I was devastated when I heard those words…you’ve got breast cancer! I’d maintained a healthy weight, exercised and always eaten ‘healthy’, having been a Dietitian for over 20 years! . I had also breastfed my 4 children – another...
Have you ever thought about the damage that processed foods have on your health? . Study after study shows that every time a population adopts a Western diet, within a few years they start to develop Western diseases. . If we only had to eat for energy, we could...
Alcohol is one of the biggest stumbling blocks I see so many women struggle with, not just cancer survivors. . I totally get it! You can read about my journey at the end of this blog. . We all know the obvious side effects of alcohol: • It contains calories and they...
As women, we can all benefit from balancing our hormones and reducing our risk of getting cancer, because high levels of estrogen are associated with an increased risk of female cancers. . The symptoms of unbalanced hormones range from: • Heavy bleeding • Painful...
Or should that be all women? . Estrogen is a beautiful hormone, when it’s balanced. When there is hormonal harmony we can sail through our monthly cycle, breeze through menopause AND not increase our risk of female cancers! . Estrogen is also protective...
You may have read that we all develop cancer cells, but it depends on our immune system as to whether they grow or die. All your cells have a specific life-span, except cancer. They don’t have an off-button, they keep on multiplying uncontrollably and eventually...
