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From tips for cooking through chemotherapy to busting healthy food myths to easy, pantry-friendly meal ideas — our team of experts covers it here.

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Nourishing Your Body Through Bladder Cancer: Insights from Spring Bladder Cancer Summit

Patient advocate, chef, and founder of Cook for Your Life (CFYL), Ann Ogden-Gaffney, and registered dietitian, nutrition advisor and CFYL editor, Gretchen Gruender, MS RDN CSO spoke on...

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Summer Food Safety Tips

Summer is here, and while this is a great time of year to enjoy outdoor activities, such as barbecues and picnics, rising temperatures create an ideal environment for...

Research Spotlight

Research spotlight: heart health for the cancer survivor

Increased long-term survivorship following a cancer diagnosis is a result of improved screening and diagnostic techniques to detect a greater number of cancers earlier, combined with better and...

Blog

The Rainbow of Food: How Phytonutrients Support a Cancer Protective Diet

WHAT ARE PHYTONUTRIENTS? Phytonutrients are compounds produced by plants to help protect them from environmental damage or predators. Some phytonutrients have been found to have cancer-protective properties, and many...

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Enticing Young Eaters to Eat Fruits & Vegetables

Good nutrition is essential for a young child’s optimal growth and development. Specifically, maintaining a diet that’s rich in fruit and vegetables and establishing healthy eating habits earlier...

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How to Lower Your Risk for Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal or colon cancer accounts for one-third of all cancer-related deaths in the United States, affecting men and women of all racial and ethnic groups, especially in people...

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Maintaining a Healthy Weight for Cancer Prevention

Many studies show convincing evidence that there is a strong link between excess body fat and cancer risk. The mechanism of how excess body fat increases cancer is...

Cooking 101

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Cooking is a creative endeavor that doesn’t always go as smoothly as planned, even for the most accomplished cook. Being able to adapt in the kitchen is one of the greatest strengths you can...

Food Myths

Does Sugar Feed Cancer?

You’ve heard that sugar feeds cancer but what’s the real deal? Sugar (glucose) comes from all carbohydrate foods. As with fats and protein, we need glucose to survive. Our...

Announcements

We’ve Cooked Up a New Cook for Your Life

After more than a year of plotting, planning, editing, and designing, we are thrilled to unveil a brand-new Cook for Your Life! In addition to a more modern look...

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How to Eat an Anti-Inflammatory, Immune-Boosting Diet

It’s no mystery that there are many foods with proven benefits for your immune system. When you consume these foods, it helps support our body’s acute inflammatory response (the...

Healthy Habits

Healthy Living for Cancer Survivorship

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. However, as cancer survivorship increases, there is more research being done to help these individuals live...