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A review by jwells
The XX Brain by Lisa Mosconi
informative
Kind of scary first half, excellent common-sense second half. Eat your vegetables, get some exercise, et cetera. We know these things, but tying them explicitly to future Alzheimer's risk is a new level of motivation. Also: some good science-backed answers on the often confusing subjects of hormone therapy (does it increase cancer risk?) and supplements (is black cohosh really any good?) Mosconi emphasizes throughout that many of these questions are highly individual and answers are different for different people.
It's a good book. At the same time, I notice that the medical establishment has not yet figured out how to be inclusive of trans or nonbinary people in this kind of writing. There's one paragraph acknowledging their existence, and then the book goes right back to addressing "women" with the assumption that all women go through menopause, and all people who go through menopause are women. Just a limitation that other readers may want to be aware of.
It's a good book. At the same time, I notice that the medical establishment has not yet figured out how to be inclusive of trans or nonbinary people in this kind of writing. There's one paragraph acknowledging their existence, and then the book goes right back to addressing "women" with the assumption that all women go through menopause, and all people who go through menopause are women. Just a limitation that other readers may want to be aware of.