Do you believe in embracing a cancer-fighting diet?
PUBLISHED March 08, 2018
Tamera Anderson-Hanna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Addiction Professional, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and became a Registered Yoga Teacher while coping with breast cancer in 2015. She owns Wellness, Therapy, & Yoga in Florida where she provides personal wellness services and coaching and she is a public speaker on wellness-related topics. You can connect with her at www.wellnesstherapyyoga.com.
In December of 2017, I shared my journey of finding the gift of wellness. Following an annual physical and learning the results of my blood tests, I decided I could improve upon my health. My target goals were to reduce sugars and improve upon healthy cholesterol levels. I am presently cancer-free, not diabetic and not of cholesterol medications, but my goal in seeing a registered dietician was to keep things this way. In sharing my experience, I want to encourage others to strive to make further positive changes in their health, whether cancer-free or still fighting to get there.
I belong to a couple of private Facebook support groups, and I have been pleased to learn that others are catching on to the importance of diet along when undergoing chemotherapy or other treatments. My local hospital has a new cancer institute and they offer free cooking demonstrations as well as recommendations and consultations with a dietician to aid in the recovery and healing process. Cancer often brings on fatigue and feelings of anxiety and depression. Having a supportive diet can help to address these issues and reinforce our learning not to use food for emotional comfort, but rather to supply the energy we need for our bodies to function.
I belong to a couple of private Facebook support groups, and I have been pleased to learn that others are catching on to the importance of diet along when undergoing chemotherapy or other treatments. My local hospital has a new cancer institute and they offer free cooking demonstrations as well as recommendations and consultations with a dietician to aid in the recovery and healing process. Cancer often brings on fatigue and feelings of anxiety and depression. Having a supportive diet can help to address these issues and reinforce our learning not to use food for emotional comfort, but rather to supply the energy we need for our bodies to function.
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