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This is a book you will want to keep close by. It is a comforting reference resource for natural, drug-free alternatives to know about and consider for healthy everyday supplementation or when traditional medicine is not finding answers.

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Diététique

Santé du quotidien

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Diet

Health

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Nutrition

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	15 juin 2012
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781591203292
Langue	English

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THE V ITAMIN C URE
for Women’s Health Problems
H ELEN S AUL C ASE
A NDREW W. S AUL , P H .D.,
SERIES EDITOR
The information contained in this book is based upon the research and personal and professional experiences of the authors. It is not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician or other healthcare provider. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should be done under the direction of a healthcare professional.
The publisher does not advocate the use of any particular healthcare protocol but believes the information in this book should be available to the public. The publisher and authors are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of the suggestions, preparations, or procedures discussed in this book. Should the reader have any questions concerning the appropriateness of any procedures or preparation mentioned, the authors and the publisher strongly suggest consulting a professional healthcare advisor.
Basic Health Publications, Inc.
28812 Top of the World Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949–715-7327 • www.basichealthpub.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available through the Library of Congress.

ISBN-13: 978–15912027-4–5
Copyright © 2012 by Helen Saul Case
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the copyright owner.
Editor: Karen Anspach
Typesetting/Book design: Gary A. Rosenberg
Cover design: Mike Stromberg
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.
Introduction
Chapter 1. No Boys Allowed
Chapter 2. PMS and Other Period-Related Problems
Chapter 3. Yeast Infections
Chapter 4. Bacterial Vaginosis
Chapter 5. Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, Oh My!
Chapter 6. Problems with the Pill and Other Forms of Hormonal Birth Control
Chapter 7. Urinary Tract Infections
Chapter 8. Endometriosis
Chapter 9. Infertility: Trouble Getting and Staying Pregnant
Chapter 10. Sex Drive: Wait … What?
Chapter 11. Menopause: Before, During, and After
Chapter 12. Protect Yourself from Cancer
Chapter 13. Be Your Own Best Doctor
References
About the Author
A CKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to Ryan, for whose constant love and support I am intensely grateful.
Thanks to both of my parents for their bravery: they dared to raise healthy children with optimal nutrition, megavitamin therapy, and common sense, and by doing so gave me the confidence to doctor myself.
Thanks to Dr. Carolyn Dean, who by her own example through her work and dedication in the field of natural healing, inspired me to enjoy the ride.
Thanks to Robert G. Smith and other editorial review board members of the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service for kind permission to use material from their many news releases.
And thanks again to my father, who always encouraged me to put my words onto paper, and without whom this project would not have been possible.
F OREWORD
When you see your doctor for a health problem, you have an expectation that she or he will help you. However, in a typical seven-minute HMO appointment, you barely have time to get comfortable enough to state your concerns. And forget it if you have three or four symptoms. A doctor will often cut you off after the second problem and tell you to come back for another appointment. But what if all those symptoms are connected and the doctor isn’t taking the time to connect the dots? What if poor nutrition is the underlying factor? What if stress is a major concern in your life, causing lots of physical symptoms? If your doctor doesn’t understand what’s happening in your life, he or she will likely put you on prescription medications instead of counseling you about stress and giving you natural approaches to deal with your symptoms.
What’s the most common reaction to drugs? Side effects. Then you are on a prescription drug roller coaster, treating drug side effects with more drugs. Even worse, studies show that most doctors are unable to recognize drug side effects.
Doctors are trained to diagnose disease and treat disease symptoms with drugs. They see symptoms as evidence of disease and they see disease as something that needs to be eradicated with drugs. Preventive medicine to them often means batteries of blood tests and expensive imaging to find early signs of disease. Doctors learn nothing about nutrition, nutrients, or stress management in medical school. In fact, in my training we were warned about the “quackery” of such things as vitamin therapy and herbal remedies. But now I know better. As a physician for over thirty years, I have found the opposite to be true: natural remedies are safe and effective. It is pharmaceuticals that are not.
