Leah Gibbs - Spiralize Your Diet: 20 Delectable Spiralizer Recipes for a Healthy Gluten-Free Diet

Spiralize Your Diet

20 Delectable Spiralizer Recipes for a Healthy Gluten-Free Diet

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One of the saddest moments in life is when the thing that you love the most and couldn't imagine living without turns against you. Everything that you have been through together and all the time when you grew so attached to the beautiful sensations that it produced in your body seem long gone by now. The only feelings that you experience now are pain, physical sickness, and weight gain. What? You did realize that we were talking about food, didn't you? What else could cause so many problems after deciding to break the wonderful, long-lasting friendship that you shared? Everything that you liked the most about it bread, pasta, pizza, bagels, fast-food, and cereals now laugh at the trouble they put you in.

Even though you know that what they offer you is food allergies, gut inflammation, autoimmune and heart diseases, it can be awfully difficult to tell them no when they are so tempting. But is this really the person who you want to be? Letting unhealthy food control your life when there are so many better alternatives? We all know that these moments are the hardest because the general tendency is to compare all the new elements of how it used to be. I call it the shock period .

But the truth is that you can do it; you can expand your horizon and really let go of all the things that harm you. And the best way to that is by embracing a new lifestyle; one that is 100% good for the health of your body, mind and spirit. Precisely because we know how difficult it is to get over such a major change in your life, we created this book to help you rediscover stability and enjoy only what is the best for you. Of course, we are still talking about food and your daily menu, but, seriously now, isn't this like one of the most important aspects?

All joking aside, getting used to a completely new diet can be extremely hard for some persons. And things get even more complicated when, besides having to follow the restrictions of a certain diet like the gluten-free one, you also need to prepare the meals in such a way as to make them delicious enough for the other members of your family. And appetizing enough for your picky children. And without taking too much time from your already busy schedule. Fortunately, now we have the solution for all these problems: veggie spiralized recipes. They are healthy, very easy to prepare and incredibly flavorsome. Plus, don't worry if you don't own a spiralizer. Although it will be a bit more complicated, this book will show you what other tools you can use to spiralize your fruits and vegetables.

The benefits of this way of cooking are innumerable: it improves your health, helps you lose weight, improves your immune system, and, not less important, helps you save time and money. All the advantages that you will get are presented in the first part of the book. Also, you will find details about the types of spiralizers, how to use them, and the ingredients that you will need more often. In the second half of the book, 20 extraordinary recipes are waiting for you to try them. Salads, soups, pasta, desserts and even fast food the most incredible, mouth-watering recipes were gathered here in order to make the transition to this new stage of your life easier. Soon, you will realize that you won't even think any longer about going back to eating processed and gluten-containing foods. Also, you will be feeling energetic, fresh and healthy and, in the end, beautiful and happy.

I n this part, you will learn:

• What it means to be on a gluten-free diet
• The meaning and benefits of spiralized cooking
• About different tools that you can use to spiralize your food
• How to use a professional spiralizer
• The ingredients that can be spiralized

B efore entering the major topic of this part of the book, it is important to focus a little bit on the reason that, in the end, made us write (for us) and read (for you) it: to create a healthy menu for our gluten-free diet. But what about this diet? What foods contain gluten and, as a consequence, should be avoided and why would we even do that? If you are familiar with these notions, then you can easily skip it and go directly to the following chapter. If not, let us focus on the main aspects of this diet.

First of all, gluten is a protein that is mostly found in wheat and other grains like rye and barley. As you have probably imagined, a gluten-free diet is one that excludes all the foods that contain even the slightest trace of this protein. In Chapter Six, you will find a more specific list of ingredients that are to be avoided and that, on the contrary, should be eaten in larger amounts. Yes, it will be difficult to make this change taking in account how many important foods contain wheat or barley. However, preparing and eating new foods in the right way will definitely make you forget that you are living a life with restrictions.

Why would someone choose to be on a glutenfree diet if it's so restrictive? Well, the answer is that no one chooses or should choose this diet; it comes as a treatment for medical conditions like gluten intolerance or celiac disease. Gluten intolerance or sensitivity usually manifests through such symptoms as bloating, diarrhea, abdominal cramps and flatulence. In the cases of people who suffer from Celiac disease, their body is affected by any product containing gluten and the immune system reacts by attacking the small intestine. The most common symptoms are gas, bloating, nausea, decreased or no appetite, diarrhea, bloody stools and can lead to severe cases of anemia, hair loss, fatigue and other serious problems.

The problem is that neither of these conditions can is easily diagnosed because the symptoms are, in the first phase, easily confused with normal reactions of the body. This is why any person who experiences these symptoms for a longer period of time should consult a physician. Similarly, no person should restrict their diet in such a way as to cut the gluten intake completely if this is not an approved medical recommendation. It is considered that a reduced amount of wheat and other foods containing gluten can lead to a healthier life, but there are no studies actually proving it. Thus, unless your body really needs to eliminate them, you should adopt a balanced diet with reduced amounts of each category of food.

A fter establishing the essential aspects of the gluten-free diet, we can move to the actual purpose of our book: finding to perfect foods to replace the gluten-containing products that need to be eliminated. Since there are so many items that you now need to stay away from, the biggest part of your menu will consist of fruits and vegetables. And because there are some persons who have problems eating precisely these products, they need a new way to prepare them as to be more delicious than ever. This result can be perfectly obtained with the help of a spiralizer.