Women's Health
The Venus Week
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Apr 30, 2008 - 1:35:18 PM

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - In The Venus Week, Dr. Rebecca Booth, an OB/GYN, draws on wisdom gained from treating thousands of women over the course of more than twenty years to describe and put a name to those magical look-good, feel-good days in every woman’s cycle.

During this time—a precious five to seven days for most of us—estrogen (the “feel-good hormone”) and testosterone (“the hormone of desire”) are at their peak. That’s why you feel more at ease with yourself, more socially agile, more confident performing tasks and accomplishing goals, and more adept at clearly articulating complex thoughts—due to estrogen’s positive effect on verbal memory.

The Venus Week is the week before ovulation, so of course you can’t have it all month long. But you can make some very specific lifestyle adjustments that will minimize the dramatic swings in energy and mood and maximize those clear-skin, bloat-free, shiny-hair times—and in The Venus Week, Dr. Booth explains how.

Developed for women of all life stages—though perhaps extra pertinent for those of us in our “Venus Zenith” (our 20s and 30s)—The Venus Week is packed with information on “Venus-maximizing” vitamins and dietary supplements (including cinnamon and dark chocolate) as well as exercise tips and relaxation techniques (such as diaphragmatic deep breathing) that will help you harness your hormonal power to look and feel your biological best.

Rebecca Booth, M.D., an obstetrician and gynecologist, has been practicing medicine for twenty-three years (nineteen in private practice). She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

May 15, 2008 Hardcover 304 Pages ISBN: 978-0-7382-1164-0 Health $24.00

“One of the most insightful and important books about women’s cycles I've ever read.”
—Louann Brizendine, M.D., author of The Female Brain

“The Venus Week is an ingenious and very empowering way for women to make the most of their hormonal cycles. I love this concept.”—Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of The Wisdom of Menopause and Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom

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