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The Complete Guide to Anti-Inflammatory Foods

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This is a great book for anybody wanting to learn about inflammation in the body. Lizzie does a great job explaining what inflammation is, how it affects our body, and what to do to help combat it.

As somebody who is well educated on the subject of inflammation and clean eating, I knew most of the information given in the book but still valued it for the recipes and in-depth information about the various foods. I’m a certified personal trainer & nutrition coach and will definitely be recommending this book to my clients who fight inflammatory conditions.

I like how the book explains how to choose the foods at the store as well as how to incorporate them into your diet. This will be very helpful for readers who are new to healthier eating and selecting ripe, Whole Foods at the grocery store.

The photos in the book are gorgeous also!

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A useful read for sure. I learned a lot about anti inflammatory foods. There are a lot more veggies and fruits that I am going to make sure to eat now. An easy read as well, not too many words that needed to look up or read the definition for in the book.

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Streit does an amazing job of breaking down anti-inflammatory foods, the research behind them, and how to incorporate them into your diet.

The biggest thing that I appreciate with this book is that the majority, if not all, of the foods are available easily in your local grocery store. I live in an area where specialty food are difficult, if not impossible, to come by.

There are only a handful of delicious recipes, so this book is really geared more towards education and helping the reader make thoughtful food choices and how to best prepare that food.

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A list of anti-inflammatory foods and some helpful hints of nutrition and how to add more to your diet. A must have for people suffering from a list of ailments from diabetes to cardiovascular disease.

What did I like? It’s a clean colorful look with a wealth of information on types of anti-inflammatory foods and how to get the most out of your servings. I really enjoyed the how to add more to your diet, and thought the book offered a wide variety of different foods.

Would I recommend or buy? I’d definitely love a copy and I would recommend to people looking to take better care of there bodies by monitoring what is put in it. Four stars!

I received a complimentary copy to read and voluntarily left a review!

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I’ve been looking for this exact book for years to no avail! I can’t wait for it to hit the shelves so I can pick it up - it will be my go to reference book for information around the foods that make up a healthy anti-inflammatory diet. Other anti-inflammatory cookbooks include recipes but often with ingredients that are either hard to find or are expensive to procure - and most also don’t educate you on what it is about that ingredient that is so beneficial.
The bulk of this book provides insight on specific ingredients that a healthy diet requires that I’ve never been able to find delivered as clearly or concisely. This book identifies why it’s considered an anti-inflammatory ingredient, ideas on how to best use it (and how it would be best absorbed by your body), information on which diets would benefit from it other than just anti-inflammatory diets (ie. keto, low carb, diabetic, fodmap, vegan, vegetarian, Mediterranean, etc.) and lots of colourful pictures! This book also has eight simple but delicious recipes at the end of the book that I can’t wait to try as well! The recipes include page numbers to reference specific ingredients discussed earlier in the book. It’s so well organized!! Overall, the perfect reference for anyone trying to prepare food that will have beneficial anti-inflammatory effects on your health no matter which diet you’re trying to follow!

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Loved this book! As an athlete and unfortunately an aging one, anti-inflammatory foods are a major interest of mine. As a vegetarian, I love any recipe or guide book that identifies whole foods and recipes that embrace vegetables. This book does that and so much more!

The Complete Guide to Anti-Inflammatory Foods is a guidebook to 50 of the most popular anti-inflammatory foods.
It's an extensive guide which will help any beginner begin to learn more about anti-inflammatory foods and how to best plan meals. The book includes lots of information on the "why" anti-inflammatory foods as well as the how which all beginners need. Even better, there is information on how different medications will react with the foods and the nutritional values based on preparation. There are tons of recipes that are vegan and/or gluten free as well.

Lizzie Streit, is the author and a nutritionist Healthline.com writer. She has drawn on her experience to create this easily used guide ( Also check out Lizzie's website Itsavegworldafterall.com).

I found this book so helpful and plan to check out other books in the series including:
The Celery Juice Book, The CBD Handbook, The Complete Guide to Self-Care, The Plant-Based Cookbook,
#QuartoPublishing #Chartwell Books #TheCompleteGuidetoAntiInflammatoryFoods #NetGalley.

