Phytonutrients

In The Healing Kitchen the focus is not just on creating delicious, colourful and quick food.  It's on using foods with a specific nutrient profile,  foods that target certain areas of the body and foods that stimulate healing. 

The philosophy of The Healing Kitchen is to provide guests with nutrient dense foods that build and repair your body rather than foods that cause deterioration. 

Phytonutrients are compounds scientists are only just discovering.  The word 'phyto' is from Greek and means plant.   Nutrients are substances the body requires to function properly.  Phytonutrients are naturally-occurring compounds that are responsible for the flavour, color, and disease resistance in plants (fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes).  They are what plants make to defend themselves.  Many of them are strong antioxidants whose benefits include enhancing immunity, strengthening of the heart and blood vessels and tumour prevention .

The Healing Kitchen Philosophy-Food As Medicine!

When preparing food in your healing kitchen remember to make a mental note of the nutrients in the products you are using.  Focus on foods your family needs at any specific time.  For instance, if you or your family are fighting colds or flu's, consume foods high in vitamin C, carotenoids, and bioflavanoids.  If you are dealing with heart disease make sure the foods you eat provide you with good soluble fibre.

It is time we stop looking at food as just a form of entertainment and pleasure and treat is as the medicine it is.  Enjoy it, of course, but also see it as having the potential to create long and quality life.