Menopause Diet Plan: A Complete Guide to Managing Hormones, Health, and Happiness

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Minimize the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause naturally through a sustainable, enjoyable eating plan, physical activity, and other beneficial lifestyle habits. Menopause is uncharted territory for every woman, and it's often difficult to know what you can do to ease the effects of hormonal changes without medication. With honesty and optimism, The Menopause Diet Plan encourages women to take a positive approach to managing their physical health and emotional well-being during perimenopause and beyond by offering easy, natural strategies for managing their weight, hot flashes, sleep difficulties, mood swings, bone health, and more. It highlights the current scientific evidence on the best diet and exercise plan for weight control and how to keep your heart, brain, and bones healthy while decreasing your risk for cancer and other chronic conditions. Registered dietitians Hillary Wright and Elizabeth Ward suggest targeted lifestyle changes including stress management, healthy eating strategies, and dietary supplements, and they balance evidence-based recommendations with real-life circumstances. The Menopause Diet Plan is unique, taking the best advice from the world's healthiest diets and combining it with science-based nutrition and lifestyle advice to address common concerns during, and after, the transition through menopause. It also includes delicious recipes such as Peanut Butter Smoothie, Chicken Italiano, and Chocolate Oatmeal Energy Bars to inspire a balanced eating plan that benefits women at this stage of life. With a comprehensive approach to better health before, during, and after menopause, The Menopause Diet Plan gives women the chance to take charge of their health and live life to the fullest.

Hillary Wright, MEd, RDN, is a registered dietitian and the author of The PCOS Diet Plan and The Prediabetes Diet Plan. She is the director of nutrition counseling for the Domar Center for Mind/Body Health at Boston IVF, a Harvard-affiliated fertility treatment center. She also works part-time as a senior nutritionist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, and is a founding member of the nutrition technology company Good Measures LLC. Elizabeth Ward, MS, RDN, is a registered dietitian with more than thirty years of experience counseling patients and writing about nutrition and health. She is an experienced recipe developer and food photographer and the author or co-author of several books, including Super Nutrition After 50, Live Longer and Better, and Expect the Best- Your Guide to Healthy Eating Before, During, and After Pregnancy. Ward blogs about a healthy lifestyle at Better Is the New Perfect.

"My friends and well-respected colleagues have written The Menopause Diet Plan to help you feel healthier, happier, and more confident during this change in your life. Dietitians are your nutrition experts. Enjoy!" -Maye Musk, MS, RDN, and author of A Woman Makes a Plan "As an endocrinologist who specializes in weight management, I am truly impressed with how Wright and Ward translate the results of complicated scientific studies into an engaging, trustworthy, and practical resource for healthy living. This book empowers women to understand a unique time of transition in their lives, and, most important, offers hope that weight control, living healthy, and feeling well are possible, even through menopause."-Florencia Halperin, MD, medical director for the Program for Weight Management, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and chief medical officer, Form Health