The Galveston Diet

The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms

By: Mary Claire Haver MD

Narrated by: Mary Claire Haver MD

Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

A patient-proven eating and lifestyle program to balance nutrition and sustain weight loss—including more than 40 delicious recipes and 6 weeks of meal plans—tailored to women in midlife.

“I haven’t changed my diet or exercise habits and yet the scale keeps moving in the wrong direction. What’s going on?!”

Time and again, this is the question Dr. Mary Claire Haver’s patients asked. At first, a practicing OB/GYN, she’d dutifully advise what she’d been taught in medical school: eat less and work out more. But that standard advice didn’t solve the problem because back then she—and so many other doctors—hadn’t taken into account the physiological factors affecting women. They tend to store fat, they can have a hard time accessing that stored fat as active fuel, and their hormonal fluctuations in midlife exacerbate the situation.

Then, Dr. Haver found herself in this exact predicament with the added issues of low energy, hot flashes, and brain fog. So she set out to develop a nutrition program that would meet her own and her patients’ needs once and for all. Now, nearly 100,000 women have found success in Dr. Haver's unique plan for permanent weight loss and reduced menopausal symptoms by following her three interconnected strategies:

• Fuel Refocus: Starting in their thirties, women need a specific ratio of healthy fats, lean protein, and quality carbohydrates to efficiently burn fat as fuel.
• Intermittent Fasting: 16 hours of fasting with a flexible 8-hour eating window coaxes the body to draw energy from stored fat and decreases inflammation.
• Anti-inflammatory Nutrition: Limit added sugars, processed carbs, chemical additives and preservatives and layer in anti-inflammatory foods like leafy greens, olive oil, berries, nuts, and tomatoes.

With these three principles working together, women can finally lose stubborn weight as well as enjoy newfound energy, better sleep, less brain fog, and fewer hot flashes. Featuring forty delicious recipes, six weeks of easy-to-follow meal plans, shopping lists, and success stories of women who have changed their lives on this plan, The Galveston Diet—named for Dr. Haver's hometown—will revolutionize the conversation around weight loss for women, with health benefits that last a lifetime.

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF of recipes, meal plans, and other resources from the book.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Mary Claire Haver (P)2023 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“Dr. Haver is an excellent motivational speaker and educator, and her passion for helping women find nutritional and lifestyle solutions to counter the negative effects of menopause is inspiring. The validation of common hormonal symptoms and commiseration with weight gain challenges, especially from a physician with similar struggles, is likely a rare and comforting experience for many women.” —Forbes Health

Great Book

Every woman needs this book this is great information and love important ways to eat for life!!!

Excited to do this!

My GYN recommended this book and I’m super excited to lose the few pounds I’ve been struggling with. With menopause and the pandemic I was up 20 pounds from where I am today. Through healthy dieting and exercise I was able to get back to my pre pandemic weight but have been hovering 10 pounds above where I want to be, I started this diet a few weeks ago and I am down 2 pounds and love this way of eating. The recipes are easy and delicious and I look forward to getting to a healthy weight and off the weight struggle bus for good!

FINALLY! My answers to chronic perimenopause and midlife!

For two years my healthy lifestyle has changed drastically. Primary care and OBgyn’s could not help me with the extreme changes in my overall health. Now 40lbs heavier, unable to lose weight, inability to exercise due to chronic body/joint pain and inflammation, and a recent Osteoarthritis diagnosis, I refused to believe there were no answers to my failing health.

I found a new doctor who recommended HRT and The Galveston Diet.

Now I have the answers I’ve been looking to assist with my navigation through perimenopause and beyond.

I look forward to starting my new lifestyle change, and to reap the wonderful benefits of The Galveston Lifestyle.

Exceptionally well-researched.

I follow MCH on instagram. She’s great at explaining in layman terms how menopause affects all women and what steps to take to feel good again. She genuinely cares and wants to get all research and new findings out to women.
The Galveston diet is very do-able , especially if youve dabbled with keto.

Life changing

The Galveston Diet has been life changing for me. I’ve lost a few pounds and have gotten myself back emotionally!!! Nothing else has worked in the past.

Much needed Menopause/Perimenopause Info!

I enjoyed this so much on Audible and was so glad to finally have it after following Dr. MCH on social media.

We humans with uteri, do not have enough info and research on our changing bodies.

Dr. MCH not only describes many perimenopause symptoms (there are 31); but also medically approaches what to do in order to combat them.

After listening, I absolutely bought the hard back book and started taking notes!

While listening, I started the intermittent fasting only, and have already lost 4 lbs in a week.

Today, I start the meals and macros!

I’m impressed and so glad to have Dr. MCH in our corner!

If you have a uterus, and are over 35, this is a must read!! (Perimenopause symptoms can start 10 years prior to menopause and are often misdiagnosed!)

Well done, Dr. Mart Claire Haver! I’m even more a fan, now.

Bought Audible plus hardcover

I’m enjoying what the doctor has to say about her program. It’s very encouraging. I discovered this plan in Woman’s World Magazine. I didn’t think too much about it when I bought the magazine at the checkout counter. I started her plan this week and I am excited about the prospect of losing menopause weight.

Great book very informative!

Very persuaded to try. Not sure if I will. A lot of the foods recommended I just won’t eat. However, worth a try!

Diet book

The content of this book is really interesting, but it’s mostly about losing weight not so much of a menopause.

Great advise that is solution driven

She offers tangible steps and a strong understanding of nutrition

She also explains why and how each steps work

Very motivating