Spice Up Your Health With Ginger and Turmeric
Did you know that you can level up the health benefits as well as the flavor profile in your food by using herbs and spices? More and more research shows that herbs and spices have real disease fighting compounds. Topping the charts are ginger, garlic, turmeric, cinnamon, cayenne, rosemary, mint, and basil. Not only do these herbs and […]
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5 Fun Facts about Fat + Tasty Chipotle Maple Vinaigrette
One of the most stubborn nutritional myths I still encounter over and over is that fat is bad for you. Some people still believe the nutritional theory from 30-odd years ago that fat makes you fat. Maybe you’ve heard that high fat foods like avocado are okay but refined fats like olive oil are bad for you. […]
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Fight Cancer with Berries + 3 Recipes!
Is there anything better than a soft, juicy, locally grown strawberry picked at the peak of ripeness? The difference between local varieties and the hard, grown for transport and to last in a grocery store, is huge. In the Northwest, local strawberries are at the farmer’s markets in early June. It’s a short window and you have to […]
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How to make all veggies taste good + 2 sauce recipes!
Happy March! March is National Nutrition Month so the theme this month on the blog is…drumroll…RECIPES! I know you love them. Food makes everyone happy but knowing what is healthy to eat and what is not can be confusing and make eating to fight cancer challenging. Well, follow along this month as I offer up easy recipes […]
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Is preventing cancer even possible?
Tomorrow is the first day of February already! Turns out February is National Cancer Prevention Month so this month the theme on the blog will be lifestyle tips and tricks that help prevent cancer. Truth be told, it’s hard to even believe in cancer prevention when you have a story like mine. I mean, I was […]
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Does Food Matter?
The more frequently asked questions that I get are centered around food–specifically what do I eat, is food really that important, and comments along the lines of, “my oncologist says that I can eat whatever I want.” To address this last one first, of course you can eat whatever you want; it’s a free country. […]
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5 Tips for Boosting Your Immune System
As a cancer survivor, building my immune system is my number one focus. It is vital for you cancer survivors who want permanent remission as well as my readers who are non-cancer survivors (AKA regular people) who don’t want to get sick this cold and flu season! Since January is my cancerversary month (the triple […]
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The Permanent Remission Diet
Sometimes I hear people say that food doesn’t matter in health. Or all food is converted to glucose in the blood and that fuels all cells so it doesn’t matter what you eat. Or all calories are the same inside the body. These opinions, sometimes even made by medical professionals, are ignoring new studies that […]
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Healthy Lifestyle Hacks + Roasted Chicken Provençal recipe
This week I’m bringing up to the front one of my older posts that is so helpful. It speaks to the HOW to living a healthy lifestyle in a busy world. Be sure to read all the way to the end for my delicious Roasted Chicken Provençal Recipe! Following are a few lifestyle hacks that I have […]
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3 Surprising Foods That Boost Your Immune System
One of the best things you can do to fight cancer and to make sure it doesn’t recur is to boost your immune system. There are lots of ways to do that which I talk about in my book, WTF?! I Have Cancer? and in my coaching program The Permanent Remission Project. One of my favorites to […]
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