WALL STREET JOURNAL AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER - A
patient-proven eating and lifestyle program to balance nutrition, help
manage middle age weight "creep," and reduce uncomfortable
symptomsduring menopause and perimenopause--including more than 40
delicious recipes and 6 weeks of meal plans--tailored to women in
midlife.
"The validation of common hormonal symptoms and commiseration with
weight gain challenges, especially from a physician with similar
struggles, is likely a rare and comforting experience for many
women."--Forbes Health
Why is the scale moving in the wrong direction even though I haven't
changed my diet or exercise habits? Time and again, this is the
question Dr. Mary Claire Haver's patients asked. At first, a practicing
OB/GYN, she'd dutifully advise what she'd been taught in medical school:
eat less and work out more. But that standard advice didn't solve the
problems caused by perimenopause and menopause because back then
she--and so many other doctors--hadn't taken into account the
physiological factors affecting women. They tend to store fat, they can
have a hard time accessing that stored fat as active fuel, and their
hormonal fluctuations in midlife exacerbate the situation.
Then, Dr. Haver found herself in this exact predicament with the added
issues of low energy, hot flashes, and brain fog. So she set out to
develop a nutrition program that would meet her own and her patients'
needs once and for all. Now, more than 100,000 women have found success
in Dr. Haver's unique plan for losing dangerous belly fat and reducing
menopausal symptoms by following her three interconnected strategies:
- Fuel Refocus: Starting in their thirties, women need a specific
ratio of healthy fats, lean protein, and quality carbohydrates to
optimize their overall health and efficiently burn fat as fuel.
- Intermittent Fasting: 16 hours of fasting with a flexible 8-hour
eating window coaxes the body to draw energy from stored fat and
decreases inflammation.
- Anti-inflammatory Nutrition: Limit added sugars, processed carbs,
chemical additives and preservatives and layer in anti-inflammatory
foods like leafy greens, olive oil, berries, nuts, and tomatoes.
With these three principles working together, women can lose the weight
they tend to gain in middle age as well as enjoy newfound energy, better
sleep, less brain fog, and fewer hot flashes. Featuring forty delicious
recipes, six weeks of easy-to-follow meal plans, shopping lists, and
success stories of women who have changed their lives on this lifestyle
plan, *The Galveston Diet--*named for Dr. Haver's hometown--will
revolutionize the conversation around health and empowerment during
menopause and perimenopause, with health benefits that last a lifetime.
