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Estrogen: The Natural Way: Over 250 Easy and Delicious Recipes for Menopause [Hardcover]

Nina Shandler (Author)
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Plant estrogens seem like a promising alternative to mainstream hormone replacement regimens for women who want to shore up hearts and bones and relieve menopausal symptoms. And mounting studies do show that hefty servings of soy and flaxseed may ameliorate, if not erase, menopausal discomforts such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness. Whether health benefits to hearts and bones hold up over time is still unproven, as is early data suggesting that plant estrogens may actually lower breast cancer risk. Cookbook author Nina Shandler (The Complete Guide and Cookbook for Raising Your Child as a Vegetarian) makes key research palatable by distilling it into more than 250 recipes from buckwheat pancakes to Thai-style noodles and orange-ginger sorbet.

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Those desiring alternatives to standard hormone replacement therapy (HRT) during menopause will find useful information in each of these books. All focus on menopause as a natural process and on the alleviation of menopausal discomfort through healthy living, especially diet. All explain menopausal symptoms, current HRT treatment and side effects, the importance of particular hormones, and the use of plant hormones instead of synthesized drugs. And all discuss in varying detail hormones and their relationship to breast cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis. Laux, a naturopathic doctor, and Conrad, his former patient and founder of the Natural Woman Institute, espouse the Natural Woman plan in their book. They include an interesting historical overview of both the medicinal use of plants and the pharmaceutical industry, also detailing what the "naturals" are and how to get them. The MEND Clinic Guide usefully covers a variety of alternative therapies for menopause, including herbal therapy, aromatherapy, homeopathy, mind-body therapies, massage, acupressure, and relaxation techniques. Maas is an M.D., Paula Brown an anthropologist, and Susan E. Bruning a health writer (Healing Homeopathic Remedies, Dell, 1996). An A-Z of menopausal symptoms and alternative remedies provides quick reference, and one chapter discusses diseases, including diabetes. Cookbook author Shandler concentrates on obtaining estrogen from plants. Each of her 250 recipes, ranging from yellow cauliflower curry to chocolate snack bars, incorporates either tofu, soy products, or flax seed and estimates the estrogen content per portion. While many of the recipes look tempting, only the determined are likely to follow this diet. While these three books are recommended for alternative-medicine collections, Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book (LJ 3/1/97) is likely to become the menopause book of choice.?Kate Kelly, Treadwell Lib., Massachusetts General Hosp., Boston
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good infomation, great recipes! Watch out for Garlic!, Jun 7 2000
This review is from: Estrogen: The Natural Way: Over 250 Easy and Delicious Recipes for Menopause (Paperback)
This book is well worth buying. The information is very valuable to any women who wants to experience an important natural transitional stage of life in a very healthy supportive way. I found the recipes to be very tasty. There is something I would caution you about the recipes though, in Chinese medicine peri-menopausal and menopausal women are considered to have an excessive yang or heat condition (known as hot flashes). I would recommend limiting the use of garlic or leaving garlic out (which creates excessive heat in the body). As an alternative you can substitute horse radish (which is cooling to the body) if you need to add a tangy flavor to the recipe.

This book came to my attention when I had a delicious dinner at my friends's house and she credited the recipes from this book. She knew I was looking for recipes that created a healthy diet for peri-menopausal women. This book answered a lot of questions for me and has started me on a healthy diet.

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1.0 out of 5 stars FOR EDITH DesMarais AND Anyone else wishing to read this, Mar 18 2000
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This review is from: Estrogen: The Natural Way: Over 250 Easy and Delicious Recipes for Menopause (Paperback)
I read your review with interest. I had not tried the recipes in the book. I wanted to. What REALLY turned me off was that EVERYTHING is loaded with sugar and sweeteners. ANYTHING will be palatable if you sweeten it. The recipes are just so bad with all the added sweeteners.

At one point the author mentions her husband and daughter love the stuff she made. No wonder. It's like candy!

I can't believe the author actually eats like this. Forget menopause. What about the damage from all that sugar?

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1.0 out of 5 stars Warning regarding over dose of flax seed, Jan 21 2000
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I was very enthusiastic regarding this book. The recipes were very well done and I did find great relief from menopausal symptoms. However, while traveling I relied on several "portable" flax seed foods for my daily "portions" for estrogen. Shortly thereafter, I was found to have a very irregular heart beat. I have no history of heart problems and, in fact, am an athlete. Research into flax seed showed that more than 2 ounces or 60 grams a day should not be taken internally. It can cause increased respitory rate, gasping, staggering, or convulsions. In early history, it was used as a heart medication - indicating a heart link. There is no warning in the book and in fact, the book encourages higher doses. Please use extreme caution in using these flax seed foods. Use only small amounts per day. There are beneficial amounts (very low doses), but it is toxic in small amounts as well if consumed regularly. There are no warnings on the flax seed bags in stores.
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