Banishing PMS. - Review - book review

"Life is full of challenges. How you handle them determines your character and your life path," states Gloria Keeling in 5 Steps to a PMS Free Life (Village Healer Press, $14.95).

Almost half of all women suffer significant symptoms of PMS. About 5 percent are severely incapacitated by a "visit from their friend." Keeling and co-author George J. Kallins, M.D., have written 5 Steps because they want women to beat PMS. They believe in informed self-care and want women to understand PMS so that they can work effectively with healthcare professionals.

Kallins, the former director of the Center for Women's Mood Disorders at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, covers the medical portion of the book. He provides a refresher course on the menstrual cycle and facts on PMS, recommended foods and nutraceuticals, and discusses the pharmaceutical option. Keeling, the founder of the Strong, Stretched and Centered Mind/Body Fitness Training Institute, writes on the connection of the body, mind and spirit and the benefits of aerobic exercise.

The authors, with their different backgrounds, have teamed up to produce a well-rounded book that brings together the best of medicine and mind-body health, presenting a five-step program which they claim can alleviate or eliminate PMS symptoms altogether in most women. To purchase 5 Steps to a PMS Free Lift, call (888) 882-8245.

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