by Cathy Leman | Feb 10, 2022 | Breast Cancer, Healthy Eating, Heart Health, Nutrition, Plant-based, Vegan, Vegetarian
Vegetarian and vegan diets alike offer benefits for those interested in using diet to improve obesity, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol; all of which increase risk for heart disease, and in the case of obesity and uncontrolled diabetes, breast... 
by Cathy Leman | Sep 22, 2021 | Cancer, Healthy Eating, Inspiration, Nutrition, Plant-based, Prevention, Vegan
We’re heading into the holiday season. I realize it’s only September, but gift-giving time will be here before you know it. Here’s what I’d like to gift every person on the planet. A box of produce, every week for a year. Now... 
by Cathy Leman | Jan 29, 2021 | Breast Cancer, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Plant-based
I recently received this email. . . Hi Cathy, I am one-year post-breast cancer diagnosis and struggling with healthy eating for the past 5 months. I was at first very strict, afraid to eat and stressing about anything I ate. Now I am going crazy and eating crappy... 
by Cathy Leman | Sep 26, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Healthy Lifestyle, Plant-based, Travel Well
Two weeks spent. . .in Greece. Reveling in dry, hot, sunny weather while shielding my Midwestern skin beneath wide-brimmed hats, long sleeve shirts, and gallons of sunscreen. Drowning my senses in gorgeous scenery, stunning sunrises and sunsets, the hypnotic rhythm... 
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...