The Pacific Northwest Anti-Inflammatory Reference Cookbook

Are you curious about the Anti-Inflammatory diet and ready for a change in your eating habits?  This cookbook is for you:

·      If you want to try an anti-inflammatory diet but you just don’t know where to start.

·      If you love to cook and look for new ways to create nutritious, satisfying meals. 

·      If you try new “healthy diets” or “weight loss diets” every few weeks but these never last.

·      If you have food sensitivities and want to avoid common food allergens.

·      If you want to help improve your risk factors for diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

·      If you are already eating an anti-inflammatory diet but are hungry and bored.

This cookbook was created at OHSU for an NIH-sponsored research study on the health effects of a naturopathic Anti-Inflammatory diet.  The staff of the OHSU Bionutrition Research Unit worked closely with researchers in the Helfgott Research Institute of the nearby National College of Naturopathic Medicine to create meals that adhered to accepted recommendations within the literature and from practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine.  These recommendations avoid foods commonly associated with allergies and emphasize foods that are thought to reduce a harmful inflammatory response.

This reference cookbook will be valuable to anyone interested in the nutritional content of anti-inflammatory foods both for themselves and as part of other scientific studies.  There are over 50 delicious recipes as well as suggested menus, nutrient analysis, cooking tips, and helpful shopping information.  Given its avoidance of many pro-allergenic foods, patients with food sensitivities or allergies may find this diet particularly helpful.

 We do not make any health claims for those who use this cookbook.