A revolutionary diet to help you lose weight and control disease-causing inflammation Medical research has discovered that inflammation is a factor in weight gain and increases your risk for many diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer's, among others. The Inflammation-Free Diet shows you how to diminish the effects of inflammation by limiting foods with high IFs (inflammation factors) as well as introducing inflammation-fighting foods into your diet. Provides three weeks' worth of meal plans and dozens of low-IF recipes Covers more than 1,500 foods
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List of Tables and Figures |
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| Foreword |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction: Do You Need to Read This Book? |
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The Silent Enemy: Determining Your Risk |
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Why Excessive Inflammation Is So Common |
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What You Can Do to Fight Inflammation |
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How the Foods You Eat Affect Inflammation |
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How the IF Rating Is Calculated |
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What the IF Ratings Reveal |
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Frequently Asked Questions About the Ratings |
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Reducing Inflammation in Your Body |
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Inflammation Self-Assessment |
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Customizing Your Inflammation-Free Diet |
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55 | (4) |
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Evaluating and Revising Recipes |
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Meal Plans for the Inflammation-Free Diet |
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Recipes for the Inflammation-Free Diet |
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| Selected References |
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| Index |
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Monica Reinagel served as editorial director of the Health Sciences Institute, a publication with more than 100,000 subscribers worldwide, and as managing editor for the American Academy of Environmental Medicine's weekly Medical Digest. Her work has been published in Anti-Aging Medical News, Total Health magazine, and others.
Julius Torelli, M.D. is the medical director of the Integrative Cardiology Center, in High Point, North Carolina. A board-certified clinical cardiologist and internist, he is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
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