I found this book in my local library after being put on a diet of no dairy, no sugar and no yeast by my Chinese doctor, treating me for raised FSH, not because I was perimenopausal (I'm 39). I was delighted to discover that 99% of the recipes covered this dietary aspect and was equally delighted with the baking end of the book which gives recipes for delicious flapjack style snacks. I would be in a real state without this book as there's only so many oat biscuits I can stomach. My father liked the flapjacks so much that he went out and bought himself a copy!
This book is aimed at those women going through menopause. However, if you change your diet in your late 30s/early 40s to a non-dairy phytooestrogen-based diet, you probably won't even notice going through it. I am not a health freak but I have felt real benefits from changing my diet; no bloatedness, no water retention, no pmt, beautiful skin and bright white eyes. I thoroughly recommend this book to dairy intolerant people and particularly women approaching the menopause.