Anna Cabeca - MenuPause: Five Unique Eating Plans to Break Through Your Weight Loss Plateau and Improve Mood, Sleep, and Hot Flashes

Acknowledgments

A cookbook like this takes time, creativity, and oh so much awareness, food testing and tasting, and inspirationand all during an exciting time in my life. Since writing my second best-selling book, Keto-Green 16, Ive moved from my family home in Saint Simons Island, Georgia, to Dallas, Texas. I lived in that home for 21 years with its large gourmet kitchen; now I have a lovely two-bedroom city condo with a small kitchen! Plus, Ive spent many days and nights living in our horse trailer to attend weekend rodeos. Creating and experimenting with new recipes in these conditions has been challenging, to say the least!

I was assisted, thankfully, by my cousin Grace, a great cook and restaurateur. Like a sister to me, Grace visited me in Dallas and spent a month as a part of her own healing journey. She is an amazing and efficient cook who showed me how to work creatively in my small kitchen. I am forever grateful to Grace and her culinary creativityand for being my initial test recipient with many of these meal plans.

I am also grateful to:

Karen Hall, who helped me get settled in Texas, organize the recipes, and assist me on the cookbook so that I used time efficiently, and so much more.

Maggie Greenwood-Robinson, who was instrumental in creating the framework for this cookbook. I cant say enough good things about her, and it would have been difficult to complete this masterpiece without her.

Nancy Hala, whose brand strategy was instrumental in bringing the Girlfriend Doctor brand to life.

My book team at Rodale, including my wonderful and supremely creative editor, Marnie Conchan, my visionary and super-talented agent Heather Jackson, and the rest of the dedicated staff there.

My friends and colleagues in my network who inspire me every day, including Angeli Akey, MD, Ellie Campbell, D.O., Magdalena Wzelaki, Cynthia Thurlow, N.P, J.J. Virgin, Steven Mastey, MD, Mindy Pelz, DC, and so many more.

My amazing daughters, Brittany, Amanda, Amira, and Ava, and my goddaughter Isabella. I am awed every moment by each one. They work with me and support my mission to help women around the world live their best lives. It has been beautiful to see them advocate for the next generation of women, helping them claim empowerment over their bodies in healthy, natural ways and sharing these messages, plans, the entire Keto-Green lifestyle, and my flagship product Julva and other products for women everywhere.

Immense, heartfelt gratitude goes to my team at the Girlfriend DoctorI am truly blessed to have a wonderful, caring, and extremely professional work family who care about your health and personal empowerment as passionately as I do! Special gratitude goes out to Courtney Webster, Amy Stafford, Jamellette Diffoot, Lori Thomas, Jamy Gomes, Rossana Alvarado, Connie Calhoun, Yael Rosen, Edith Terolli, Lisa Curry, Josh Koerpel, Andreas Fried, Alom Mohammed, and Jason Ruona. They are friends and family to me. So much gratitude also goes to my team that is always ready to help, pitch in, and make things better, including Trent Walker, Sehrish Imran, Annie Epperley, Rachael Hanna, Shibani Subramanya, Yael Goodman, and Hannah Trygar, Kristen Matthews, and Jaime Bowen. I couldnt have created the gorgeousness and deliciousness of the recipes without Caroline Ely, who is truly a gifted chef and artist.

The Girlfriend Doctor Club members and Keto-Green community on Facebook to whom I am also very grateful for sharing their stories, recipes, challenges, and successes. Big hugs to the Unicorns out there in the world that inspire each other, especially my Unicorn Club girlfriends.

This cookbook is for all of youand women and men around the world who want to break plateaus, reach new milestones, and obtain a healthier, better body today for a healthier tomorrow.

Also by Dr. Anna Cabeca

The Hormone Fix

Keto-Green 16

About the Author

Bestselling author, Anna Cabeca, DO, OBGYN, FACOG, is known nationally as The Girlfriend Doctor and is host of The Girlfriend Doctor show, where she welcomes experts and guests to the show to share their insights on how women can truly thrive in body, mind, and spirit. Dr. Anna is triple-board certified and a fellow of gynecology and obstetrics, integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She holds special certifications in functional medicine, sexual health, and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. She lectures frequently on these topics throughout the world to large audiences.

Her first two highly acclaimed books, The Hormone Fix and Keto-Green 16 are bestsellers. In addition, Dr. Anna is the creator of several popular virtual transformation programsThe Keto-Green Way to Breeze through Menopause, Sexual CPR, and Magic Menopause. She offers Keto-Green nutrition plans to online subscribers, is the founder of her Girlfriend Doctor Club, and the host of the vast Keto-Green community on Facebook.

A passionate health advocate for both women and men, Dr. Anna has appeared on numerous television shows and has been interviewed by ABC, CBS, and NBC. She also appeared in an episode of the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Sought after by various other media, Dr. Anna has been featured as a womens health, nutrition, weight loss, and hormone expert in Shape Magazine, Womans World, First for Womenmagazine, InStyle, HuffPost, Mindbodygreen, and others.

Forbes Magazine reported on her success in creating and building a successful business around her flagship product Julvaan all-natural, over-the-counter cream that she developed to treat vaginal dryness and discomfort. Dr. Anna is also the creator of other top-selling health products such as Mighty Maca Plus.

Dr. Anna lives in Dallas, Texas, with her daughters, horses, and dogs.

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Chapter 1: Pause a Few Things on Your Menu to End Your Menopausal Symptoms

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Chapter 2: How MenuPause Heals Your Body

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Chapter 3: 6 Days to Menopausal Weight Loss, Energy, and Feeling Great

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