The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts

4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars | 1,767 ratings

Price: 14.99

Last update: 12-25-2024


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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage—by the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet.

A NEW YORK POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Menopause is inevitable, but suffering through it is not! This is the empowering approach to self-advocacy that pioneering women’s health advocate Dr. Mary Claire Haver takes for women in the midst of hormonal change in The New Menopause. A comprehensive, authoritative book of science-backed information and lived experience, it covers every woman's needs:

• From changes in your appearance and sleep patterns to neurological, musculoskeletal, psychological, and sexual issues, a comprehensive A to Z toolkit of science-backed options for coping with symptoms.
• What to do to mediate the risks associated with your body's natural drop in estrogen production, including for diabetes, dementia, Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and weight gain.
• How to advocate and prepare for annual midlife wellness visits, including questions for your doctor and how to insist on whole life care.
• The very latest research on the benefits and side effects of hormone replacement therapy.

Arming women with the power to secure vibrant health and well-being for the rest of their lives, The New Menopause is sure to become the bible of midlife wellness for present and future generations.

From the Publisher

Making menopause make sense

A toolkit of solutions for your symptoms

Everything your doctor forgot to mention (or didn’t know) about menopause

The facts about hormone therapy


Top reviews from the United States

  • Rebecca S. Borges
    5.0 out of 5 stars Changing the Way You Think About Midlife and Beyond
    Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024
    his is an absolute must-read for anyone navigating the complexities of menopause!!

    I was not prepared for perimenopause or menopause. I went through both with absolutely no assistance from my medical providers or conversations with friends. In looking back on that misadventure I can see why I nearly lost my mind. A lot has changed in 10 years... and menopause is FINALLY a topic hitting mainstream media. It's about time.

    I applaud doctors like Dr. Mary Claire Haver, who are creating comprehensive guides (she is the creator of "The Galveston Diet" which I read and follow) for women managing transition. This is a must read, for all OB/Gyn's, women, and men. Become more knowledgeable about the most important property you will ever own, your body!!

    Dr. Haver provides a a way forward to this inevitable hormonal change with clarity, compassion, and citings of comprehensive research.

    There is more than one treatment option to deal with the what feels like hundreds of symptoms. While I could have used all this info during at the beginning of my own journey, it is still helpful now. AND even more importantly, I can help women younger than me feel empowered to thrive through this transition... unlike me, who barely survived it.

    If there is a women in your life over the age of 35 purchase this book for her on her next birthday. It's never to soon to be educated about your health.
  • Michelle B
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great informational book
    Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2024
    This has been a great informational and reference book for my perimenopause symptoms. It was a good read with lots of examples and explanation.
  • Marsha
    5.0 out of 5 stars Omg, everyone over the age of 20 needs to read this book
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2024
    If you can’t afford the book, please follow Mary Claire Haver on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, wherever you can find her. Because she has more knowledge and information about menopause and perimenopause than any gynecologist I have ever seen in the last 30 years. I learned more from this woman in two weeks that I should’ve been told literally when I became a teenager. By the way, if you reach out to her, you can actually get an appointment with her because she still practicing in Austin Texas. And she does see new patients occasionally. This book is amazing. Buy it if you can, but if you can’t be sure you follow her on social media because She is amazing and a godsend to my life. Also, she’s just a wonderful human being. Overall, he’s going through her own challenges and heartbreaking situations. We all need someone like her in our life.
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    Marsha
    5.0 out of 5 stars Omg, everyone over the age of 20 needs to read this book
    Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2024
    If you can’t afford the book, please follow Mary Claire Haver on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, wherever you can find her. Because she has more knowledge and information about menopause and perimenopause than any gynecologist I have ever seen in the last 30 years. I learned more from this woman in two weeks that I should’ve been told literally when I became a teenager. By the way, if you reach out to her, you can actually get an appointment with her because she still practicing in Austin Texas. And she does see new patients occasionally. This book is amazing. Buy it if you can, but if you can’t be sure you follow her on social media because She is amazing and a godsend to my life. Also, she’s just a wonderful human being. Overall, he’s going through her own challenges and heartbreaking situations. We all need someone like her in our life.
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  • J. Pers
    5.0 out of 5 stars Every woman should read this
    Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2024
    Don't think you're too young to think about menopause, it's happening whether you like it or not eventually, and it starts wayyy earlier than you thought!
    This book, is amazing. Not only does Doctor Haver clearly give facts, separating facts from fiction, but she also does a tremendous job explaining in detail what is happening, why it's happening and what you can do about it.
    Each chapter starts with a short personal experience from women all over, and that really helps to validate the reader that it is NOT in your head, and that you are not alone if you've been dismissed or even misdiagnosed by doctors before.
    Seriously, every single woman needs to read this book and be proactive and prepared to advocate for her health and future. Menopause is inevitable, suffering through it is not!
  • Connie Strasheim
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Info. On HRT, Inaccurate Info. On Functional Medicine Treatments
    Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2024
    This book has great information on HRT options for women in menopause, which I really appreciated. Not enough doctors know how to treat women who are suffering through menopause, so this book is an important tool for many women out there who have not found help through the conventional medical approach to menopause. I congratulate the author for her wonderful work, and for bringing this information to light.

    That said - she lost a bit of credibility in my eyes when she stated that things like subclinical hypothyroidism is rare, as are vitamin deficiencies, and that functional medicine doctors only treat women for things like toxins and infections to balance their hormones. Well, the truth is, hormone imbalances are due to toxins and infections, as well as menopause.

    And, Hypothyroidism is not rare, it's extremely common and it contributes to symptoms of menopause. So detoxifying the body and treating hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue (since the adrenals take over hormone production when the ovaries stop producing hormones) - are integral components of recovery in my mind. Along with hormone replacement therapy, of course.

    I've authored, co-authored, or ghostwritten over 20 medical books, and I feel that a bit more of a comprehensive approach than what is mentioned in this book is warranted, such as attention to the hormones that are not directly involved in menopause, but which can influence menopausal symptoms (by the way, thyroid labs are inaccurate much of the time because they don't reveal what the cells are using, only what's in the blood). A few herbs or an anti-depressant are not the best solutions for depression and anxiety, and eating a diet containing whole grains will not help you to lose weight.

    Still, the author's information on sex hormone replacement is very good, but I feel that she needs to understand other aspects of integrative and functional medicine better - such as the relationship between adrenal steroid and thyroid hormones and menopause, and other things that are making people's hormones imbalanced these days - before making claims that vitamin deficiencies are rare or that detoxification doesn't help the body to heal. It makes me wonder if she has been influenced by Big Pharma, which rejects anything alternative in medicine, or her publisher (as my experience has been that large publishers are afraid to publish anything that goes against the conventional medical establishment's agenda).

    In nations where environmental toxicity is not so much of a problem, menopausal symptoms are rare. So removing toxins is important as well, because toxins block and damage hormone receptors on cells, skew hormone production, and cause inflammation that affects hormones, among many other things.
  • Reem A.
    5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant reference
    Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2024
    A great reference book. Very easy to read. A must read!
  • Jennifer E. Johnson
    5.0 out of 5 stars It’s a must!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2024
    My psychiatrist actually recommended this book. It is life changing. More information than I could have ever gotten from my GYN. Not that she’s not great but she’d never had had the time to explain all of this. The author is highly respected in her field. Well worth the money. I’d have needed eight appointments with my GYN. This is cheaper and better. Brought up excellent questions I needed to ask my GYN. This is one everyone Perimenopausal or menopausal should read this.

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