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Summary: Understandable recommendations, easy recipes, it works!
Review: I've been eating according to her chart for a year now. Since I feel so much better when I follow her recommendations, it keeps getting easier to stick with it. Most of the recipes are for busy people like me. The flax seed is high fiber which is an added plus. Tofu is an ingredient, like flour. You'd never eat it by itself. What insight!
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Summary: This book is outstanding!
Review: Nina's writing about her own experiences with ERT and menopause are funny and her writing style is easily readable. She includes portions needed to get different amounts of estrogen for our good health. The recipes are easy, the kind I like, very few ingredients! Highly recommend for all women, not just those going through menopause.
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Summary: It's a way back to life - and energy.
Review: Thank you, Nina, for my joy in life again. I've just started to add flaxseed and tofu into various spots in my life and already I wake up with more energy than I've had in a long time. You've presented not only theory, but great hints and actual practice. And honest reviews of the soy products. Can't I give this book more than 5 stars?
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Summary: well.....
Review: The information in this book is good, though brief. The text is the reason I keep it around as I found the recipes lacking. I made six of the offerings in the book, mostly desserts, and found all but one (lemon lace cookies) to need considerable tinkering before I would want to repeat them. Read the information here and then move on to a surer bet for recipes to help incorporate tofu into everyday meals (try Louise Hagler's Tofu Cookery). I also found it irritating that the author does not define or describe her less common ingredients. She uses barley malt extensively and when I finally found some and tried it, it tasted identical to molasses (same also in consistency). Since it was expensive, cooks may want to test these recipes using molasses first.
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Summary: Well....
Review: The information in this book is very good, and that's why I keep it around. I found the recipes hugely lacking, and since this book is billed primarily as a cookbook, that's primarily how I should rate it. The author claims desserts are her specialty. I tried seven, and only one (lemon lace cookies) didn't strike me as needing serious tinkering before I would serve it again. Several I wouldn't even bother with a second time. I found it frustrating that the author didn't describe her more unusual ingredients (there are several)--I finally found barley malt (expensive)only to find the taste virtually identical to molasses (same consistency, too). I have no idea if the author had nutritional reasons for choosing barley malt as she didn't explain any of her more unusual choices, but cooks may want to test these recipes with molasses first before tracking down the barley malt. The only thing I've garnered from this book (recipe-wise)is to continue experimenting with ground flax seeds--they have mild flavor and a moist quality. If you already have information on soy foods and flax seed, I suggest you choose another cookbook (try Louise Hagler's Tofu Cookery) as I doubt these recipes will convert the soy-wary in the family. However, if you need info, this is a good, solid resource.
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Summary: Good infomation, great recipes! Watch out for Garlic!
Review: 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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Summary: Great info, not so great recipes
Review: This book was the answer to my prayers ever since I discovered there was a reason for my bad tempers, breast pain, short cycles and weird periods: perimenopause! Plant estrogens really do work, and now I'm a nice person again. Nina lays it out for you why some estrogens (such as are in HRT) may have negative effects while others (such as are found in soy and flaxseed) appear to have all the benefits with none of the side effects. It's worth the price of the book for this information alone. On the other hand, Nina admits she doesn't like soy and I think her recipes reflect it. A food that does us so much good should be honored instead of disparaged--soy should be a joy instead of a chore! There are lots of good soy-food cookbooks out there; two that come to mind are "The Whole Soy Cookbook" by Patricia Greenberg and "Tofu Cookery" by Louise Hagler. C'mon get happy--say goodbye to menopausal symptoms and HELLO to health.
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Summary: This is the answer to all my troubles
Review: This is truly a book that you can relate to. I could not put it down, I had to know everything right now. Have any doctors read this book? They should. Ask your doctor if he/she has read it. If they haven't, recommend it to yours. The answer lies in soy and flax seed, how uncomplicated. The receipes are wonderful, easy and tasty. Thank you. Thank you.
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