by Cathy Leman | Jan 9, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Cancer, Fitness, Lifestyle, Risk Reduction
Body weight, exercise and their relationship to something as complex as breast cancer may seem too daunting to consider, but a fairly large body of evidence suggests that these factors absolutely relate to risk and outcome. This week’s post is the first in a... 
by Cathy Leman | Dec 5, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Motivation, Risk Reduction
Remember, one of the most important things you can do to reduce recurrence risk and improve outcomes is to get moving and keep moving more often than not – even if it’s only for a short amount of time (which depending on how you execute it, could be... 
by Cathy Leman | Nov 29, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Risk Reduction, Strength Training
My suspicion is that your vision of exercise doesn’t match what actually counts as exercise – it’s possible you either don’t know about some of the options, or you’ve been brain-washed by the fitness industry to believe that exercise is... 
by Cathy Leman | Nov 8, 2018 | Fitness, Risk Reduction
The more often you’re active and the more frequently you exercise, the more your overall physical fitness improves. As you head into breast cancer treatment, being in the best physical condition you can has been shown to improve outcomes and tolerance of... 
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...