Heal Your Body With Food!

Want to enjoy a healthy life free of chronic diseases? Your best line of defense, as well as offence, may line up in the kitchen. Healwithfood.org supports your path to better health by equipping you with the knowledge and inspiration to make healthy foods and dietary habits part of your everyday life.

HEALTH FOOD of the week

Did you know that dark chocolate, but not white chocolate, has heart health protecting propeties when consumed in moderation? Or that the phytocemicals in dark chocolate and cocoa may help prevent coughs, wrinkles on the skin, chronic fatigure, and even dental plaque? To learn more about this surprising superfood, check out the in-depth article Benefits of Eating Dark Chocolate.

SMOOTHIE of the week

Vibrant Sweet Potato, Orange and Banana Smoothie

This bright smoothie features sweet potato, orange, banana, sunflower seeds and turmeric powder. Mineral-rich sunflower seeds are added to this super-healthy blend to further boost its nutritional value. Click on the link below to view the complete ingredient list and instructions, as well as the beloved Tweak It! box which allows you to create a new variation of the basic recipe for every day of the week!

KITCHEN TOOL of the week

Kuchenprofi's ingenious flat strainer (pictured on the right) provides a great solution for draining food, without taking up a lot of storage space. Aside from saving kitchen space, this stainless steel strainer and other flat pot-top strainers are also more hygienic than traditional colanders that sit in the sink. When you use a traditional colander, there's always the risk that the water may back up or not drain fast enough, and thus come in contact the food. And, as most sinks are teeming with nasty bacteria, you run the risk of contaminating your food. A flat strainer allows you to drain your food while keeping it in the cooking pot, so there won't be any sink-to-food contact. To learn more about these cool space-saving kitchen tools, check out this week's special feature:

BOOK of the week

Whether you're a raw foodist, flexitarian or simply trying to eat healthier by steering clear of all that refined junk, you'll find tons of exciting recipes in Practically Raw Desserts. Written by certified raw food chef and bestselling cookbook author Amber Shea Crawley, this innovative dessert cookbook is jam-packed with recipes for health-licious raw cakes, brownies, cookies, pies, pastries, frozen treats, and more. Many recipes are accompanied with ingredient substitution lists for people with food sensitivities, as well as additional instructions on how to make some of the items in an oven if you don't have a food dehydrator. Crawley's lovingly crafted recipes are also free of dairy, gluten, eggs, wheat, corn, soy, refined grains, and yeast, and many of them are free of oils, grains, nuts, and added sugars as well. Available from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca.