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Title: A Woman's Guide to Staying Healthy Through Her Thirties by Theresa Francis-Cheung ISBN: 1-58062-562-2 Publisher: Adams Media Corporation Pub. Date: December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Interesting and informative read for thirtysomethings
Comment: I really liked this book. I don't normally enjoy health and self-help books but this one was so easy to read and so relevant to me ( I was thirty last year) Hitting 30 is a huge milestone and it was reassuring to read a book that seemed to understand exactly how I was feeling. Sure 30 is young in the eyes of a 70 year old but leaving your twenties behind can be daunting. There's a lot of change going on physically and emotionally and in Cheung's book she pretty much covers everything from top to toe. My sister is 30 next month and she has started reading it too and is equally engrossed. This is an interesting and informative read for any woman approaching 30 or in her thirties and I highly recommend it.

Rating: 2
Summary: some common sense & some misinformation
Comment: Most of this book is common sense advice for humans of any age: Eat healthy, exercise regularly, get enough sleep, wear sunscreen, etc. It is presented in a very logical progression, in very easy language.

Basically, the book tells you that there are some age-related things you can delay or prevent, and then there's the stuff you can't do anything about: you hit 30 and your brain shrinks. Your skeleton loses mass. Your hormones go on the fritz. Getting pregnant is dangerous. You're gonna get wrinkles, go through menopause, and die. Get over it.

Great book. Can I just skip the wrinkles & menopause & go directly to death, please?

There's a few good spots, like advice on letting go of friendships, jobs & pastimes that were OK in your 20s but inappropriate and limiting in your 30's, and that it is a sign of healthy maturity when you can give up the people and things that are no longer nurturing to you.

There's also a good section called 'guilty pleasures' that gives examples of healthy self-indulgence versus addictive behavior.

The section on endometriosis is about 10 years out of date, at least, and the stuff about depo provera is also incredibly wrong.

Don't let this book substitute for speaking with your physician, well-woman doctor, or Planned Parenthood rep.