The Best New Women's Health Books To Read In 2025

Women’s period health is often relegated when it comes to research dollars and attention by doctors. Even worse, conventional medicine can end up making women feel worse instead of better! But there are many more options for optimizing your menstrual health than you may know and many of these start with food, nutrients, and safe herbal supplements as natural medicine. Gain freedom from your period issues by using natural approaches by reading this all-encompassing hormone and uterine health book. Topics in this period book include:.

PMS, PCOS, heavy periods, painful periods, uterine fibroidsNatural options for special conditions like Mittelschmerz, endometriosis, and menstrual migrainesHormone balance diet for women’s health, and when and how to seek helpPerimenopause and menopausal strategies400+ National Library of Medicine references30+ hormone-healing recipes and numerous herbal uses for womenThis book is my life’s passion because like many of you, I have struggled with my periods and their consequences for most of my life. I will share with you what has worked for me, how I had to find the answers the hard way, the science to back these solutions up, and how the current Medical-Industrial complex doesn’t always acknowledge these safe and natural options. Heidi Moretti, MS, RD has a 25-year career as a tenacious nutritionist, researcher, and bestselling author that fights the ongoing dogmatic practices that exclude natural medicines. Her goal in life as an author is to disseminate nutrition and natural medicine research that is rarely seen and discussed by mainstream media or conventional medicine practitioners.

If you feel tired and hungry all the time—and can’t lose weight—insulin resistance and metabolic inflexibility could be why. Through a compassionate lens, Metabolism Repair for Women explores how both eating behavior and energy expenditure are not under conscious control. Instead, they’re subject to the brain’s regulatory mechanism. And if you have metabolic dysfunction (i.e., insulin resistance, hypoglycemia, and/or weight gain), it’s because something is amiss with that regulatory mechanism. (This is the same book as The Metabolism Reset, available in Australia.).

As a solution, the book provides a 10-step plan for identifying your personal metabolic obstacles, such as hormonal issues, digestive problems, ultra-processed food, chronic stress, and medications. It then offers actionable strategies for overcoming those obstacles and explains why a simple intervention like fixing your gut can reverberate through your entire system to feel less hungry and burn more energy. Written by a naturopathic doctor with more than 25 years of experience, the book contains up-to-date research, patient stories, and practical advice. It’s your reality-based guide to repairing your metabolism and reclaiming health. Praise for Metabolism Repair for Women. "With in-depth knowledge, clinical experience, and compassion, Lara Briden guides us through our metabolic and mindset challenges." ~ Dr. Libby Weaver. "This book is a must for women everywhere." ~ Dr. Stacy Sims. "Lara Briden effortlessly untangles one of the most complex and (often) shame-laden aspects of women's health. The metabolism repair resource I've been waiting for." ~ clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Faisandier.

An inclusive and essential new resource for reproductive health―including period problems, pelvic pain, menopause, fertility, sexual health, vaginal and urinary conditions, and overall wellbeing―from leading expert and fierce advocate Dr. Karen Tang. Did you know that up to 90% of women experience menstrual abnormalities or pelvic issues in their lifetime? Yet these conditions are overwhelmingly misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or dismissed.

The root causes for these issues, such as PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian cysts, PMDD, or pelvic floor dysfunction, don’t receive the stream of funding for research and new treatments that other conditions do, despite affecting up to half the population. Dr. Karen Tang is on a mission to transform how we engage with our bodies and our healthcare. It’s Not Hysteria is a comprehensive guide to common conditions and potential treatment options, with practical tools such as symptom prompts and sample questions for your provider, to equip readers to take control of their gynecologic health. Reproductive healthcare, from abortion to gender-affirming care, is under siege. The onus continues to fall on patients to find and advocate for the care they need. In the face of uncertainty and misinformation, It’s Not Hysteria is destined to become a new classic that educates and empowers women and those assigned female at birth.