This episode covers a variety of topics including:

• 3 things to know about nutrition & health
• What nutrients are important for good health
• How can food packaging helps us make nutritious choices
• Daily habits to optimize health

Check out this episode where Julie tells you all about the nutritional benefits of traditional holiday foods!

Here are the recipes she mentions in the episode:

• Holiday Recipes: Citrus Ginger Cranberry Sauce
• Julie’s Black Bean Chili
• Spinach Dip
• Kale Salad

We promise, they are so good! Let us know what you think!

Find more info at www.cancerdietitian.com!

Hear Julie discuss carbs and help you understand how they play an important role in your diet.

Topics covered include:

• What are carbs?
• Carbohydrate myths & truths.
• Which carbs are the most nutritious?
• How much carbohydrate do I need?

Find more info at www.cancerdietitian.com!

We hope you find it helpful!

Did you know there are foods that can help manage inflammation in the body? In this webinar I discuss what anti-inflammatory eating is and how to make changes to your regular eating habits that help decrease chronic inflammation and improve your health and well-being!

RECOMMENDED READING:

Chronic Inflammation article on the NIH National Library of Medicine webpage: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493173/

Harvard Health Publishing article: Quick-start guide to an anti‑inflammation diet – https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/quick-start-guide-to-an-antiinflammation-diet

Johns Hopkins Medicine article: Anti-Inflammatory Diet – https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/anti-inflammatory-diet

I hope you find it helpful!

-Julie

It’s my first webinar of 2024!

Topics covered include:

• Why DASH?
• What does “DASH plan” consist of?
• What foods are important for DASH eating
• Your Action Plan

Recommended resources:

• www.nhlbi.nih.gov/DASH
• www.cancerdietitian.com
• www.aicr.org

For visuals that go with this webinar, go to: https://cancerdietitian.com/2024/01/webinar-recording-the-dash-eating-plan.html

I hope you find it helpful!

Topics covered include:

• sugar
• soy
• carbs/keto
• vegan/meat
• alcohol
• grilling
• supplements
• raw vs. cooked
• organic/GMO
• anti-inflammatory foods

Recommended resources:

• Printable Handout on Sugar: www.cancerdietitian.com/sugar
• Printable Handout on Soy & Breast Cancer: www.cancerdietitian.com/soy
• Blog Posts on Hot Topics: https://cancerdietitian.com/category/hottopics
• Other Cancer Dietitian Webinars: www.cancerdietitian.com/webinars
• American Institute for Cancer Research: www.aicr.org

Note that during the webinar, we had a discussion about smoking meat. My intern was able to locate the following information from the AICR regarding smoked meats:

“Smoked meats contain PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons), substances that are formed at high-heat and considered carcinogenic.”

-American Institute for Cancer Research

CHECK OUT THE AICR FAQ: PROCESSED MEAT AND CANCER FOR MORE INFO!

Topics covered include:

• What should be in my cart?
• Shopping tips
• Reading the food label
• Looking at the ingredients
• Shopping goals
• Shopping list

Recommended resources:

• Video recording: https://cancerdietitian.com/2023/09/webinar-recording-grocery-shopping-for-nutritious-foods.html
• Sign up for my Survivor Diet email series! www.cancerdietitian.com/survivordiet
• Food group info: https://www.myplate.gov/ (note that they have protein and dairy as two separate groups)
• Looking up ingredients: http://chemicalcuisine.org/
• Info on food ingredients: https://www.fda.gov/food/food-ingredients-packaging

In this episode, Julie breaks down the current nutrition recommendations for cancer survivors and discusses the most important things you need to eat as a cancer survivor!

Topics covered include:

• Nutrition & Cancer: 3 things to know
• What is plant-based eating?
• What daily habits help me promote health & healing?

Give your body the tools it needs to function at it’s best!

SUGGESTED ACTION STEPS:

• Sign up for The Cancer Dietitian Survivor Diet email series! www.cancerdietitian.com/survivordiet
• Recipe resources: www.cancerdietitian.com/recipes www.aicr.org/cancer-prevention/recipes/ www.cookforyourlife.org

Watch the video recording and download the slides at: https://cancerdietitian.com/2023/07/webinar-recording-plant-based-eating-for-cancer-survivors.html

Our expert speakers this month are Lora White, RD, CSO, LDN and Amber Thomas, RD, CSO. We have a lot of great information to share on this topic and hope you find it helpful!

For a reflection guide or to register for the discussion group, go to www.cancerservicesonline.org/specialtopic.

Lora White: [email protected]

Amber Thomas: https://cancernutritionsolutions.com/about

Julie Lanford: https://cancerdietitian.com/

Today is week 7 of the Eat the Rainbow Fruit & Veggie challenge and our topic is Inflammation!

Register for my January Webinar (January 18th at 8pm ET) – Fighting Cancer With Your Fork: https://cancerservicesonline.org/januaryregistration/

Recipe of the week. Roasted Brussels Sprouts: https://cancerdietitian.com/2023/01/eat-the-rainbow-winter-week-7-inflammation.html

The winter edition of my Eat the Rainbow program started a month ago and I am providing the content via podcast as well as email. If you’d like to register for the email version, just go to www.cancerdietitian.com/rainbow.

Eat the Rainbow Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/719816075444212/

For those interested in tracking, I don’t need you to track everything you eat, just when you eat fruits/veggies during the day. Here’s the Link to report your fruit and veggie intake from last week: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMTfTjDOrVS4VVoqAEJLCEXCY3nSei_hlXhCb4LfrfLYkJug/viewform

If you don't have capacity to track, that's ok! Just enjoy the episodes and recipes and let yourself off the hook for tracking. You have permission to choose your own "Eat the Rainbow adventure!" : - )