The Anti-Estrogenic Diet: How Estrogenic Foods and Chemicals Are Making You Fat and Sick [Paperback]

Ori Hofmekler (Author), Rick Osborn (Contributor)

Book Description

Release date: May 15, 2007

• Lower your risk of metabolic disorders, disease, and chronic weight gain

• Protect yourself against the estrogenic substances in the environment, products, water, and food

• Learn how certain foods and herbs can protect you!

Estrogenic chemicals—known for causing the near extinction of various living species—are found in some of the most common foods we eat.

In this revolutionary diet book, Ori Hofmekler addresses the millions of overweight and obese individuals who have failed or are disappointed with other diets—those who suffer from yoyo dieting, weight gain rebounds, or accumulation of stubborn fat in the belly and other estrogen-sensitive areas. Focusing on our current over-exposure to estrogenic chemicals in the environment, foods, and water, The Anti-Estrogenic Diet provides a practical solution to fat gain, estrogen-related disorders (PMS, endometriosis, fibrocystic disease), and increased risk of common cancers in women and men (breast, ovarian, cervical, prostate).

Allowing you to still enjoy your favorite foods, the program is based on incorporating anti-estrogenic foods, spices, and herbs into your diet, while eliminating estrogenic foods and chemicals. Exposing dietary myths and fallacies, Hofmekler teaches readers that some foods commonly regarded as “healthy” may actually be harmful and vice versa.

Special chapters dedicated to readers with different needs and health conditions, recipes, a question-and-answer section, and a list of scientific references are also included in this valuable resource.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“I strongly support The Anti-Estrogenic Diet, which provides simple guidelines on how to reach an optimal hormonal balance that revitalizes and protects the organism.”
—Daniel Kuhn, MD, founder of Integrative Neural Psychiatric Services of New York

“The Anti-Estrogenic Diet is a must read for anyone who cares about their own health, the health of their family, and the health of our global community.”
—Scott Treadway, PhD, world-renowned botanical expert and assistant director of Naturally Occurring Standard Group

“Ori Hofmekler has outdone himself and has put out my favorite nutrition book on building muscle, burning fat, and clearing excess estrogens.”
—Mike Mahler, strength coach and author of The Aggressive Strength Solution for Size and Strength

“On the Anti-Estrogenic Diet, I lost weight I had not been able to lose using any other diet. My hormones are balanced, essentially eliminating any PMS and peri-menopausal symptoms. This is not a diet but an eating plan for life. I feel comfortable in my own body for the first time in a long time.”
—Testimonial from Nancy Loeffler, project manager at Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, North Carolina

“Through a carefully laid 3-Phase protocol, this diet is designed to clean-up detox pathways, eliminate estrogenic foods and chemicals, and then incorporate anti-estrogenic foods for a long-term lifestyle change. Hofmekler still manages to allow many favorite foods but shows how to balance them with an overall anti-estrogenic way of life… Overall, this would be a beneficial diet for anyone living in today’s toxic environment.”
—Reader Views

About the Author

After serving with the Israeli Special Forces, Ori Hofmekler attended the Bezalel Academy of Art and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, where he studied art, philosophy, and biology, and received a degree in Human Sciences. A world-renowned painter best known for his controversial political satire, Hofmekler’s work has been featured in magazines and newspapers worldwide, including Time, Newsweek, L’Express, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, New York Times, People, Rolling Stones, Esquire, The New Republic, and Playboy, as well as Penthouse, where he was a monthly columnist for seventeen years and health editor from 1998—2000.

Hofmekler has published two books of political art: Hofmekler’s People and Hofmekler’s Gallery. As founder, editor-in-chief, and publisher of Mind and Muscle Power, a national health and fitness magazine, he introduced his Warrior Diet to the public in a monthly column. Hofmekler’s dietary and training methods have been endorsed by nutritional and medical experts, scientists, champion athletes and martial artists, and military and law enforcement instructors.

The Warrior Diet, LLC and Defense Nutrition, LLC currently provide nutrition and training workshops for their followers, as well as certification seminars for health experts, medical clinicians, coaches, trainers, and military and law enforcement instructors.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books (May 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155643684X
• ISBN-13: 978-1556436840
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ori Hofmekler is a modern renaissance man whose formative military experience prompted a life interest in survival science. A graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where he received a degree in Human Science, he is a world-renowned artist whose political satire artwork has been featured in books and magazines worldwide.

As editor-in-chief of Mind and Muscle Power magazine, Hofmekler introduced his diet approach to the public to immediate acclaim from readers and professionals. His best seller Warrior Diet book was first published in 2002 followed by a new revised edition published by North Atlantic Books in 2007. In 2005, Hofmekler authored the highly acclaimed Maximum Muscle Minimum Fat/ The Secret Science Behind Physical Transformation followed by 2nd edition in 2007. Hofmekler's 2006 book, The Anti-Estrogenic Diet, offers natural dietary strategies against hormonal-disrupting chemicals in our food and environment. His upcoming book Unlocking Your Muscle Gene / Trigger the Biological Mechanism that Transforms Your Body and Extends Your Life, will be published this fall by North Atlantic Books.

