Anticancer Lifestyle

Curious about which foods are inflammatory, and how they might affect your health? Crystal Cascio, ACLP”s dietitian, will discuss specific foods that influence inflammation in the body and the role of inflammation in chronic illness.

Have you ever wanted to know easier ways to prepare vegetables, or handy tricks for preserving foods, or the difference between mincing, chopping, and dicing? If you answered yes to any of these questions, please join us for the first ever Ask the Expert: Cooking Edition, led by Ananda Kaplan, chef/recipe developer for the Anticancer Lifestyle Program.

There's no shortage of information about the reported benefits of intermittent fasting. But what is it, and how does it work? In this webinar, Anticancer Lifestyle Program Registered Dietitian Crystal Pace, and Oncology Registered Dietitian Taylor Scialo, will cover whether intermittent fasting is beneficial during active cancer treatment and for cancer prevention, in addition to essential factors to consider before starting a fasting program.

Your gut is home to trillions of bacterial cells, fungi, and viruses—all of which make up your gut “microbiome”. These microbes play a critical role in your health, affecting digestion, immune function, weight regulation, and more. Dr. Jennifer McQuade of MD Anderson Cancer Center, will discuss ways that gut microbiome affects our overall health, risk of cancer, response of cancer treatments; and how choices we make impact the microbiome and immune system.