Meals That Heal

100+ Everyday Anti-Inflammatory Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less: A Cookbook

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Pub Date 25 Jun 2019 | Archive Date 09 Jul 2019
Tiller Press | S&S/Simon Element

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100+ delicious, quick, and easy anti-inflammatory recipes to make for the whole family—all ready in 30 minutes or less!

“The real key to eating healthy for all ages—is reducing inflammatory foods and increasing certain nutrients. My challenge became how to make anti-inflammatory meals easy, quick, and most importantly, taste good,” writes Carolyn Williams in her bestselling cookbook, Meals that Heal, the FIRST anti-inflammatory book written by a James Beard Award­–winning registered dietician—and the FIRST multi-purpose book on the market for those who want to make changes before they have a condition.

With more than 100 quick and tasty recipes featuring natural, healthy ingredients that have researched-backed abilities to cool inflammation, balance gut health, and detox the body, Meals that Heal will show you how to prevent future diseases, as well as heal or improve most conditions by making a few simple changes to your diet.

Inside you’ll find:
-Information about Inflammation and its effects, including eating recommendations for carbs, proteins, and fats, as well as FAQs
-A 4-Step Jumpstart Program: #1 Assess, #2 Detox and Restore, #3 Target or Reassess, #4 Eat and Feel Good
-100+ Meals ready in 30 min or less that won’t break your budget, including tips to make the recipes more family-friendly and how to prep in advance
-Vegan, Gluten-Free, and Dairy-Free recipes, each marked with colorful graphics to make them easy to find, alongside nutritional information for each recipe in the book
-A complete refrigerator/pantry stock list of anti-inflammatory foods, the top inflamers to avoid, a store-bought product buying guide, and on-the-go eating guidelines
-7 different weekly menu plans covering the most common conditions: Detox and Restore, Prevent or Manage Type 2 Diabetes, Cancer Prevention, Heart Health, Brain Health, Joint Health and Pain Relief, and Autoimmune Conditions

Now you can gain more energy, improve concentration, eliminate headaches and skin conditions, slow the aging process, and so much more, while eating easy and delicious meals!
100+ delicious, quick, and easy anti-inflammatory recipes to make for the whole family—all ready in 30 minutes or less!

“The real key to eating healthy for all ages—is reducing inflammatory foods and...

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ISBN 9781982130787
PRICE $24.99 (USD)
PAGES 320

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Netgalley sent me a sampler of the book. From what was included, Meals That Heal is an easy-to-follow guide for the types of foods to eat to manage, and ultimately heal, health conditions such as autoimmune diseases etc. The recipes and guidance seem to be written in easy to manage chunks. I will check out the full version.

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In exchange for my honest review, I was given an electronic advance copy of this book.

I have an older model Kindle paper white and the formatting of the introduction and beginning chapters did not transfer into a readable format for me. The sentences were jumbled together and lists were mixed up, also not pictures were present and there were notes present to the editor or copy setter. Because of this I missed most of the explanation of inflammation and its maliciousness. However I have an autoimmune issue so I am personally familiar with it.

The book begins with a disclaimer that this is not medical advice and advises that the reader seek the advice of the medical professional of their choice. These statements gave me confidence in the author and publisher. Many books do not include this and I feel it is the morally and medically responsible thing to do. After explaining how the author came to know about inflammation and its presence in many of the main medical conditions plaguing people today; she covers the symptoms and causes. As a nutritionist the author suggests that food can aggravate the inflammation or help it. She lists foods to watch, foods to avoid and foods to include in your diet.

As a way to make eating healthy easy the author mentions Simple Staples. Items to prepare ahead of time that make cooking easier through the week. This could be a big batch of lightly seasoned chicken, sauces or roasted veggies that are then easy to through into a quick stir fry or breakfast bowl. Also included is one weekly meal plan for each of seven different medical issues along with the recipes. Ending with lists of seasonal fruits and veggies by the season they are available, gives the reader a blueprint for healthy eating and reducing inflammation in their body.

More a diet and nutrition book than a cookbook, this title will be a great addition to the library’s nutrition and diet section.

