The Gynae Geek's no-nonsense guide is one of the best, most straight-talking, reliable, fact-based and easy reading books on women's health.
It talks all about how our menstrual cycle is connected with our eating, sleeping, exercising and lifestyle patterns.
It talks about what a smear test is and why we should go for one as women - basically if you don't know it detects abnormal cells in your vagina (caused by hpvs) and helps to get those treated before they turn into cancer.
It talks about pregnancy and fertility.
It talks about periods.
It talks about contraception, sexually transmitted diseases and getting tested for those.
It talks about what a vagina looks like and how the vagina is the inside part and your vulva is the outside part.
It has lots of great information about how our hormones are influenced and what they do; why their important.
It screams out that women need to empower themselves by learning more and reading more fact based studies.
It has so many important messages that every woman and man needs to know about.
It's also a book that's driven by a doctor who knows her stuff, but is passionate about her cause and cares about educating and helping people. Dr Anita Mitra makes the book interesting and accessible. It's not laugh-out loud funny, but there are some pretty shocking moments.
The small ancedotes from her jobs make it more interesting and personal (obviously no names are used). It also makes you realise how many women are suffering because they don't feel confident or capable of stepping forward to their doctor.
This book is great for those interested in health in general, those wanting to learn more about women's health and gynaecological health specifically.
Just an all around great book!