUSE BALANCE PROGRAM Practical Steps for Optimal Health Chapter 13 Restoring and Maintaining Balance Chapter 14 How Nutrition Affects Your Hormone Balance Chapter 15 How Exercise Affects Your Hormone Balance Chapter 16 How to Use Natural Progesterone Chapter 17 How to Use Other Natural Hormones