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I enjoyed this cookbook! I liked the way that the author described the ways in which certain meals can cause things like inflammation and eczema. The meals were simple and I have enjoyed making some of the recipes.

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This was the exact type of cookbook I was looking for. After dealing with inflammation in my joints, I wanted a book to help me use food as healing medicine. This book did the trick. It is well researched as well as divded into particular groupings to deal with healing. Very thankful that a cookbook like this will soon be available!

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The author of this cookbook presents a wealth of information on inflammation, how the body responds when it is inflamed and what foods to eat to combat this. The beginning of the book is filled with diagrams to help the reader understand.

I love how she made easy-t0-read charts of the best food choices and added so many yummy recipes to make. Curing the body's tendency to be inflamed is a delightful course with this guide and cookbook.

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Meals that Heal is massively insightful and helpful, I often suffer from inflammatory pain and hope this book will help lead me to a new, painless life.

The most interesting thing was the knowledge it has imparted on me, the recipes are great for ideas, but the description and theory will mean that I can go on to adapt it to my own life and explore more recipes on my own once I get the hang of it!

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I purchase the medical, diet, and cookbooks for my library and I can say that, hands down, the number one type of dieting book my patrons are looking for right now is anti-inflammatory. It seems like people in general are becoming much more aware of the powerfully negative side effects brought on by inflammation, a symptom that's caused by what seems to be just about EVERYTHING, and that itself can turn around and cause serious illness and disease. That's why I was so happy to see a book like Meals That Heal, by Carolyn Williams (Tiller Press, June 2019). This book offers over 100 recipes meant to help curb and sooth inflammation, each of which can be prepared in ~30 minutes. Williams includes not just recipes, but also a ton of information on common foods that reduce as well as cause inflammation, and why common treatments of inflammation--like aspirin--don't really provide a long-term solution for stopping the swell. Williams provides advice on how to assess your current diet, detox yourself from all the inflammatory foods included therein, and then reassess your future eating habits. And then there's the obligatory pantry/staples chapter. All of this makes Meals That Heal a good all-around kitchen reference as well as cookbook. In addition to the information, the photography is bright and cheerful, with pictures accompanying just about every recipe. The recipes were simply written, easy to follow, and the layout was logical and pleasing--though the digital ARC I received did not feature a Table of Contents, something I assume (hope?) will be there in the final proof. All in all, I would recommend this book to anyone looking to increase their well-being by reducing inflammation--or anyone hoping to learn how to make good food quick--and I will definitely purchase a copy for the library where I work, too.

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This is a great reference for anyone who experiences some type of chronic pain. This book helps explain foods relationship to inflammation and your gut health. Love how the recipes show I’d they are Vegan, Gluten free or dairy free. Also big plus...pictures!

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Thank you Tiller Press and Netgalley for a copy of Meals That Heal by Carolyn Williams for review. Publishing June 25/19.

I really liked how adaptable this cookbook was! Basic, easy to find ingredients for the most part but my favourite parts were the guides. She had basic ways to build things like a breakfast bowl with plenty of suggestions for each layer so you could adapt it to your tastes, budget and diet so easily and also mix it up a lot. You could easily make a different bowl every morning for example if you wanted just by mixing up her basic recipe and changing the ingredients. Love these books to be able to learn how to adapt recipes to my family’s tastes and even to tailor each to our individual diets or needs!

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I'm really impressed with this book! I was expecting very little educational text and mostly recipes. That is not what it is. It is very educational throughout the book, and the literature matches the evidence based approach I'm familiar with as a health psychologist. It's full of color, organized designs to make seeing things easier, and pictures for every recipe.

There are about 10-20 recipes per food chapter, which I feel is plenty, and it ends with meal plans directed at various different diseases: diabetes, heart disease, autoimmunity, cancer, brain health, and pain/joint health. Each one is a combination of the recipes included for one week.

Something else I was impressed with was that it's pescatarian and vegetarian friendly, despite having meat options as well. I'm pescatarian, and very few cookbooks make it easy on me to find the recipes that fit my diet. This book does. The lunches and meat (duh) chapters are the only ones that are meat heavy. There's a fish chapter that's separate and a vegetarian chapter as well.

