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About the Author: Gillian
Sanson is a women's health educator,
researcher and author. She was menopause educator for the New Zealand Family
Planning Association Northern Region from 1996 – 2001 and is currently a
guest educator for organizations companies and groups including Women's Health
Action Trust NZ. Mid-Life Energy and Happiness (Penguin Books NZ) was
published in 1999 in NZ, the UK and Australia. The Osteoporosis
‘Epidemic’: Well Women and the Marketing of Fear (Penguin
Books NZ 2001) challenges common misconceptions about osteoporosis and
provides valuable knowledge on how to create and maintain bone health. In 2003
she toured and lectured in the United States and Canada in association with
the release of The Myth of Osteoporosis (MCD Century Publications).
Her work has received international recognition and endorsement and was the
subject of a 20/20 documentary in NZ in 2001. Gill lives in Auckland, New
Zealand. For contact information, please visit:
www.gilliansanson.com
Critical Acclaim for The Myth of Osteoporosis:
It is my hope that if you’re a healthy woman, this book by Gillian Sanson will give
you the information you need to stop worrying about your bones. At the very least, it will show you how
to evaluate whether or not you really need to take medication to prevent something that probably won’t
happen in the first place... Gill Sanson ’s book is a well-researched breath of fresh air that will help
women everywhere to better trust the wisdom of their bodies. --
Christiane Northrup, M.D., Author of The Wisdom of Menopause
At last a carefully-researched, comprehensive and easy-to-read
account of the world-wide marketing of osteoporosis as a killer disease in order to manufacture patients
for the sale of drugs. Gillian Sanson’s book is essential reading for all women who have been diagnosed
with osteoporosis, and for anyone wanting information about bone health and the safety of current
treatments. --
Barbara Seaman, author of The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding the Estrogen
Myth.
Ms. Sanson includes voluminous documentation in her book, showing
that the medicalization of older women is based on skimpy to non-existent research, and massive promotions
of these products… Any woman who has been diagnosed with osteoporosis on the basis of the BMD test,
should read this book and share it with her physician. --
Townsend
Letter for Doctors and Patients, December 2003, review by Irene Alleger entitled The Marketing of Fear
This work stands out in the sea of hysterical quasi-medical literature designed to
scare us into treatments and drugs that may not always be in our best interests. Its calming tone can
encourage us to question the diagnosis of osteoporosis, and investigate all of our options for staying
well and maintaining excellent bone health. --
The Canadian Women’s Health Network, review by
Barbara Bourrier-LaCroix
The Myth of Osteoporosis offers reassurance for women who believe that osteoporosis and its accompanying
fragility and loss of independence are inevitable parts of aging. --
Women’s Health Matters Website, review from Sunnybrook & Women’s Centre for Research in Women’s Health,
Toronto
This book provides valuable knowledge about how to create and maintain bone health.
It is well-researched, well-documented, and highly readable. Sanson challenges common misconceptions and
misinformation about osteoporosis, while providing the information needed to restore women’s sense of
control over the aging process. --
Timeless Books, Yasodhara Ashram , British Columbia
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