Get Help Planning an Anti-Inflammatory Low-Glycemic Load Diet

A good friend of ours, Nina Cesena, is a wellness coach, and she recently helped us plan an anti-inflammatory, low glycemic load diet that specifically targets our family's health needs and goals. Since then, I've been cooking from the recipe booklet she created. We're enjoying the new flavors and ingredient combinations she recommended so much that I wanted to share about her services here. 

Before working with Nina, I had been repeatedly cooking the same basic recipes for a long time and was in desperate need of inspiration to help us stay on track with eating healthy. If I don't have ingredients ready and a plan for the week, it's exceptionally hard to stick to our health goals of eating home-cooked anti-inflammatory and low-glycemic meals. Nina was even able to offer options for each meal to account for my long list of food sensitivities.

I especially enjoyed the salads, salad dressings, and soup recipes that Nina included in the booklet. We eat homemade soup regularly since it's a way to pack numerous healthy vegetables into a meal, and bone broth is so good for you. The deep, rich flavor of a good soup broth is the part I love best.

If you need to eat a low-glycemic, anti-inflammatory diet, there is definitely some preparation involved, from choosing fresh produce at the grocery store to washing, cutting up, and storing everything so it's ready for the week. We would like to have a hearty lunch prepared for the next day, so we can just grab it in the morning and put it into a lunch bag. Even better is making something in advance that can be served for several future meals. The ideas Nina offered included these preferences for preparing meals in advance. She also offered many tips to help reduce the time spent on food prepping.

At my request, Nina came up with numerous ideas for new flavors for us to try, using vegetables, herbs, and spices I had not cooked with much but that we were interested in experimenting with. This didn't mean that the recipes were hard to make - quite the contrary, most were surprisingly easy and took little time to throw together. Best of all, my husband enjoyed everything I made, which made this a great success.

We highly recommend Nina Cesena's wellness coaching services if you are looking for a meal-planning guide or need support on your wellness journey. In addition to focusing on anti-inflammatory, low-glycemic load diets, Nina helps those with autoimmune diseases. She provides in-person and online services and can assemble individual or family menu plans that meet your needs. Nina also offers online courses on various wellness topics. If you are looking for inspiration or need help planning healthy meals, you can learn about her offerings on her website at ninacesena.com.