The Peaceful Plate: Ending Food Panic After Hormone-Driven Breast Cancer

In honor of National Nutrition Month, let’s focus on the undeniable power of nutrition in survivorship and how you can tap into all its benefits. Maybe you’re not sure what those benefits are, so in this episode Cathy offers a broad, general view of how nutrition supports optimal breast cancer survivor health and helps potentially minimize recurrence risk.

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If connecting around food is a common and normal experience, why does it make you feel so icky? Cathy explores how elements of eating after breast cancer that have nothing to do with “what should I eat?” can trigger food anxiety, stress and trauma. Tune in to today’s episode and find out whether or not you’re immune to these common food situation triggers!_____________________________

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Prevention of breast cancer recurrence is the holy grail, but how much do you know about eating in a way that makes that a reality? It’s possible you’ve been fed inaccurate facts and myths, so Cathy clarifies what eating for prevention looks like and shares two suggestions for a sane, lifelong approach to eating to manage risk.

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What do you do when you want to control all aspects of your survivorship health? You start by exerting tight-fisted control over every bite of food you put into your mouth. Tune in to hear Cathy discredit this habit while offering a sustainable approach to post-treatment nutrition that works! 

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Get my FREE guide The Five Foods Survivors Should Eat; click here!

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Cathy spills the tea on chocolate for breast cancer survivors by answering the question, “Is it okay to include chocolate in a post-treatment diet?” Chocolate scares a lot of breast cancer survivors, too much sugar, it’s junk food, it’ll bring cancer back. Tune in and learn the truth about eating chocolate after breast cancer.

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Hormone-driven breast cancer diets often fan the flames of food worry and fear leading to full-blown food trauma. If you no longer feel “normal” around food after your breast cancer, here are three reasons why you may be struggling. 

Severe diet restrictions, cutting out foods you love, and trying to convince yourself you enjoy what you’re eating isn’t a diet approach you can live with forever. And honestly, think about this; when you eliminate sugar, caffeine, dairy, red meat, carbs, fats and every other food that makes you panic, you leave yourself very few options for making satisfying meals and snacks. No wonder the way you’re eating feels so hard! Tune in to today’s episode and learn the four things you need to counteract your unbalanced approach to post-treatment eating.

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So many women finish treatment for hormone-driven breast cancer and struggle to navigate their alcohol consumption; it causes so much angst! In today’s episode I highlight the connection between alcohol and recurrence risk and guide you through an exercise in decision-making about your own approach to alcohol. If you feel guilty about your nightly wine or weekend martini habit, this is the episode for you! 

If you’ve ever had an oncologist advise you to “eat everything in moderation”, you know how frustrating and challenging it can be to figure out what that actually means! Personally, I’m not a fan of moderation and in this episode I tell you exactly why that is. I also teach you about the concept of Intuitive Eating and offer three questions to ask yourself about “eating in moderation”. Don’t miss this one! 

When you’re only imagining what food is doing TO you, it’s impossible to enjoy what you eat. Or feel satisfied by what you eat. Or eat anything without panic, anxiety and guilt.

Of course, after breast cancer treatment it’s smart to pay more attention to the food you eat and the health of your overall diet, but it’s NOT smart (nor helpful!) to obsess over every bite. I don’t want you to be afraid to enjoy your food, and in today’s episode I share some of it’s amazing benefits and reasons to make food your friend again. 

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