by Cathy Leman | Feb 10, 2025 | Breast Cancer, Heart Health
I’m guessing that when you think about heart health and breast cancer survivorship, you consider them separate issues. And while that is true, they are related, so in this post I’ll shine a light on that connection. Heart disease is the number one killer...
by Cathy Leman | Feb 21, 2022 | BITE Back, Breast Cancer, Nutrition, Risk Reduction
Ready to focus on your ticker? This blog is devoted to all things breast health after treatment for ER/PR+ cancer, but remember, there’s a link between heart disease and breast cancer, which I wrote about here. It’s just as important to pay attention to the...
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 | 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 | 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...
