Anna Cabeca

Author of The Hormone Fix

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As a gynecologist who treats thousands of women with PCOS, Dr. Felice Gersh is certainly the absolute authority on the subject. She brings clarity and concise direction to such a confusing and overwhelming issue that many women are diagnosed with. I highly recommend her book and it is something that I want every PCOS patient to read. (from Amazon)

10% of all women have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. It the most common female endocrine disorder and cause of female infertility in the world. If you have PCOS and want to have a baby, you need this plan. Renowned PCOS expert, Dr. Felice Gersh has turned her groundbreaking book, PCOS SOS, into a 12-week fertility program. Healthy babies start with healthy mothers. Instead of rushing into fertility treatments, Dr. Gersh shows how you can use diet and lifestyle to get truly, deeply, wonderfully healthy and how this naturally restores female fertility. This is the guide for women with PCOS who want to get pregnant, naturally or through IVF, and lower their risk of miscarriage and pregnancy complications. In 12 life-changing weeks, Dr. Gersh will help you: Lower inflammation. Improve insulin sensitivity. Lose weight. Balance your hormones. Remove toxins and endocrine disruptors from your food and home. The PCOS SOS Fertility Fast Track is a proven plan to heal PCOS naturally, restore female rhythms, and dramatically increase fertility.

Recommended by Anna Cabeca

The next best thing to actually living there, The Mediterranean Method gives you all of the flavors and ingredients of the healthiest region in the world, but none of the deprivation you might associate with a ‘diet.’ Dr. Masley is an expert clinician, physician and foodie, ensuring that his plan will deliciously improve the lives of all! (from Amazon)

From a bestselling author and physician, this fresh approach to the Mediterranean diet—repeatedly ranked #1 by U.S. News and World Report—helps readers lose weight and improve the health of their heart, brain, gut, and microbiome. “A superb, comprehensive, and easy-to-read book on nutritional healing.”—Stephen Sinara, M.D., bestselling author of The Sinatra Solution From southern Italy, Sardinia, and France to Spain, Greece, and Northern Africa the Mediterranean region is synonymous with sparkling azure waters and clear blue skies. It’s also home to most of the world’s longest-lived and vibrantly healthy people. The Mediterranean eating style—abundant seafood, vegetables, fruits, beans and nuts; lots of olive oil; a wide variety of herbs and spices; and even dark chocolate and red wine—has been scientifically proven to maintain a healthy gut and healthy weight, thereby reducing your risk for heart disease, dementia, memory loss, and many cancers in the process. Taking this famously healthy and life-enhancing “prescription” one step further, Dr. Steven Masley—renowned physician, nutritionist, bestselling author, and trained chef—offers all the flavors and benefits of the Mediterranean diet, but with a “skinny” twist: he focuses on delicious ingredients with a low-glycemic load. Including 50 recipes for food everyone at the table will love—from hearty breakfasts, crowd-pleasing appetizers, soups, and sides, to family-style salads, memorable main meals, and irresistible desserts—The Mediterranean Method is a revolutionary program for losing weight and maintaining the amazing health you regain. Slim down and protect your heart, your brain, and your healthy longevity—all while you enjoy the amazing bounty, variety, and joy of Mediterranean cooking!

Recommended by Anna Cabeca

This is an urgently needed book everyone should read now. Our health and immune function truly depend on us getting off of sugar and improving alkalinity as Dr. Daryl Gioffre shares. This elemental necessity is essential for our willpower and to empower us to make good choices in our daily lives every day. (from Amazon)

In his first book, Dr. Daryl Gioffre taught us how to fight inflammation by getting off unhealthy, highly acidic foods. Now, he’s targeted sugar—because when you break your sugar addiction, you cut out a major contributor to inflammation, brain fog, aging, and chronic disease. You’ll go from stress eating to strength eating with Dr. Gioffre’s life-changing plan: Phase 1: Weed—7 days to detox your mind, body, and diet Phase 2: Seed—21 days to crush your cravings Phase 3: Feed—A lifetime of satisfying, strengthening eating With tips for customizing the plan, including using clean keto and intermittent fasting to tune up your metabolism, and sixty-five craving-stopping recipes, Get Off Your Sugar is your guide to turning your body into a strength-eating, energy-filled, acid-kicking machine.

Recommended by Anna Cabeca

This is a groundbreaking, must-read book, right on target with what I have found about women’s brains. As we age it is critical for us to act aggressively in promoting not just our health but our brain health through lifestyle. I highly recommend it! (from Amazon)

The instant New York Times bestseller! "In The XX Brain, Lisa meticulously guides us in the ways we can both nourish and protect ourselves, body and mind, to ensure our brains remain resilient throughout our lives." --from the foreword by Maria Shriver The first book to address cognitive enhancement and Alzheimer's prevention specifically in women--and to frame brain health as an essential component of Women's Health. In this revolutionary book, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, director of the Women's Brain Initiative at Weill Cornell Medical College, provides women with the first plan to address the unique risks of the female brain. Until now, medical research has focused on "bikini medicine," assuming that women are essentially men with breasts and tubes. Yet women are far more likely than men to suffer from anxiety, depression, migraines, brain injuries, and strokes. They are also twice as likely to end their lives suffering from Alzheimer's disease, even when their longer lifespans are taken into account. But in the past, the female brain has received astonishingly little attention and was rarely studied by medical researchers-- resulting in a wealth of misinformation about women's health. The XX Brain confronts this crisis by revealing how the two powerful X chromosomes that distinguish women from men impact the brain first and foremost and by focusing on a key brain-protective hormone: estrogen. Taking on all aspects of women's health, including brain fog, memory lapses, depression, stress, insomnia, hormonal imbalances, and the increased risk of dementia, Dr. Mosconi introduces cutting-edge, evidence-based approaches to protecting the female brain, including a specific diet proven to work for women, strategies to reduce stress, and useful tips for restorative sleep. She also examines the controversy about soy and hormonal replacement therapy, takes on the perils of environmental toxins, and examines the role of our microbiome. Perhaps best of all, she makes clear that it is never too late to take care of yourself. The XX Brain is a rallying cry for women to have full access to information regarding what is going on in their brains and bodies as well as a roadmap for the path to optimal, lifelong brain health.