The Female Factor: Making women’s health count – and what it means for you (The Food Medic)

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However I felt like it wasn’t detailed enough for me - probably because I didn’t start a with zero knowledge on the different topics.

Full details of your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or your Local Authority's Trading Standards Office. The Female Factor provides methods to protect and maximise your health in positive, affirming steps. Having seen a lot of negative reviews and comments on the excessive recipes ect but I have to disagree. Each chapter guides you through the hormonal milestones most women experience: I explore how nutrition plays a role across our menstrual cycle; how our fitness is shaped by our physical make-up; how our hormones affect our mental health across our lifespan; and how sleep can save your sanity, no matter the day of the month – plus 50 new, nourishing recipes. Here, we explore all aspects of our everyday health including nutrition, medicine, fitness, overall health, and lifestyle.I really enjoyed this book and liked that all of the references are available at the end if I want to have a deeper dive myself. That said, for a visual learner like myself I appreciated the translation of data/cycles etc in visual (and aesthetic! The sale of customised goods or perishable goods, sealed audio or video recordings, or software, which has been opened. Overnight we were all turned into Covid teams – we were all thrown into it together, consultants and graduates, we were all the same. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

For those who are familiar with my work, and previous books, you might be thinking why this book and why now?A lot of this content I already knew but it’s great to be reminded of and explained further in terms that are both engaging and easy to understand. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. She is also a member of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, a founding member and ambassador for Plant Based Health Professionals UK and a Reiki healer. What I got was a glazed over version, and although I agree she cannot give medical advice, to end every paragraph with ‘this may not apply to all women, or seek medical intervention before trying’ isn’t helpful. In 2023, we asked ourselves how we could do better, expand our offering, and continue to provide expert-led articles, masterclasses, and recipes, to help you to become the healthiest version of you!

Whilst the parts of the book that were educational were very well written, easy to understand and I definitely took information on board, I was hoping for deeper knowledge and understand and it seemed a little surface level. Having read the Kindle edition, I do hope to purchase a couple of physical copies when in England next week, for my daughter and a couple of friends who will have missed the marketing! I had to take on a couple of nursing shifts in intensive care – I’m not a trained nurse but you just had to do what was asked of you because there weren’t enough nurses. I'm a girl who juggles two jobs, who loves to lift, who adores real food - and can't resist chocolate. This book brings together everything she has learned, in twenty years of clinical experience with six essential health prescriptions distilled into simple and free, daily habits.For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice center (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). This traffic may have been sent by malicious software, a browser plug-in, or a script that sends automated requests. The male body has always been the default body in clinical medicine, making the assumption that women are just smaller versions of men. A friend recommended this to me after I had a little bit of a grumble about not getting support with a health concern. Hazel Wallace is an empowering and informative book that explores the unique health and wellness considerations for women.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Think of us as your trusted friends sharing healthy insights and prescribing ways to live life to the fullest, fuelled with lots of delicious recipes, empowering workouts, and self-love.Sometimes you may be asked to solve the CAPTCHA if you are using advanced terms that robots are known to use, or sending requests very quickly. Some nice recipes, but that wasn't really my main reason for going for this book in the first place.