by Cathy Leman | Feb 13, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Heart Health, Nutrition, Risk Reduction
“An increasing number of patients with pre-existing cardiovascular diseases are presenting for breast cancer therapy, adding another level of complexity.” At ~108,000 beats per day, every minute of every hour, your heart faithfully pumps oxygen and... 
by Cathy Leman | Jan 23, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Nutrition, Plant-based, Risk Reduction
We don’t know for certain, but it’s been postulated that perhaps there’s a critical period after a breast cancer diagnosis when we should move quickly to change the environment of the cancer patient. This final post in my three-part series on breast cancer... 
by Cathy Leman | Oct 24, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Plant-based, Prevention, Risk Reduction
We don’t yet have true PREVENTION of breast cancer through diet, and it’s misleading to use that term as if we do. We can certainly adopt preventive lifestyle strategies and habits, but for now, the most accurate and truthful term is “risk reduction.” As... 
by Cathy Leman | Oct 18, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Nutrition, Prevention, Risk Reduction
Nutritional genomics is a broad term encompassing nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics, and nutritional epigenomics, all of which involve how nutrients and genes interact. Identifying the effects of individual nutrients or an entire nutritional plan based on an... 
by Cathy Leman | Oct 11, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Intermittent fasting, Nutrition, Risk Reduction
Feeding and fasting alignment with the circadian clock speaks to the fact that we have a daily rhythm of sleep and wake; dark, when we’re normally sleeping and fasting, versus light when we’re awake and eating. We have circadian clocks in our brain and throughout our... 
by Cathy Leman | Oct 4, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Healthy Eating, Inflammation, Nutrition, Risk Reduction
Sugar, in all its stark white, sparkling glory is an enormously popular, widely misunderstood, and hotly-debated topic in the breast cancer world. Rarely a week passes when I don’t hear or read “Sugar feeds breast cancer.” proclaimed with absolute certainty. People...