Food

This is a book about disease-fighting powerhouse foods. The authors describe how often to eat these foods and in what quantities. This is an eating plan that's smart,  healthy and filled with delicious, nutrition-packed recipes.

This is a useful resource if you are suffering from a chronic illness and need to find a dietitian near you. With this web page located on the Dietitians of Canada website, you can search for local dietitians according to location, language, conditions, and lifestyle habits.

This resource is designed for those who are undergoing or are about to undergo treatment for cancer. With this guide you can find information about different foods you can include in your diet plan to increase your consumption of calories, how diet can keep your strength up, and how to address food-related challenges during treatment.

On UnlockFood.ca you’ll find information on nutrition, food and healthy eating as well as recipes, videos and interactive healthy eating tools. You can also use a searchable directory of dietitians to find a dietitian in your area.

 In addition to giving advice on reading food labels, this site lists high and low sodium foods. It also makes suggestions for using herbs and spices as salt supplements when preparing meals.

Meals on Wheels (MOW) delivers nutritious, delicious and affordable meals to a variety of groups, including: seniors, people with physical disabilities and cognitive impairments, individuals suffering from illnesses and recovering from surgeries, and those who need special dietary planning and assistance. The website describes services and provides contact information to Meals on Wheels in the Greater Toronto Ares (GTA) and in the province of Ontario.

This short guide explains benefits of eating a diet lower in salt (dietary sodium). It provides guidelines for sodium intake, gives examples of high sodium foods, explains how to interpret food nutrition labels and gives suggestions for lowering salt intake in your everyday diet.

This comprehensive guide helps in achieving and maintaining an optimal balance of prebiotics and probiotics in the digestive system. It explains what prebiotics and probiotics are, how they work, and how they are linked to diseases like inflammatory bowel disease and urinary tract infections. The health benefits of prebiotics and probiotics are also covered and their role in maintaining a healthy digestive system and prevention of many diseases is explained. The book offers a vegetarian plan and strategies for creating a healthier gut.

The author presents findings grounded in his 45 years of medical practice in the United States and Japan. This research supports the idea of a miracle enzyme out of which all the enzymes the body needs are produced. He suggests cancer and other diseases occur when this key enzyme is depleted and cannot properly do its job. In this book he clearly shows how what we eat affects that enzyme. The suggestions for diet and lifestyle based on this science are simple and easy to follow.

Mindful eating is an approach that involves bringing one's full attention to the process of eating, to all the tastes, smells, thoughts, and feelings that arise during a meal. Whether you are overweight, suffer from an eating disorder, or just want to get more out of life, this book offers a simple tool that can make a difference in your eating habits and in the way you perceive food.

The gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is a serious affliction affecting millions of people. This book is a comprehensive resource to crucial medical facts and coping mechanisms for those who suffer from this condition. Since healthy eating is the key to the management of acid reflux and GERD, the authors include 100 specially tailored recipes.

This is a comprehensive guide to disease-fighting foods. It's a manual of which foods to eat and how often, in what amounts, and how to add them to your family's diet in unique and delicious recipes. It will help you discover power foods, the nutrient-packed whole foods that have been shown in scientific studies to lower the risk of many chronic diseases.

This is a guide to eating well with diabetes. You can find here practical tips and strategies to help plan healthy meals and diabetes-friendly recipes.

This web page provides general information on celiac disease, including its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and how to choose the right foods.

This book shows how all members of the family can gleefully boost their nutrition and maintain strong immune systems with delicious smoothies. One hundred recipes for special smoothies include an assortment of food and flavors, take minutes to prepare, and are packed with the vitamins, antioxidants, and minerals that fight autoimmune disorders.

This book contains over 400 mouth-watering-recipes produced by more than 50 of the world’s top raw food chefs, and is an essential resource on choosing ingredients, eating right and creating delicious dishes. There is also advice on choosing ingredients, resources to buy the tools you need to create raw dishes, and a comprehensive Raw Food Glossary.

This practical, comprehensive guide will help you take charge of your health and eliminate this painful disease from your life. It includes the latest information on risk factors, dietary and lifestyle choices, and state-of-the-art treatments.