Getting older can be brutal - women gain weight, lose their sexdrive, experience hot flashes, suffer memory loss, becomeshort-tempered, find it difficult to sleep, and on and on. It's not soeasy for men, either - they start to lose energy and stamina as theyage, too (and they have to live with women going through menopause).After years of being thin and fit and full of energy, Suzanne herselfencountered the "Seven Dwarfs of Menopause" - Itchy, Bitchy, Sweaty,Sleepy, Bloated, Forgetful, and All-Dried-Up. Instead of living out therest of her life cranky, sleep-deprived, and libido-less, Suzanne setout to discover how she could get her mind, body, and life back andbanish those pesky dwarfs for good.

The result is The Sexy Years: Discover the Hormone Connection - TheSecret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men.In this passionately argued and enormously practical book, Suzannesupports her own research and experiences with the expertise of leadingdoctors in the field of women's and men's health and sexuality tocreate an inspiring, accessible call-to-arms to women to radicallyrethink how they approach life after fifty, and give them the tools toturn their lives around.

Suzanne has discovered that the second half of life has been morerewarding, fun, and purposeful than her younger years. The key to herhappiness? Taking natural bioidentical hormones. Natural hormones,which mimic the hormones produced in our own bodies that are almostcompletely lost with aging, are the answer to the symptoms of menopausethat plague women. Recent findings from the medical community show thatsynthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may be harmful to women -thus, thousands of women are looking for what else they can do toalleviate their symptoms. In The Sexy Years, Suzanne comes to therescue with a step-by-step plan and detailed information about howwomen can take control of their health, for themselves and for theirmen, including:

• What the differences are between synthetic and bioidenticalhormones, and why bioidentical hormones help women lose weight,reinvigorate their sex lives, and fight the symptoms of aging
• How doctors do not receive adequate training about hormonesand are slaves to the pharmaceutical industry, and what questions everywoman must ask her physician about hormone replacement therapy and herhealth
• How Suzanne turned her life around, with information abouthow often she visits her doctor, blood work, what hormones she takes,how to get these hormones, and more
• What male menopause, or andropause, is and how men can alsotake bioidentical hormones and regain the energy they had in theiryouth
• What a variety of specialists think about natural hormones,health, and sexuality? Suzanne shares the best advice from these doctorsand provides a resource list of physicians and pharmacies

With bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, Suzanne has found thefountain of youth, the elixir that has made her feel thirty years oldagain. In combination with her Somersize diet and fitness plan, whichshe also writes about here, Suzanne has never felt better. The beautyof growing older, she maintains, is that you can combine the wisdom ofage with the vitality of youth. Suzanne makes it perfectly clear howwomen and men can regain their zest for life at any age. These reallyare the sexy year