THE HORMONE SHIFT

The goop hormone authority breaks through negative assumptions and offers an empowering new approach to taking charge of hormone shifts through every stage of a woman's life - especially menopause.

So many women are struggling with hormonal changes and suffering in silence because they are either too embarrassed to ask any questions or are dismissed once they have the courage to do so. Dr. Taz thinks it's high time for menopause to get a rebranding, and if anyone has the credentials and expertise to shed light on what's happening with your hormones and how to ease symptoms, it's Dr. Tasneem Bhatia, a physician specializing in integrative and functional medicine with an appealing east-meets-west approach to women's health.

In Eastern medicine, hormone levels are regarded as a sort of fluid continuum that you have a lot of control over: through your diet, how you sleep, how you take care of yourself, and how you manage stress. Hormonal stages aren't considered a start-and-stop point - they ebb and flow throughout a woman's life. Through this lens, Dr. Taz shows women that menopause is not an ending, it's simply a shift. THE HORMONE SHIFT breaks down what is happening behind the scenes in a woman's body and explains how to prepare for whatever is coming next, and offers plans to keep the body in balance and minimize unwanted symptoms. Dr. Taz uses the wisdom of eastern modalities like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine and integrates modern medical treatments for specialized acute care. There's so much that women can do in the years leading up to perimenopause and menopause to prepare their bodies for the changes ahead, and make the shift smoother than they ever thought possible.

Tasneem Bhatia, M.D., is a board-certified physician specializing in integrative and emergency medicine, pediatrics and prevention, with expertise in women's health, weight loss, and nutrition. She is the author of Super Woman RX, What Doctors Eat, and The 21-Day Belly Fix and the host of RadioMD's The Dr. Taz Show: The Super Woman's Whole Health Fix podcast. She has been featured in such media outlets as The Dr. Oz Show, TODAY, Access Hollywood, Good Morning America, and The Doctors. She is a contributing editor to Prevention magazine and an assistant professor at Emory University. She lives in Georgia.