Book Review: What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones

Author: Dr. Pamela Wartian Smith

Review by the Bioregulatory Medicine Institute

In this newly expanded edition of What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones, Dr. Pamela Wartian Smith offers women a practical and well-organized guide to understanding and improving hormonal health. Instead of relying solely on standard hormone replacement therapy—which often comes with risks—she presents safer and more individualized approaches.

The book is arranged in three main parts:

• Part I explains the body’s hormones, what they do, and how imbalances can affect health. Even small shifts in hormone levels can contribute to issues like fatigue, mood swings, or changes in weight.

  
  

• Part II looks at common conditions tied to hormone disruption, including PMS, hot flashes, postpartum depression, and endometriosis. Dr. Smith also highlights how hormone health can influence problems not usually thought of as “hormonal,” such as osteoporosis and heart disease.

  
  

• Part III discusses hormone replacement therapy in detail, with clear explanations of natural versus synthetic treatments, how hormone levels are measured, and which therapies might be suitable. This edition also includes a helpful new section on addressing insulin resistance, a condition that plays a major role in hormonal imbalance.

  
  

Dr. Smith emphasizes that hormonal changes are not limited to menopause. They can occur at any age, influenced by diet, stress, genetics, and environmental factors.

A Bioregulatory Perspective Regarding Hormone Imbalance

From a bioregulatory medicine standpoint, this book affirms an important principle: the body is designed to regulate and heal itself when the underlying causes of imbalance are addressed. Hormones don’t act in isolation; they are part of a finely tuned system that reflects the state of the body as a whole. When that system is overloaded—through poor nutrition, toxins, stress, or other factors—the hormonal system often shows the first signs of trouble.

Rather than treating symptoms as the problem, bioregulatory medicine views them as signals pointing toward deeper imbalances. Questions such as Is there hidden inflammation? Is insulin resistance present? Are nutrients being depleted? guide the process of uncovering root causes. By working with the body’s natural ability to restore balance—through nutrition, detoxification, stress reduction, and carefully chosen therapies—lasting improvements in health become possible.

This perspective aligns closely with Dr. Smith’s message: hormones should be understood, tested, and supported in ways that respect each woman’s unique physiology. Her book not only explains treatment options but also encourages women to be active participants in their own health.

Final Thoughts on What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones

Whether navigating menopause, recovering after childbirth, or simply aiming for greater vitality, What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones provides a clear and reliable guide. It combines medical knowledge with practical strategies while also pointing toward a deeper truth: the body is capable of finding balance when we listen to its signals and support its natural design for healing.

Bioregulatory medicine is a total body (and mind) approach to health and healing that aims to help facilitate and restore natural human biological processes. It is a proven, safe, gentle, highly effective, drugless, and side-effect-free medical model designed to naturally support the body to regulate, adapt, regenerate, and self-heal. BRMI is a non-commercial 501(c)(3) foundation and will expand and flourish with your support. Our goal is to make bioregulatory medicine a household term.

This article is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for the direct care of a qualified health practitioner who oversees and provides unique and individualized care. The information provided here is to broaden our different perspectives and should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.