Diet & Nutrition

Vegetables: Potent Anti-Cancer Foods

Vegetables are key to your—and your family’s—health. Here’s some great tricks to increase your veggie intake—without even realizing it!

Book Review: The Pink Ribbon Diet

The Pink Ribbon Diet is the result of a study that dietitian Mary Flynn performed to look at how a Plant-Based Olive Oil diet (or “PBOO,” for short) can help prevent breast cancer.

Soy Isoflavone Supplements Did Not Provide Breast Cancer Protections

Although soy-based foods appear to have a protective effect, we are not seeing the same effect with supplementation using isolated components of soy.

Updated American Cancer Society Nutrition Guidelines Stress Need for Supportive Environment

Updated guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention from the American Cancer Society stress the importance of creating social and physical environments that support healthy behaviors.

Weight And Breast Cancer Risk

Excessive weight and obesity in particular is one of the several major risk factors for breast cancer. Learn what obesity and BMI is, who is at risk for it, how obesity increases breast cancer risk, and how to reduce your risk of obesity.

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Anti-Cancer Food Spotlight: Apples

Learn how apples fight cancer, great cancer-fighting recipes and how (and why) to eat the peels and why to avoid the juice.

Eat a Cancer-Fighting Taco for National Taco Day

With an easy makeover of the traditional greasefest concoction, tacos can be a great way to include some of the top cancer-fighting foods in your diet and help reduce your risk of breast cancer.

Anti-Cancer Food Spotlight: Pomegranates

Pomegranates, in season in September, reduce breast cancer risk by being good sources of antioxidants, ellagitannins and fiber.

Kick These Food Habits to the Curb!

Whether you are a slow eater, a fast eater, or somewhere  in between, we all have our unique food habits.  Unfortunately, many of our bad food habits can cause us to gain weight, and excessive weight is one of the main risk factors for breast cancer. It is important to recognize your bad food habits, so that [...]

Fill Your Plate with These 5 Healthier Foods At This Weekend’s BBQ

1. Coleslaw or Potato Salad? Coleslaw. Even though both coleslaw and potato salad are filled with mayonnaise, Coleslaw is the better choice. Cabbage in coleslaw is dense with sulforaphane, a chemical that boosts your body’s production of enzymes that fight off cancer. However, if you must eat potato salad, choose a German-style mustard-based potato salad [...]