The Female Factor: Making women’s health count – and what it means for you

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Hazel Wallace (author), Lizzie Mayson (photographer (expression)), Food medic (associated with work) And so, for the past three years (in between COVID shifts at the hospital), I’ve dedicated most of my time to researching how to help women live healthier, happier lives. And The Female Factor was born.

Food Medic Hazel Wallace has another best-seller with The

This bold, comprehensive guide to understanding women's health shakes up the narrative for women of all ages. The Female Factor provides methods to protect and maximise your health in positive, affirming steps. Are certain vitamin and mineral requirements particularly important at certain points of women's lives?

In The Female Factor, she looks at all aspects of women’s health, saying that she wants to expand the definition of ‘female health’ from conditions that affect only our reproductive organs to the study of all aspects of health and disease, with the recognition that presentation, diagnosis, treatment and prevention may be different between the sexes. I had to take on a couple of nursing shifts in intensive care – I’m not a trained nurse but you just had to do what was asked of you because there weren’t enough nurses.”

The Female Factor: The Whole-Body Health Bible for Women (The

Dr Hazel’s first book provides the perfect platform for her to bridge the gap between mainstream medicine and nutrition to create a whole-body guide to health. Goods that by reason of their nature, cannot be returned - (Items such as underwear, where the 'hygiene patch' has been removed, or cosmetics where the seal has been broken). For those who are familiar with my work, and previous books, you might be thinking why this book and why now? It was physically and emotionally exhausting work and she has since decided to step away from her work as a doctor for the time being to concentrate on the Food Medic. There’s lots of sound practical advice about nutrition and healthy eating for different life stages as well, of course, as her popular recipes.Nutrition will always be Dr Hazel’s biggest passion, but as a woman, and as a doctor to many women, she wanted to expand on the work she does, especially when she discovered there was an unmet need within medicine and healthcare. Realising that our current model of male- centric medicine meant that women were understudied, under-diagnosed, misdiagnosed and under-treated, she soon knew there was an unmet need here and wanted to find some answers. This is not intended to be a full statement of all your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations. Full details of your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or your Local Authority's Trading Standards Office.