Enjoy Your Food! Improve Your Diet…Reduce Your Risk
This Diet Toolkit supports the information and guidance you receive in the Diet Module of the Anticancer Lifestyle Program. The resources on this page will give you tools you can use to make informed (and delicious!) food choices.
The impact of diet, nutrition, and physical activity on breast cancer
The World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research issued a detailed report on the impact of key lifestyle factors–diet, nutrition, and physical activity, on breast ca…
Sustained Weight loss lowers risk of breast cancer in women 50 and older
A study published in Medscape Oncology, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that compared with women with stable weight (±2 kg), women with sustained weight loss had a lower risk of b…
Adequate Vitamin D levels associated with risk reduction for advanced cancer
A report published by Paulette Chandler, MD, MPH, and colleagues in JAMA Network Open found that vitamin D was associated with an overall 17% risk reduction for advanced cancer. Read more here.
HIgh consumption of cruciferous vegetables associated with lower risk of breast cancer
In a meta-analysis by Liu et al, published in The Breast, the combined results from all studies indicated that high cruciferous vegetables intake was significantly associated with reduced breast can…
Synergy of diet and exercise showed survival benefits in women with breast cancer
In a study by Pierce et al, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers showed a survival benefit and strongly protective effect of a healthy diet and physical activity.
EWG’s Guide to Harmful Food Additives
This useful chart from the Environmental Working Group shows common food additives, their detrimental health effects, which foods they are typically found in, and why they are added.
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