What is a "Healthy Weight"? [webinar]
Cancer Nutrition Solutions
by Amber Thomas
2y ago
I was recently a guest speaker on Cancer Dietitian with Julie Lanford, fellow oncology dietitian. Here is a quick overview of our take-home points. Click on the link below to watch the full presentation! BOTTOM LINE: WE DO NOT RECOMMEND USING WEIGHT AS A HEALTH GOAL. Why? Your health and wellness is depending on many factors, and physical health is just one aspect of your overall wellness. Body weight is influenced by a wide range of things, including genetics. You can control behaviors, not outcomes behaviors – types of foods that make you feel good, movement practice you enjoy, takin ..read more
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Eating When You Don't Feel Like It
Cancer Nutrition Solutions
by Amber Thomas
2y ago
  Have you lost your desire to eat? If so, you’re not alone. Loss of appetite is the second most common side effect experienced by cancer patients. Loss of appetite can be caused by a number of factors, including (but not limited to) the cancer itself, cancer treatment, certain medications, constipation, nausea, fatigue, and depression and/or anxiety. I’ve written a blog for Live Better With on this very subject! Follow this link to read the full article, including my top 5 tips for eating enough when you don’t feel like it.   Hi, I’m Amber! I am a registered dietitian, cancer nut ..read more
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Please Accept my Apology: an open letter to you
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by Amber Thomas
2y ago
  “Dear Cancer Patient and/or Survivor, ⁣ ⁣ Please accept my apology for the dietitian I used to be. ⁣ ⁣ I didn’t really understand how my recommendations, eating rules, and good and bad food lists added to your stress and contributed to disordered eating. ⁣ ⁣ I’m sorry it took me so long to recognize my “lectures” weren’t helpful. ⁣ ⁣ I probably hurt you by inadvertently implying you were to blame when you didn’t choose the right foods or have an “acceptable” body size according to the almighty research. ⁣ ⁣ I never meant to make you feel judged, both by me or by yourself, for falling sh ..read more
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Why I Won't Tell You to Avoid Sugar
Cancer Nutrition Solutions
by Amber Thomas
2y ago
  I see more and more fear-mongering messages about sugar, and how eating it will cause any number of things to happen, including: Make your cancer come back Speed up the growth rate of your tumor by “feeding it” For the record, this is WRONG! Not only wrong, but incredibly harmful! There is not one food that will SINGLE-handedly cause cancer. That includes sugar.  Let me explain why it’s both NOT true and harmful. Research doesn’t support it.  But what about all those Pubmed articles, Dr Otto Warburg’s work on cancer cell metabolism, and all those other reasons to elim ..read more
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Quinoa Bowl with White Beans and Roasted Vegetables
Cancer Nutrition Solutions
by Amber Thomas
2y ago
  If you are looking for an easy-to-chew meal with mild flavors, this is it! I like to have meal ideas I can share with clients who struggle with sores in their mouth and throat. If you need to focus on high protein, nutrient-dense meal options, consider trying this recipe! The vegetables in this recipe are naturally mild. Roast them with a generous amount of olive oil to add flavor, calories, and make all of those fat-soluble vitamins and carotenoids easier for your body to absorb! Ingredients for the recipe! Using beans and quinoa automatically adds a helpful dose of all macronutrients ..read more
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High Calorie & High Protein Cheesecake Milkshake
Cancer Nutrition Solutions
by Amber Thomas
2y ago
  So many of my 1:1 coaching clients struggle to eat and drink enough during cancer treatment. Whether they are getting chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both, appeite and taste are usually affected. Treatment can make foods taste like: You’ve been drinking ocean water It’s marinated in a bucket of pennies Nothing. You could be chewing on a box. Or perhaps the side effects leave you with physical limitations, like: You gag on solid foods Your mouth and throat are on fire Any other reason which makes it hard to eat If this sounds like what you’re going through, I recommen ..read more
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How to Choose Yourself This Thanksgiving
Cancer Nutrition Solutions
by Amber Thomas
2y ago
  The start of the holiday season is here. Thanksgiving eve. A holiday that revolves around foods and traditions. And traditions rarely change. But you have changed. Surgery changed the way you eat or digest food, chemotherapy and radiation therapy changed your taste, bowel habits, and desire to eat. You are tired. You don’t want to explain your food choices or why you aren’t eating. Choose Yourself You have options. Some of your choices will not make the people around you happy, but YOU are not the key to their happiness. It is OK to NOT go. Will you feel pressured to be your normal self ..read more
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How to Nourish Your Body During Cancer Treatment
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by Amber Thomas
2y ago
  Sam* leaned his head back against the recliner, closed his eyes, and whispered, “I just can’t eat anything.” We were sitting in the chemotherapy infusion room together. He had completed his first cycle of chemotherapy a couple of weeks ago and was here for his second.  Two more cycles were planned after that. Then maybe a couple more, depending. Sam was determined to support his body as well as he could through treatment. At first, he thought that meant eating the all the foods straight out of the “cancer-fighting” playbook and avoiding other foods like the plague. But chemotherapy ..read more
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Six Things You Need to Know About Intuitive Eating
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by Amber Thomas
2y ago
  “I can’t control myself around carbs, so I can’t eat them at all,” my client says, her brow furrowed and her eyes wide. It reminded me of those days in middle school when we were expected to climb that coarse rope in gym class. I tried hiding behind my classmates and taking extra-long bathroom breaks. I would even beg my parents to write me a note to excuse me from class that day. It didn’t work. In the same way, avoiding fear foods — those foods we don’t feel in control around — doesn’t work long-term. Which is why I shared with my client the 10 principles of Intuitive Eating. These gu ..read more
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