The Vegan Therapeutic Meal Plan for Asthma: A Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Anti Inflammatory Diet Plan for Relieving Bronchial Inflammation (Therapeutic Meal Plans)

Designed by nutritionist Paul Becker, this book is a practical guide to implementing a nutritionally balanced anti-inflammatory vegan meal plan. It is based on studies and clinical evidence that have resulted in relief from asthma symptoms.

THE MEAL PLAN
This meal plan eliminates inflammatory foods such as refined carbohydrates, trans fats and meat. It eliminates potentially allergenic foods such as gluten, dairy, and eggs, among others. But since it is balanced nutritionally it can be eaten by all. It is a seven day meal plan with healthy recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and two snacks a day. In this book you get the following:

7 DAY MEAL PLAN SUMMARY
* An at a glance summary of the meals to be eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner for each day.
ALL RECIPES
* What makes these recipes stand head and shoulders above other recipes is the specific instructions about how to preserve the vitamin and nutrient content of the food throughout the preparation process. You could think of this as a cookbook with instructions on how to prepare meals in a healthy way for your condition.
10 POINT WORKSHEET
* A chart summarizing the 10 most important things you can do
GUIDELINES
* If you can’t follow the meal plan exactly, these are the principles which the meal plan is built around. Often refers back to the 10 point worksheet. Following these principles in your own way may be just as effective as following the meal plan exactly.
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN.
* Specific steps you can take to make the transition into this meal plan.

THIS PLAN IS BEST SUITED FOR PEOPLE WHO:
* Have asthma
* Have allergies
* Want to reduce inflammation
* Have high cholesterol
* Want to avoid all animal products
* Want to lose weight
* Prefer a healthy plant based diet

THIS MEAL PLAN ELIMINATES THE FOLLOWING:
* Meat (Pork, beef, poultry, fish, shellfish, etc...)
* Gluten (Bread, bagels, pastries, etc...)
* Dairy (Milk, cheese, yogurt, etc...)
* Processed food
* Baked goods
* Eggs
* Grains
* Nuts
* Corn
* Chocolate

THIS MEAL PLAN REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING TOOLS:
* Blender (8 snacks)
* Dehydrator (1 snack)
* Crock pot (7 meals)
* Juicer (7 Beverages)
* Vegetable Steamer (14 vegetable side dishes)

INFLAMMATION
Chronic inflammation has been linked to health issues such as allergies and asthma. Silent inflammation is the greatest threat to your wellness. Although this diet plan targets asthma specifically, it is an anti-inflammatory meal plan and will help with any symptoms caused by inflammation. One way to measure inflammation in the diet is to use Monica Reinagel's inflammation factor rating system. In this system each food is rated as inflammatory or anti-inflammatory. Over 20 different factors are used to measure a food's inflammatory or anti-inflammatory effect on the body. A negative number is considered inflammatory and a positive number is considered anti-inflammatory. All the foods for a day are netted together to arrive at a number. There is no upper or lower limit. A number over 500 is considered "strongly anti-inflammatory". Day one of this meal plan scores 2,367.

GLUTEN
Gluten is the protein found in wheat and other grains. Gluten sensitivity has been associated with blood disorders, dermatitis, endocrine disorders, gastrointestinal diseases, neurological disorders, connective tissue disorders, myositis, precancerous states and some cancers. If a person has high anti-gliadin antibodies the immune system is activated and inflammation is active throughout the body. Often eliminating gluten alone can have tremendous impacts on one's health.

DAIRY
Between lactose intolerance and sensitivity to casein, dairy products can cause problems anywhere from increasing silent inflammation to acute gastrointestinal, dermatological and respiratory problems. Eliminating dairy products from ones normal diet can produce immediate relief from seemingly chronic problems.