The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fate and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms by Mary Claire Haver, MD

320 Pages

Publisher: Rodale Inc, Rodale Books

Release Date: January 10, 2023

Nonfiction, Food, Diet, Hormones, Women, Nutrition

The book is divided into the following parts and chapters.

Part I: The Promise

Chapter 1: Your Changing Body, Your Changing Needs

Chapter 2: Getting a Handle on Your Hormones

Chapter 3: Prepare to Change Your Life

Part II: The Actions

Chapter 4: Action 1 – Intermittent Fasting

Chapter 5: Action 2 – Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition

Chapter 6: Action 3 – Fuel Refocus

Part III: The Plan

Chapter 7: The Galveston Diet Nutritional Foundation

Chapter 8: Putting It All Together – The Meal Plans and Shopping Lists

Chapter 9: The Galveston Diet Recipes

Chapter 10: The Galveston Diet for Life

This book is designed for women who are perimenopausal, menopausal, and postmenopausal. I fall into the latter category and am eager to find another alternative to healthy eating. The author provides a short quiz to determine if your symptoms are hormone related. As with any diet plan, the author recommends taking your starting measurements, however, this is more than just weighing yourself on the scale.

I am glad she discusses intermittent fasting since this is new terminology for some people. I believe the most important section for me was the anti-inflammatory chapter. Many foods cause reaction but not necessarily allergic. The effects of these foods still cause havoc in bodily functions. I was not surprised to read the average American adult ingests up to 19-1/2 teaspoons of sugar a day. Most people would disagree but when you start reading labels, you will find the author is correct. Sugar is hidden under different names, so you have to be knowledgeable reading labels. I took the inflammation test and found I have moderate inflammation.

The last three chapters include shopping lists, meal plans and recipes. If you are 40+ and looking for a more healthy eating style, this may be the book for you.

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