BOOK REVIEW — — “Dr. Colbert’s Hormone Health Zone: Lose Weight, Restore Energy, Feel 25 Again!” by Dr. Don Colbert -

Debunking the controversies around hormone therapy, Dr. Don Colbert provides all the information readers need to transform their health and prevent the diseases associated with aging through “optimizing” their hormone levels.

In his new book, Dr. Colbert’s Hormone Health Zone, this family practice physician, anti-aging expert, and bestselling author reveals that instead of balancing hormones, you can optimize them to address the root cause of many diseases and ailments brought on with aging. He divulges how everything from diabetes to heart disease to high cholesterol to hypertension can be attributed to suboptimal hormone levels. By bringing hormone levels up to the top end of normal — the levels they were when they were in their twenties — his patients’ lingering symptoms disappeared and, instead, they lose weight, have energy and vitality, and feel great.

Dr. Colbert addresses the causes of past hormone confusion and emphasizes that the national studies reporting on the dangers of hormone treatment, especially estrogen for women and testosterone for men, based their faulty findings on synthetic hormones that have indeed been found to cause cancer. He emphasizes that hormone treatment should only involve natural and bioidentical hormones. And, because most doctors don’t treat hormone issues, or wait until hormone levels are lower than what’s considered “normal” range, Dr. Colbert shares online directories for finding doctors who specialize in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. Short of this, Dr. Colbert’s Hormone Health Zone spells out the particular blood tests needed to pinpoint each hormone level and recommends that everyone over age 40 test their hormone levels annually.

In his book, Dr. Colbert relays turn-around stories from his patients, provides questions and answer sections, offers at-a-glance lists and devotes individual chapters to each hormone and how it relates to health for both men and women. The result is a comprehensive guide for taking action that will lead to achieving the long, healthy and vibrant lives we all wish for.

To learn more, visit hormonehealthbook.com.