Word: shandler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Four years ago, when she was 47, Nina Shandler turned into a red-eyed wretch, wrung out by hot flashes that banished sleep. There she was, lying in bed, soaking in her own sweat, awakened "at two-hour intervals every single night by a self-generated tropical typhoon." She knew the term hot flash but hadn't expected to encounter one this side of 50. What conventional wisdom had neglected to convey to Shandler is that long before menopause occurs and menstrual cycles cease, women in their 30s and 40s can be subject to distressing symptoms. Like adolescence in reverse...
...Shandler, the author of several cookbooks, sought solace in the usual place--her kitchen. The result, Estrogen: The Natural Way (Villard, $24.95), will be in bookstores next month. It contains 250 recipes that Shandler devised for foods to relieve her discomfort, including salad dressings and soups, muffins and mousse cake. Just one slice of mousse cake a day, she swears, keeps those hot flashes...
...does Shandler work her medicinal magic? The ingredients she weaves into each and every recipe--flaxseed, soy milk, tofu--contain chemical compounds known as phytoestrogens, which are estrogens produced by plants. Forget the fact that tofu doesn't taste particularly good, Shandler breezily advises. "It's like flour. Flour is a useful ingredient. Nobody expects it to taste good." Just throw a little silken tofu into a blender, add a splash of vanilla extract, a sprinkling of cocoa powder, a dollop of maple syrup, and you'll see. "I truly love this food," she insists, and so, apparently...
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