Kate Ueland, MS ,RD, CSO is an Assistant Professor at Bayster University where she teaches and mentors students and she practices as a dietitian at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in Seattle, WA.

Kate also works at Fred Hutchinson Research Center in Seattle, WA as the nutrition advisor and editor for the Cook for Your Life website providing science-based guidelines, recipes, and tips to those who have been touched by cancer.

The Fred Hutch Cook For Your Life website is such an amazing resource that everyone needs to check out no matter where you are in your cancer journey!

We learn from Kate what led her into nutrition and oncology.

In this episode we touch on a many nutritional oncology topics:

• Food as medicine
• Foods to focus on: plant based and increasing fiber
• Weight stability versus focusing on a number on the scale
• Food during treatment versus survivorship
• Adding evidence to the hot topics of:
  • Avoiding sugar
  • Ketogenic diet
  • Food deserts
  • Establishing healthy relationships with food

Fred Hutch Cook For Your Life

Photo credit: Anna Pelzer

Music: RosePigg