Don't expect desserts 😉

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In this book, there is a definition of inflammation and the diseases of inflammation. There is a recommendation of which types of foods to increase and which foods to decrease. Generally, avoid processed foods, artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, and preservatives. Limit the amount of fatty proteins, increase green leafy vegetables, increase fruit, etc. Included are a variety of recipes designed to meet these goals. The book recommends a week long detox before utilizing the recommendations. It provides suggested menu items for the detox. There are several to choose from. I found this book to be highly relevant to me as I have fibromyalgia which is an autoimmune disorder. I may have difficulty limiting red meat, but I will be adding more of the recommended fish. Anyone with inflammation and chronic pain should check out this book.

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This was a very well written cookbook. I found the layout to flow well and the recipes were easy to understand and follow along to. I look forward to trying some of them out for my family.

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MEALS THAT HEAL by Carolyn Williams is a fun, recently published cookbook from Simon & Schuster's new imprint, Tiller Press. MEALS THAT HEAL contains helpful nutritional background and "100+ Everyday Anti-Inflammatory Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less." A registered dietitian and culinary nutrition expert, Williams is further described as "known for her ability to simplify the concept of healthy eating." This text absolutely illustrates that skill. First, Williams provides a basic explanation of "good" and "bad" inflammation, using a chart to explain what it is, the causes, immune response, signs, and health impact. Certainly some readers will already be familiar with her list of 8 top recommended foods (leafy greens, olive oil, berries, cruciferous vegetables, green tea, gut health promoters and nuts/seeds), but Williams adds detailed examples, portion suggestions and also then emphasizes "assessing where you are" in order to best utilize her recipes.

Williams goes on to suggest a set of refrigerator and pantry staples for recipes like Black Bean and Spinach Quesadillas, Avocado Chicken Salad, and One Pan Steak with Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans. Appetizing, and relatively quick and easy to make, with few specialized ingredients! The numerous colorful pictures and nutrition information contribute to the quality and appeal of this cookbook. Chapter headings are pretty standard: Breakfast (with a chart on Breakfast Bowl Ideas); Lunch (plenty of salads and an emphasis on un-sandwich choices); Poultry/Meat; Fish and Shellfish (with a buyer's guide); Meatless Mains; Sides; and Snacks and Drinks. Recipes generally include a color photo and nutritional data, plus an icon for being vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and/or dairy free. The final section provides "Menus for Healing" so readers can begin to develop a plan which is more focused on heart health, brain health (on a related note, there is a just-released study highlighted by NBC News and others regarding lifestyle behaviors and their impact on Alzheimer's), pain relief and so forth. Although some other charts (e.g., foods to avoid or greatly limit) were blurry and harder to read in the digital preview, I am excited to see the print version of MEALS THAT HEAL which will be on our shelves soon. Cooking and nutrition classes will find much to explore.

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Easy to follow recipes that actually turn out as good as they look. I found myself utilizing this book more than once when planning menus for the week.

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Meals that Heal is a recipe book that includes over 100 quick and easy, everyday, anti-inflammatory recipes that can be made in 30 minutes or less! After an introduction which explains that this book is not a substitution for seeking medical advice, there are also many tips and guides on how to improve your diet and lifestyle including foods to avoid.
The author also sets out some Simple Staples, which are items that can be prepared ahead of time and kept on hand to make eating well easier.
This book reads much more like a plan for eating better than a cookbook. Highly recommended!

*I received an advanced reader's copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

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This is a great cookbook for anyone with an autoimmune disease and wants to get back to eating whole foods instead of processed foods. Very informative and great recipes.

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This is both cookbook and lifestyle guide for people looking to control any number of health issues through diet, from headaches to arthritis. The author posits that eating certain foods, including omega-3 rich fish, green tea, leafy greens, etc., will reduce inflammation and improve overall health. Includes plenty of practical advice for eating out, stocking staples, and shopping for ingredients. This is not a cookbook for the casual reader who wants to page through glossy pictures--photography is few and far between--but will be a useful and practical guide for people looking for health advice.

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I received an arc for this title from NetGalley for an honest review. Meals that help with inflammatory diseases have been requested at my library a lot lately so I am thrilled to see a new title. This is an easy to use cookbook that will go out often.

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