{"id":136943,"date":"2018-04-24T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&#038;p=136943"},"modified":"2018-04-24T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T15:02:12","slug":"conquering-healthier-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2018\/04\/conquering-healthier-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Conquering a Healthier You After Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are more than 3 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S., with more than 1 in 8 women forecasted to face the disease during their lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>But how can a woman aim to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer or prevent a recurrence of the disease?<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Tannenbaum-Susan\">Dr. Susan Tannenbaum<\/a>, chief of oncology at <a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cancer\/\">UConn Health\u2019s Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/a> good nutrition, diet, and exercise are the key ingredients to conquering a healthier you for preventing the disease before or after breast cancer treatment.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"grey-sidebar floating-sidebar col-xs-12 col-sm-4\">\n  <\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u201cA Brand New You\u201d Program for Breast Cancer Survivors<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Each month UConn Health\u2019s new survivorship wellness program, <a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cancer\/patient-services\/patient-resource-center\/nutrition-services\/\">\u201cA Brand New You,\u201d<\/a> is guiding breast cancer survivors to overcome any potential challenges to eating well, exercising, and managing stress. The program is generously funded by the Connecticut Breast Health Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Each program session offers educational and nutritional information to lower breast cancer recurrence risk, healthy recipes, different strategies for increasing exercise levels and ways to reduce stress. Each session shares a new plant-based recipe with key ingredients for participants to sample and take home with them to make.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <strong>\u201cA Brand New You\u201d session<\/strong> at UConn Health\u2019s Outpatient Pavilion on <strong>Thursday, April 26 at 5:45 p.m.<\/strong> focuses on the health benefits of tea and sharing a variety of black and herbal tea samples. Plus, West Hartford Yoga is on-site sharing the exercise benefits of yoga and leading a yoga class.<\/p>\n<p>Breast cancer survivors can reserve their free seat at a monthly \u201cA Brand New You\u201d program session by contacting <em>860-679-7558 or <a href=\"mailto:tcreamer@uchc.edu\">tcreamer@uchc.edu<\/a><\/em>.<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIf you can lower your risk factors for breast cancer, which are mostly the same ones for preventing cardiovascular disease, it\u2019s huge for your chances of cancer prevention,\u201d said Tannenbaum.<\/p>\n<p>She stresses: \u201cWe must return to basics and follow a daily prescription of a healthy diet and exercise to prevent cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the American Institute for Cancer Research the <strong>top 10 ways to prevent cancer<\/strong> are:<\/p>\n<p>1. Maintain a healthy weight by being as lean as possible.<br \/>\n2. Move more and for at least 30 minutes every day.<br \/>\n3. Eat well and avoid sugary drinks.<br \/>\n4. Enjoy a plant-based diet of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.<br \/>\n5. Reduce red meat and avoid processed meats.<br \/>\n6. Cut down on alcohol, and if any at all women should limit their intake to one drink a day.<br \/>\n7. Eat less salt and sodium processed foods.<br \/>\n8. If you can, breastfeed your baby for up to six months.<br \/>\n9. For cancer prevention, don\u2019t use supplements.<br \/>\n10. After treatment cancer survivors should follow cancer prevention recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Tannenbaum recommends:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t smoke or chew tobacco.<\/li>\n<li>Check in with your primary care physician regularly and perform self-breast exams monthly.<\/li>\n<li>Live a healthy lifestyle, remember everything in moderation.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid excess sun exposure.<\/li>\n<li>Get enough sleep, but not too much.<\/li>\n<li>Only take vitamin supplements, like vitamin D or calcium, if you have a confirmed deficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you are not on medications that you can actually avoid taking simply through enhanced diet and exercise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of evidence which demonstrates the benefits of both plant-based foods and exercise to prevent cancer, and to prevent recurrence in survivors,\u201d said Kerry Coughlin, a registered dietitian at UConn Health\u2019s Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center who is board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition. UConn Health\u2019s oncology nutritionists work closely with patients and caregivers to give advice about nutritional needs before, during, and after cancer therapy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out the top ways you can reduce your chance of developing breast cancer or prevent a recurrence of the disease. 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