The Change of Life Diet and Cookbook [Mass Market Paperback]

Elaine Magee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2004

Food-the "new" secret to natural and lasting good health and happiness.

For years hormone replacement therapy and menopause went hand in hand. Recent studies have proven, how-ever, that HRT is not the best option for relief of the symptoms of menopause, leaving millions of women wondering what to do to relieve night sweats, mood swings, insomnia, and more.

In The Change of Life Diet & Cookbook, registered dietitian and popular nutrition columnist Elaine Magee provides dozens of healthy and delicious recipes to deliver you, your family, and your friends symptom-free days and nights. From "Hot Flash Mochac-cino" for relief and prevention of hot flashes to "Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad" that will help carry you to hours of sound sleep to "1-2-3 Chocolate Mousse" that is designed to help you discover your lost or lagging libido, this unique cookbook will treat, delight, and feed your body and your soul.

With a soupçon of humor, a hearty portion of practical tips and tactics for managing menopause naturally without HRT or other drugs, and more than one hundred life-enhancing-some might say life-saving-recipes, The Change of Life Diet & Cookbook is the final word on cooking, eating, and enjoying yourself on your journey from peri- to postmenopause.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In personable prose, nutrition expert and prolific author Magee devotes one chapter to each of the seven most common menopausal symptoms—hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, decreased libido, moodiness, memory loss, weight gain, low bone density—offering practical advice and over 125 recipes for symptom relief sans hormone replacement therapy. Despite her predictable lifestyle tips (reduce the stress in your life; keep your bedroom cool to avoid night sweats), Magee offers clear, empirically supported explanations of why her ingredients and recipes alleviate each symptom. The recipes—arranged by symptom, not by food category—are refreshingly diverse, including salads, entrees, vegetarian options and desserts for most symptoms. And despite the book’s health consciousness, the recipes do not neglect flavor. Cinnamon Rolls with Soy Flour reduce hot flashes, and Smoked Salmon Crostini with Caviar increase libido, Magee claims. Although Magee’s health advice for menopausal women is fairly standard, this volume succeeds in integrating scientific proof and practical symptom relief with a medley of simple recipes for an overall sympathetic guide for the HRT-free menopausal woman.
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About the Author

Elaine Magee, R.D., is the author of more than twenty books on cooking and health. She is the nutrition expert for the WebMD Healthy Cooking/Special Needs message board. Her column, "The Recipe Doctor," is syndicated by Knight Ridder.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Avery; 1 edition (July 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583331905
• ISBN-13: 978-1583331903
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,645,661 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm THE RECIPE DOCTOR and my motto is...changing the way America eats, one recipe at a time! My other motto is...healthy food isn't going to do anyone any good if no ones eating it--it HAS to taste good and be easy to make.

So, are you with me? I spent a year researching all the research examples of FOOD SYNERGY (how components within food and between food work together in your body for maximum health benefit) and the result was one of my favorite books: FOOD SYNERGY (Rodale, 2008). If you don't have a lot of time, read the introduction and go straight to chapter 7. This chapter will blow your mind...it's the "aha" chapter and it puts everything together and shows you how the 10 synergy superfoods can transform your diet. The rest of the book is filled with fun and easy to make recipes and each recipe includes "food synergy notes" which list for you the various food synergy partnerships represented in that recipe (and there are usually at least 3 in each).

My next book is coming out in Spring 2010, TELL ME WHAT TO EAT IF I SUFFER FROM HEART DISEASE, and it's going to help anyone who is at risk of heart disease or has heart disease. I'm really excited about this book because it includes and makes sense of the latest research advancements. I had several well known cardiologists review the book and I'm thrilled that they loved it and thought it would help their patients greatly.

On a lighter note... I often get asked what my favorite type of cooking is and hands down it's good old homestyle cooking...you know...fruit crisps, lasagna, oven-fried chicken, chocolate chip cookies, etc. Nothing too fancy, just delicious! So, imagine how much fun I had working on my cookbooks "Comfort Food Makeovers" and "Fry Light, Fry Right!."

I love to "makeover" all your favorite recipes into healthful versions that taste just as great but have less calories, fat, and saturated fat and more smart fats (like omega-3s), and fiber and nutrients.

Please join my FREE Recipe Doctor club where I email you one of my all-time favorite recipe makeovers each month (just go to my website, www.recipedoctor.com and look in the upper right-hand corner).

If you've made it this far down the page, I'll let you in on a little secret--My big professional hope is to have a cooking show (a healthy one of course). In my books I try to write so that you feel like I'm right there with you holding your hand as we talk about whatever the subject of the book is (diabetes, menopause, IBS, etc...) Maybe with a cooking show, I really can be there with you!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun and practical guide to MENOPAUSE., July 26, 2004

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Stormy "Storm :-)" (Manchester, NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Change of Life Diet and Cookbook (Mass Market Paperback)

Author, registered dietitian, Elaine Magee provides an alternative method of preventing hot flashes, night sweats, lagging to nonexistent libido and other malaise associated with menopause instead of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Studies have proven that HRT is not the best option as it may promote breast cancer.

Elaine Magee treats your whole life, body and soul with humor, guidance and tips along with recipes such as "Hot Flash Mochac-cino" for relief and prevention of hot flashes to "Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad" that will help carry you to hours of sound sleep to "1-2-3 Chocolate Mousse" which should rekindle your passion.

No matter where you are in your journey..just beginning, the middle or perimenopausal, this unique cookbook will definately smooth and pave the road for you, your family and friends. Elaine's humor and cartoons make this book irresistable and well worth the price. Add in the recipe for "Hot Flash Mochac-cino", you'll buy extra copies for friends.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Change of Life Diet and Cookbook, April 13, 2009

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This review is from: The Change of Life Diet and Cookbook (Mass Market Paperback)

I really like the way the book is "arranged"....by symtoms of menopause and what might work for you. Recipes are really good too...always looking for something different to try!!