Anti Inflammatory Diet For Beginners: Quality Recipes To Heal Yourself With Food
Samantha Marcus
Published by Samantha Marcus, 2015.
While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
ANTI INFLAMMATORY DIET FOR BEGINNERS: QUALITY RECIPES TO HEAL YOURSELF WITH FOOD
First edition. June 20, 2015.
Copyright 2015 Samantha Marcus.
ISBN: 978-1513015781
Written by Samantha Marcus.
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Introduction
W e wish to thank and congratulate you for downloading this eBook titled Anti-inflammatory Diet Recipes. We are sure that you will definitely find that the eBook and the information provided in it prove to be of immense help.
Inflammation is a very common yet severe problem for people around the world. A proper plan needs to be made in order to combat it. Including a diet alongside can help you reach the target of good health easily. In this eBook, you will find a lot of information related to inflammation and what an anti-inflammatory diet, as well as helpful recipes all of which will help you achieve great results.
The diet plan given in this book is varied, healthy, as well as tasty. It includes lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, and cuts down on processed and harmful food. An optimal balance of carbohydrates, proteins, fats and other nutrients will be maintained, if you choose to follow this diet. This, in turn, will maintain the balance of your calories and will control your weight.
We hope this book will give you a new direction towards a healthy and fulfilling life. By extension, we also hope that this diet proves to be the resourceful and healthy alternative you need so your health can bounce right back.
What is an Anti-Inflammatory diet?
A lthough human beings claim that they rule this world, it must be noted that they are quite weak and susceptible to a lot of diseases and disorders. These diseases and disorders, as their name suggests, are often uncomfortable and painful often, they cripple the working capacity of the patients. But many a times, people simply ignore a lot of disorders or problems because they think that it is not noteworthy and is of no importance.
One such common but concerning problem is inflammation. People do not understand that if left unchecked this disorder can lead to asthma, cell degeneration, heart problems and even cancer. However, the damper is that even if you decide to tackle it, you do not have many options. Conventional medicine has not proven to be very successful with regard to this.
Chronic inflammation results into many kinds of disorders and can also damage the body permanently. In extreme cases, these disorders then can even lead to death. Hence, it is extremely necessary to check inflammation as soon as possible.
Even though not a lot of medicines are available against this condition, one can regulate their diet in order to alleviate their condition they can follow a scientifically proven anti-inflammatory diet. It will provide the patient with all the needed nutrients and will also help to check the onset of this condition.
Anti-inflammatory diet is also helpful in keeping heart diseases away along with helping in regulating blood pressure. Thus, it is a highly beneficial diet plan.
What makes the anti-inflammatory diet even more trustworthy, unlike other crash diets or fad diets, is that it does not make vague promises of giving you a slim and trim body in a day or two. It is a long process and needs to be followed continuously if you want to keep yourself active and fit.
Anti-inflammatory diet, as the name suggests, can help you by curing mild inflammation while helping your body relax and reducing the amount of pain felt. It is highly flexible, thus, making it very easy to follow. It won't leave you feeling hungry, and most importantly it will not cause you any side-effects!
A well-made plan of this diet can boost your immunity, can act as a stress buster and will keep you happy throughout the day. It has the right amount of all the nutrients in the right forms, unlike some supplements. The phytochemicals coming from natural sources of the vegetables will also help you in overcoming this condition.
Anti-inflammatory diet includes a lot of ingredients that are sometimes not included in traditional diets. One must include wholegrain, fruits, vegetables, lean protein sources. Apart from this, garlic, ginger, as well as berries, turmeric, and herbs are helpful as well. Other ingredients include dark chocolate, fatty fish, soy, tomatoes, legumes and brown rice.
Just make sure you adhere to the diet plan; you will definitely see the wonderful results.
Recipes:
O nce you have made your mind to start this wonderful diet, you need to figure out where to begin. This is a common problem with other diets people do not know where to begin, what to eat, and in some cases, how to cook the food that needs to be consumed in the diet. That is not the case here.
Let us now look at some of the delicious, mouthwatering as well as very healthy recipes which will help you keep inflammation under bay. These recipes can be followed very easily, and you will not need any fancy ingredients to make these dishes all the things you need will be available in your kitchen already!
In order to aid better understanding of the eBook, the recipes are categorized according to the meals. Here we go!
Breakfast Recipes
B reakfast is the most essential meal of the day. The name says it all breakfast means breaking the night long fast. Hence, it is necessary to have a good breakfast every day and you must make sure that you do not skip this meal. Let us see some of the best breakfast dishes which are suited for the anti-inflammatory diet plan.
Quinoa and Cherry Porridge
I ngredients
- 1 cup of water
- cup of cherries, fresh or dried
- cup of quinoa
- Vanilla extract
- Little pinch of cinnamon powder
- Honey as per taste
Method
- Take a saucepan. Pour the water in it. Add the cherries, quinoa, vanilla extract as well as cinnamon one-by-one and then boil this mixture on medium heat.
- Now reduce the flame to low and let it simmer. Keep the pan covered and let it simmer for 15 minutes till the water evaporates and till the quinoa becomes soft.
- Top it with honey and serve fresh.
Green Tea and Raspberry Drink
I ngredients
- 1 cup of green tea concoction, chilled
- 2 cups of raspberries, unsweetened and frozen
- 1 banana
- Protein powder
- Honey
Method
- Just pour in all the ingredients in the blender and blend it till it becomes smooth and consistent. Your delicious smoothie is ready.
Oatmeal with a Twist
I ngredients
- cup of regular oats
- 1 cup of water
- cup of berries
- A bit of ground ginger
- A bit of cinnamon
- A bit of nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon of flax seeds
- 1 tablespoon of molasses
Method :
- First, combine oats, water, berries, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg in a saucepan. Place the saucepan on medium flame and let the mixture boil.
- After it boils, let it simmer on low heat for five minutes till all the water has evaporated.
- Add flax seed. Let it remain covered for five minutes.
- Serve hot with molasses sprinkled over.
Healthy Muffins
I ngredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Sugar substitute measuring up to 2/3 cup of sugar
- Baking powder