Luckily for herself, and for us, Helen Saul Case experienced nutritional medicine at work early in her life as she was growing up. But then she confronted allopathic medicine when she left home. She ran up against doctors who don’t have time, don’t listen, don’t know anything about natural remedies, and just reach for the prescription pad. So she decided to look into matters for herself and found that the doctors’ drugs were worse than the illnesses. Her reaction was to write this book, The Vitamin Cure for Women’s Health Problems. She has tapped into a vast body of research and clinical evidence to show that diet, supplements, and natural remedies work, and work well. And you do not just have to take her word for it, for she has provided hundreds of scientific references for substantiation.
Within these pages, Helen writes about her experiences in an engaging manner that speaks directly to you and your needs. Using this book, you can have the best of both worlds. If you wish, you can go to your doctor and use his or her diagnostic tests to find out what’s wrong … and then use natural alternatives to treat the symptoms.
Do not be misled into thinking that a doctor who gives you seven minutes knows what’s best for you. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions. Helen’s book offers a way for you to get in touch with your body and take responsibility for your own health. You’ll be happy you took her advice.
Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.
I NTRODUCTION
“When in doubt, try nutrition first.”
—R OGER W ILLIAMS , P H .D.
I am not a medical doctor, naturopath, nutritionist, dietitian, herbalist, or any kind of physician. My expertise does not lie in the sciences, and I have not had the opportunity to work in a hospital, lab, or the like.
So why am I writing a book about treating illness? And more so, why do I think anyone will read it?
I would like to argue that you do not have to be a trained physician to help yourself. If you need to go to the doctor, by all means, go. I certainly have, and their ability to diagnose health problems is valuable, to say the least.
However, after that diagnosis, many patients go home with a slip of paper indicating what prescription to take. Suddenly, it feels like you are on your own … because you are. It is not the good doctor helping you every step of the way through your ailment now; you are relying on a drug. And, I daresay, those pills, treatments, ointments, what have you, don’t always work, and if they do, so can the side effects. When you experience this , all of a sudden modern medicine doesn’t seem so brilliant.
As talented and educated as your doctors are, their tool bag is filled with drugs, not vitamins; their solutions are medical solutions; their cures are based on a physician’s training. If you seek out natural alternatives, you just won’t find them in the tool bag.
You begin to think: If my doctor can’t solve this problem, who can? If drugs don’t work, what will? How can I get better? This is a scary place to be. You are left to fend for yourself.
As I was.
Once I went off to college, out of my parents’ nutritional reach, after having not a single dose of antibiotics until I was seventeen, I turned to conventional medicine. It seemed so easy to go to the doctor and get a prescription. In fact, it was downright comforting. I thought my parents had really missed the boat.
Soon enough, I found that drugs don’t always cure disease. After a while, especially dealing with my own “feminine ailments,” not only did drugs not cure what I suffered from, they actually made things worse.
Though I believe some of you will read this book because you are already interested in vitamin cures, I imagine that some of you have turned to this book out of the same frustration I had with drug therapy. Well, perhaps this is to my advantage.
So no, I’m not a doctor, but I am a woman with the will to discover natural vitamin cures because I needed to. I have struggled with the fact that women like you and me have few options to turn to when dealing with our own unique health problems. I would like to offer a solution.
This is not a comprehensive textbook to address all women’s health issues. It’s not even close. This book merely aims to highlight some of the most common health concerns we ladies have and how vitamins and nutrition can help. What you will find in here is a step-by-step drugless approach to a number of the specific illnesses we face. The material is brought to you in a form that is easy to grasp, but by no means “dumbed down.” My aim is to discuss these topics with a level of sensitivity and understanding that goes hand in hand with being a woman with a woman’s health concerns, a perspective male health book authors just don’t have.
When I pick up a book, even if it is easy to navigate and fun to read, I still want lots of scientific support for what the author has to say. Well, I figure you want what I want. I’ll be sure to provide lots of research and full citations so y