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An essential read for: migraine sufferers, especially hormonal migraine, hot flash sufferers, especially during perimenopause and menopause, anyone at risk of developing type 2 diabetes or suffering from the early warning signs - fatigue, nausea or dizziness, and the people who support them, especially fitness instructors. This book explores what we know and what we don't yet know about our metabolism, about hormones, insulin resistance, migraine, stress, hot flashes, sleep disorders, fat and other health issues. Ultimately, it's all about energy, how we store it, release it and harness it to be able to live the lives we want. It offers new hope for migraine sufferers, with a new program for preventing migraine. It offers a new understanding of hot flashes and why we may or may not want to prevent them. And it reframes the conversation about obesity, type 2 diabetes and exercise, based on scientific studies, offering new hope for anyone who wants to build insulin sensitivity, lose weight, eat healthy, reduce their waistline or just get their groove back. If migraine or other ill health is the reason you're not exercising, or exercising enough, it's time to think again. This might be the quick fix that changes or even saves your life. In 2019, migraine was categorised by the Global Burden of Disease study as "the second cause of disability in the world and the first among young females". Type 2 diabetes is a condition which affects around 15% of people in the US, including those yet to be diagnosed and, in the UK, accounts for 10% of the NHS budget. I managed to overcome chronic migraine in one week with an ambitious fitness program, but first I hit rock bottom, with an optician flagging changes in my eyesight and then ending up in hospital with a migraine. I started this program because I simply couldn't carry the burden migraine was causing me anymore, and I was astounded by how quickly it worked.