A natural, simple-to-follow program to help women feel great--introducing the "nutritional Ten Commandments" for menopause and beyond. For every woman who is experiencing or approaching menopause, here is a sound, healthful nutrition program that can safely reduce the many subtle and not-so-subtle side-effects of changing hormone levels. In the engaging, down-to-earth style of her bestselling book Fight Fat & Win, Elaine Moquette-Magee shows how the right diet can minimize menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, insomnia, headaches, and mood changes, while increasing energy, slowing the aging process, and helping to ward off heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis. By following this program and its Ten Commandments, women can not only have a healthier menopause, but a healthier later life as well. Ways to "up your estrogen" naturally, without hormone replacement therapy. Delicious recipes that are high in all the needed nutrients but low in fat. Up-to-the-minute information on nutritional breakthroughs such as antioxidants and phytochemicals. Ways that the right diet can minimize the health risks if a woman does choose to take estrogen.
ELAINE MOQUETTE-MAGEE (Pleasant Hill, California) is a registered dietician and nutrician consultant. She is the author of several books on healthy eating, including Fight Fat & Win.
- ISBN10 0471122505
- ISBN13 9780471122500
- Publish Date 18 April 1996
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 8 October 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English