Diets that fight inflammation are here to stay. Anti-inflammatory diets like the Mediterranean diet and DASH Diet have been around for a while and are legit options for those looking to improve their health with the added benefit of weight loss. In recent years, a new anti-inflammatory diet that was created specifically for women has become very popular—the Galveston Diet.
The Galveston Diet was designed for women in all phases of menopause, including perimenopause, who want to avoid weight gain and may be struggling to lose weight during these stages of life. It can also help with common hormonal symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, and brain fog. Their website boasts a community of 100,000 members.
So, where did this diet come from? It was developed by Mary Claire Haver, MD, a Texas-based ob-gyn, in 2017. Dr. Haver used to tell “her patients to eat less and exercise more. It wasn’t until she, too, experienced the changes of menopause and mid-life weight gain that she realized this advice doesn’t work,” and that led her to create the Galveston Diet, according to the diet’s website.
The Galveston Diet consists of three main components: intermittent fasting, an anti-inflammatory approach to nutrition, and shifting your nutritional intake to fuel your body, according to the diet’s website. Dr. Haver “carefully distilled the complex concepts from [her] research to easily digestible nuggets and tested them with resounding success.” One of her goals is to help followers leave behind quick fixes and build sustainable habits that will last a lifetime.
Learn more about what the Galveston Diet entails, what you can and can’t eat while on it, and this is the right weight-loss plan for you.
Meet the experts: Roxana Ehsani, RD, CSSD, LDN, is an adjunct professor that teaches sports nutrition at Virginia Tech.
Anya Rosen, RD, is a nutritionist and the founder of Birchwell.
What is the Galveston Diet?
“The diet is said to be an anti-inflammatory diet similar to the Mediterranean diet but also includes 16:8 intermittent fasting,” says nutritionist Roxana Ehsani, RD, CSSD, LDN. (FYI: That’s when you eat during an eight-hour window, then abstain from…