Dr Mary Claire Haver is a board-certified OB/GYN, a Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist, a Certified Menopause Provider and the founder of Mary Claire Wellness, a private medical practice that focuses on women in midlife. Her bestselling book, The Galveston Diet , is based on the groundbreaking nutritional protocol she developed as an online subscriber programme for women going through perimenopause and menopause. Her second book, The New Menopause , was an instant number one New York Times bestseller. Dr Haver lives with her husband and two daughters in Galveston, Texas.