Hormone Deception - Paperback

by D. Lindsey Berkson (Author)

How Our Environment (Home, Office, Food, Air and Water) Deceives our Hormones- and How to Protect Yourself and Your Family. In a poetic entertaining voice, learn the truth about plastics, pesticides, and the myriad chemicals we are exposed to daily. Discover what they might be doing to us, our children and their children - and what do to about it. Discover how hormones deliver email in our bodies Internet system and how chemicals in the environment are hijacking this communication in some of us. Hormone Deception delivers the science linking childrens' brain health, attention disorders, hyperactivity, and over response to stress, to these exposures. Mother's around the world are saying "what is wrong with our children". Learn about the environment/breast cancer link and what to do about it, and also the importance of daily detoxification, foods & nutrients. This book tells the story of how the outside environment is getting into our inside cellular communication system, how this may affect our health. But this is a breakthrough book that then goes on to explain how to decrease exposure in our homes, foods, showers, offices, and even garages. Learn the top 12 foods you must buy organic, and what organic really means. This book tells the whole story on plastics. With all this jammed packed vital information (464 pages) to keep you and your family safe, this book is an easy and exhilarating read making science come alive. It is not a doomsday message. Get empowered by reading this exceptional piece of detailed, scientifically cited authorship.

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Experts proclaim "Hormone Deception" a must-read:

"In" Hormone Deception," Lindsey Berkson makes a compelling case for another reason to avoid a diet rich in animal fats, as these are most likely to contain hormone disruptors. Highly recommended."
--Dean Ornish, M.D., author of "Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease" and "Love and Survival"

"A wake-up call for the twenty-first century similar to Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"! This book is absolutely essential reading for everyone who wants to reduce their exposure to the unsuspected new breed of toxins in everyday life--hormone disruptors."
--Ann Louise Gittleman, N.D., C.N.S., author of "Eat Fat, Lose Weight" and "The Fat-Flush Diet"

Undetected intruders are lurking in our homes and affecting our health, intelligence, fertility, and even behavior. These "intruders" are hormone disruptors--substances from everyday foods and products that masquerade as hormones and deceive our bodies' delicate hormonal signaling systems.

In "Hormone Deception," Lindsey Berkson reveals where hormone disruptors come from and how they affect adults, kids, and unborn children. And she provides hope for better health with easy, practical ways to minimize your family's exposure to these dangerous substances.

In "Hormone Deception," you will learn: How hormonal messages from outside our bodies may be playing a vital role in our children's behavior, our fertility, and our overall health The danger areas of a typical home and how to reduce the presence of hormone disruptors in those areas Common foods and household products that have the highest and lowest amounts of hormone disruptors Why scientists do not microwavefood in plastic containers or with plastic cling wrap

Author Biography

Berkson has been a recognized authority in the fields of nutrition and hormones within the research arena, in clinical practice, and as a lecturer and educator of experts from many fields. She is known for connecting-the-dots of research from top scientists, making complex information understandable, and linking it to practical-to-do steps we can take in our homes, offices, as well as choices in our foods and nutrients. Berkson has trained many doctors of all professions and has authored numerous books (3 others on hormones), designed the first-ever natural non-hormonal supplement for doctors to prescribe to patients, has a master's degree in nutrition, several higher nutritional board certifications, and has been a participating scholar at a science driven think tank at Tulane and Xavier Universities, specializing in emergent research on estrogen.