His Take No Prisoners newsletter exposes fallacies in the areas of diet and fitness. It presents the true principles of human survival and how to put them in practice in today's world. For more information, please see http://www.defensenutrition.com

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

162 of 167 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Really has worked for us October 23, 2007

By Jerel Kratt

Format:Paperback

I honestly believe that KR Simmons' review was incorrect and largely could be misleading to others. It made me think he didn't even really read it. Ori did an excellent job explaining, with unparalleled scientific footnoting for a diet book, the main premise which is how damaging excessive estrogen can be for the body. One you understand that, then the author explains which foods have anti-estrogenic abilities to counter-act the excess estrogen problem, and then which foods to avoid which promote estrogen. So it is not some sort of vegan diet from of old. It is based on modern research. And estrogen comes from more than food; we largely are bombarded by it from the chemicals persistent in the environment. Now, I have been on this diet for 2 months, and my wife also. I have not only lost weight (15 pounds), and have more "sexy" abs (like my wife says) from also doing Ori's CFT training (see his web site for info) along with the AED, but MOST importantly, I have discovered through the food re-introduction phases -(which occurs after the first two weeks, and could last as long as you want to keep trying to re-introduce all sorts of foods you want to eat)- I have discovered which foods cause my severe allergies (I am on immunotherapy - allergy shots), and which foods cause headaches, etc. I tried my doctor's food elimination diet, which didn't tell me anything, because my body was never really detoxified from excess estrogen. I am a firm believer, and I have never said that of any other diet or eating plan before. This provides a solution to what nearly every other diet program fails to address - why we rebound from dieting.... Once your body is "truly" detoxified, you won't want to eat junk any more because junk food makes you sick - you immediately get headaches and allergies and bloating (sometimes diarrhea or constipation). I think that since most of us eat poor food so often we no longer even detect when it makes you sick. But we (my wife and I) sure have now. And, we have been eating organic for 2 years prior to this and that even wasn't the "solution" like this is. And finally (I know I have written a lot so I hope this is helpful), but there is a great online community/forum for help and support. So even if someone doesn't know how to read they can get help from the forum, from many people who are successful, and even from the author/co-author themselves. I recommend you buy it and try it with serious commitment for a month or two and see for yourself, rather than taking a disgruntled person's opinion. Read more ›

48 of 49 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Information, needs organization November 25, 2007

By Sitara

Format:Paperback

This book makes a great deal of sense. If you can get your hands on a report about your own local water supply you will find that there is estrogen in your drinking water!!! The overchemicalization and over hormonization of our food culture is causing great disruption in our body's ability to operate in a normal manner. I agree with the author's premise that we must de-tox from all the chemical pollution we have stuffed inside our cells and try as best we can to remain free of the overprocessed stuff now offered in grocery stores and restaurants.

My only problem with the book was that it seemed disjointed and unorganized. I really should blame the publisher and not the author for not doing a better job of outline and organization. I would like to have seen a chapter or two of a complete list of "anti-estrogenic" foods and the combinations therof. And I would like to have seen at least the two weeks of de-tox in a suggested daily menu format, and many more suggested recipes. The author speaks of athletes and people involved in intense physical training and I believe most of the people who will be reading this book are interested in the loss of stubborn weight gain. There should be more information dedicated to that much larger audience, in my opinion.

It is a scholarly work and those people who are not familiar with the chemical names of substances will have a harder time trying to make sense of which substances and suppliments are preferrable. The author and publisher need to revise this book into a more readable and organized format.

92 of 108 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Old Concept, Poorly Explained! Just A Modified Vegatarian Diet! October 21, 2007

By K.R. Simmons

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I bought is this book with high expectations and was sorely disappointed. My biggest gripe is that it is poorly organized, hard to start and difficult to follow. For example his points are all over the place! It is hard to figure out just exactly what to eat because he does not give many menu ideas or recipes. His main focus is: "Don't mix fuels" (carbs and fats) Ok, nothing new there, that is food combination, but he does a very poor job explaining an old concept. Also, he recommends eating things that break that rule (like Hummus which is awesome but has both HIGH FAT and CARBS).

His anti-estrogen eating plan resembles a vegetarian diet with a few eggs, fish and whey mixed-in for good measure. To quote him: "Eat up the food chain and eat mostly at the bottom of the food chain," that is his mantra in the book. That is basically it, and I am not kidding. He recommends very high consumption of carbs (mainly eat little else during the day except fruits and cruciferous vegetables with a few mixed greens and a little good oils...)

This eating plan is just not healthy for a person with any type of metabolic resistance issues like a diabetic or a person with thyroid issues (which is probably 65% percent of the people who would buy a diet book, especially women who want to know more about riding the body of excessive estrogen!).

I know from my own research and experience that protein must play a bigger role than he claims and you can not possibly think eating only eggs, fish and whey will meet those needs. According to him you get too much estrogen from eating animal meat, and you should instead get your protein from grains and legumes in a 1:1 ration regardless of the carb intake (told you, vegetarian diet!).... Why not just suggest people eat organic and grass fed meat, therefore by passing the hormones and antibiotics? It is proven that grass fed meat is lower in estrogens and higher in Omega 3, why did he not promote that more I wonder?

What did I learn about ridding my body of excessive estrogens?
1. Don't eat red clover, licorice, hops, or soy.
2. Eat very little animal meat and only once a day at night.
3. Don't mix fuels like fat and carbs, but your fuel should mainly come from either a HIGH fat day or a HIGH carb day. (He says to toss the low carb idea out the window).
4. Eat lots of cruciferous vegetables and supplement with Indole 3 to detox the liver. (something you are warned NOT to do if you have a thyroid condition, which again is a big audience that he is writing to, and he NEVER addresses that!)
5. Exercise (duh)

There are parts of the book I will incorporate into my diet (thus the 2 stars), but I really think this topic should be readdressed by a better writer with a more CLEAR eating plan and better menu's and recipes. Read more ›