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This book is a helpful guide informing the reader about the benefits of an anti inflammatory diet and gives a thorough list of foods to combat inflammation. Each food listed includes good information about varieties of that food, how it interacts with medication and medical situations, explains how it’s beneficial, how to best prepare or serve that food as well as nutritional values. At the end of the book are a handful of recipes using these foods. I would have enjoyed more ideas and recipes but found this book to be an easy to read, comprehensive look at how to fight inflammation with the right foods.

Thank you Netgalley, Quarto Publishing Group-Chartwell Books and the author for this eARC in exchange for my honest review.

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I want to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. Very informative book! I will be reading this book over and over.

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This is a helpful, informative guide to help readers add foods that are anti-inflammatory.. I liked the good explanations and beautiful illustrations as well as serving suggestions and benefits to your heath.

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I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was around 3.5 stars for me.

The book is a bit overwhelming in some places and a bit high level in others. This book talks about anti-inflammatory foods and how to incorporate them into your diet. The book touches briefly on other diets like keto, but doesn't delve into them much. There's information on what foods are "good" and what foods cause inflammation and has a Q&A that covers things like diary.

The book is broken down by food with approximately a page of information about each including why the food is anti-inflammatory and how to eat more of it. There are some recipes included as well which is helpful. More recipes would be nice.

Overall there's a variety of foods and helpful information in this book.

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It’s been suggested I try an anti-inflammatory diet by various people/professionals as a way to to help my chronic pain. I’ve spent some time looking up anti-inflammatory recipes but don’t have a solid understanding of which foods are ”good” or ”bad”. The Complete Guide to Anti-Inflammatory Foods: To Boost Your Health and Immune System by Lizzie Streit seemed like a good way to learn more. The is a registered dietitian who has published another book, various recipes and has a website called Itsavegworldafterall.com. The book is split into 3 major sections: what it means for something to be considered anti-inflammatory; detailed information about 50 different foods; and recipes featuring those foods. There are also tons of color photos throughout.

The book was informative but a little overwhelming. For each of the 50 foods the author described the food, tips for adding it into your diet, a sample serving size’s nutrition information and whether it’s suitable for people following certain diets for medical or personal reasons. This was both good and bad because certain diets were mentioned for some of the foods but not all. For example, the low FODMAP diet is only mentioned maybe twice. I think this would have been helpful to include for more of them (at the very least the fruit section) since I know first hand it is confusing to figure out is FODMAP friendly. While I know that no book can cover everything, it gets hard cross-referencing a bunch of different food lists. Finally, I wish there were a few more recipes at the back of the book.

Overall I would suggest this book to anyone interested in learning more about the anti-inflammatory properties of various foods.

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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of "The Complete Guide to Anti-Inflammatory Foods" by Lizzie Streit. This is not sponsored and my opinions are all my own.

This book is a great guide to 50 foods that are anti-inflammatory and can be used to "soothe chronic inflammation and improve health" as Streit writes. I really appreciated the section "how to use this book." Additionally, the author includes a glossary at the beginning of the book that explains some of the key terms. Those sections aided in making this information more accessible and digestible for anyone.

In general the set-up of this book is extremely user-friendly. For each of the 50 foods, it covers the basics of what it is, how it fits into your diet, and examples of how to eat it. This book not only goes through seven different categories of foods, but includes some useful recipes as well making it very beginner-friendly.

I really enjoyed the graphics and displays in this book. The photos were high-quality and beautiful. The backgrounds and overall aesthetic was very pleasing and more modern than usual recipe or health-related books that I have read.

One thing I would've preferred to be added would be citations and references to the studies that were mentioned throughout.

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This book is full of facts and information about inflammation.It gave a great overview of food to eat and how to combat inflammation.I would definitely recommend this book

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I found the ideas and suggestions in this book most interesting. I do have some stomach issues and plan to follow this book for a while and see if that makes any difference. Made a lot of sense when looking back at when my stomach is more irritated ,worth a try.

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Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. It was a very interesting and informative book full of advice on how to ensure your diet is healthy. An interesting read.

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