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Anti-Inflammatory Living for Real Life: Books, Teas & Planners
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items If you've been feeling puffy, tired after meals, or stuck in sugar crashes, you're not alone, and small daily changes really can help. I put together the books I'd recommend for understanding blood sugar, metabolism, and anti-inflammatory eating, plu...
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Balance Your Blood Sugar
Eat to Calm Inflammation
Tea Rituals for Every Day
Cute Planners to Track Your Habits
Free Recipes & Trusted Resources
Balance Your Blood Sugar
Easy-to-read books about glucose, energy, and metabolism, for anyone tired of the afternoon crash.
If you get sleepy after lunch or crave sugar every afternoon, start here. Simple food-order and veggie-first tips that are so easy to try tomorrow.
Glucose Revolution
The practical 4-week follow-up with recipes. Perfect if you liked the ideas but want a step-by-step plan to actually do it.
The Glucose Goddess Method
A big-picture read on metabolism and why so many of us feel tired. It also talks about tracking glucose if you're curious about that.
Good Energy
Eat to Calm Inflammation
Cookbooks and guides full of colorful, whole-food recipes that are simple enough for busy weeknights.
The easiest place to start. A no-stress meal plan and simple recipes, perfect if you don't know where to begin.
The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners
75 doable recipes with meal plans. Great for getting out of a dinner rut while eating more whole foods.
Anti-Inflammatory Eating Made Easy
A doctor's look at everyday foods and how they support your body. Fascinating if you love knowing the why behind what you eat.
Eat to Beat Disease
All about gut health and eating more plants. Super approachable, with recipes and a gentle plan to start.
Fiber Fueled
Recipes inspired by the places where people live the longest. Beautiful photos and comforting, simple meals.
The Blue Zones Kitchen
A deep dive into the research on whole foods. Dense but so motivating if you want to eat more greens, beans, and berries.
How Not to Die: Revised and Updated
Tea Rituals for Every Day
Ginger and turmeric teas, a cute infuser mug, and everything for a calming daily cup.
Everything you'd want to know about tea, from types to brewing. A lovely read if you want to make tea a real daily ritual.
Tea
A warming, spicy ginger tea that's caffeine free. So cozy after dinner on a cold night.
Pukka Three Ginger Organic Herbal Tea Bags - 1.27oz/20ct: Non-Caffeinated, Turmeric
An organic turmeric and ginger blend. An easy way to add turmeric to your day without cooking with it.
Traditional Medicinals Turmeric with Meadowsweet & Ginger - 16ct: Organic Certified, Non-Caffeinated
Green tea with ginger for a gentle morning lift. A nice swap for that third cup of coffee.
Bigelow Green Tea with Ginger Plus Probiotics Tea Bags - 18ct
Fruity mango and turmeric, great iced or hot. Perfect if you don't love the taste of plain turmeric.
Tazo Wellness Vitality Mango Tangerine Turmeric Tea Bags - 16ct: Non-Caffeinated
A pretty glass infuser mug for loose leaf tea. Watching it steep is part of the relaxing ritual.
15oz Glass Tea Infuser Mug Clear - Hearth & Hand™ with Magnolia
A floral ceramic mug with its own infuser and lid. Such a sweet gift for a tea-loving friend, or yourself.
Pinky Up Bailey 12 oz Ceramic Tea Mug with Bamboo Lid & Stainless Steel Infuser for Loose Leaf, Tea Cup, Birthday Gifts for Women, Botanical Design
A fast-boil kettle with a built-in infuser, so you can brew a whole pot of ginger tea for the day.
Chefman Fast-Boil 1.8L Infuser Kettle Black
Cute Planners to Track Your Habits
Pretty planners for meal plans, water, tea, and wellness goals. Writing it down makes it stick.
A pretty lilac weekly planner for 2027. I love using the weekly pages to jot meal ideas and track water and tea.
Blue Sky 2027 Weekly/Monthly Mayhew Lilac Textured Folded Artcard Planners 7"x9" Purple
A floral Day Designer planner with room for daily priorities and habits. Makes healthy routines feel organized and cute.
Day Designer 2027 Weekly/Monthly Floralicious Linen Paperboard Wirebound Planner 8"x10" Purple
A big pink monthly planner, great for mapping out weekly meal prep and wellness goals at a glance.
Sugar Paper Essentials 8.5"x11" Large 2026-2027 Monthly Planner Pink Badge
Free Recipes & Trusted Resources
Free recipe sites, apps, podcasts, and reputable health resources to keep learning without spending a thing.
A short, trustworthy article from Harvard Health on which foods to eat more of. A great free starting point before buying any books.
Foods that fight inflammation - Harvard Health
Free tips and easy hacks from the author of Glucose Revolution. Her Instagram graphs are so eye-opening too.
Glucose Goddess
Hundreds of free Blue Zones recipes. Try a few before deciding if you want the cookbook.
Recipes
A free nonprofit site with short videos on nutrition research. Great companion to How Not to Die.
NutritionFacts.org
My favorite free source for Mediterranean recipes. Olive oil, veggies, beans, and fish, all made simple and delicious.
The Mediterranean Dish
A free app to see what nutrients you're actually getting, like fiber and omega-3s. Helpful if you like data.
Cronometer
Free plant-forward recipes with 10 ingredients or less. Their turmeric and ginger recipes are a great place to start.
Minimalist Baker
Free gentle yoga videos for every level. Pair a short session with your morning tea for a calm start to the day.
Yoga With Adriene
Borrow the books on this list free from your library as ebooks or audiobooks. Buy the ones you want to keep.
Libby
The nonprofit behind the Mediterranean diet pyramid. Free printable guides and recipes from a trusted source.
Old Ways PT
A clear, doctor-reviewed overview of the anti-inflammatory diet from Cleveland Clinic. Good to read before making changes.
Anti Inflammatory Diet
Free healthy recipes and meal plans, including tons of anti-inflammatory ideas reviewed by dietitians.
EatingWell