The Galveston Diet : The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms

Best-selling books in The Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly • A dietary program and lifestyle proven effective by patients to achieve nutritional balance, assist in managing "weight gain" in midlife, and reduce uncomfortable symptoms during menopause and perimenopause - including over 40 delicious recipes and 6 weeks of meal plans - specifically designed for women in midlife. "Validating common hormonal symptoms and empathizing with the challenges of weight gain, especially from a doctor who has faced similar struggles, is likely to be a rare and comforting experience for many women." - Forbes Health Why does the scale move in the wrong direction even though I haven't changed my diet or exercise habits? Again and again, this is the question posed by patients of Dr. Mary Claire Haver. Initially, the practicing obstetrician-gynecologist advised what she learned in medical school: eat less and exercise more. But this standard advice did not address the issues caused by menopause and perimenopause because at that time - and many other doctors - did not consider the physiological factors affecting women. Women tend to store fat, may have difficulty 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 meets her needs and the needs of her patients once and for all. Now, over 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: • Refocusing on fuel: Starting in their thirties, women need a certain ratio of healthy fats, lean protein, and high-quality carbohydrates to improve their overall health and efficiently burn fat as fuel. • Intermittent fasting: 16 hours of fasting with a flexible 8-hour eating window encourages the body to draw energy from stored fat and reduce inflammation. • Anti-inflammatory nutrition: Reducing added sugars, processed carbohydrates, additives, and chemical preservatives while consuming anti-inflammatory foods like leafy greens, olive oil, berries, nuts, and tomatoes. By working these three principles together, women can lose the weight they tend to gain in midlife while enjoying newfound energy, better sleep, less brain fog, and fewer hot flashes. It includes forty delicious recipes and six weeks of easy-to-follow meal plans, shopping lists, and success stories from women who transformed their lives by following this lifestyle plan, the Galveston Diet -