More than 30 million people in the U.S. are facing a wide range of symptoms -- everything from weight gain, to fuzzy thinking and brain fog, to panic attacks and depression. So many practitioners and patients overlook the connections between these symptoms and the hormone-related metabolic problems underlying them. Now, Harvard-trained physician Richard Shames, MD, and his wife and co-author, holistic health expert Karilee Shames, PhD, RN, have released their new book Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled? -- published this week by Hudson Street Press -- as a guide to restoring hormonal balance.

I had an opportunity read an advance review copy of the book, and now that the book is being published, I'm pleased to bring you this interview with the authors.