There are many ways in which your health and nutrition affect your chances of getting cancer and how your body recovers from a cancer diagnosis. Today on Love Letters 2 Our Bodies, Assistant Professor of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Howard University, Dr. Linda Thompson joins us to discuss food and nutrition in relation to cancer. In this conversation, you’ll hear all about our guest and what inspired her to work in nutrition, how certain lifestyle choices increase the risk of cancer, the effect of chronic disease, stress, mental health, and food on cancer, and so much more! We delve into the kinds of foods to avoid with a cancer diagnosis and what you should prioritize in your diet before discussing organic fruits and vegetables and their benefit. Dr. Thompson even shares tips for eating nutritious foods on a low budget, shares examples of carcinogenic foods, and warns us to avoid genetically modified foods. Finally, our guest tells us what has inspired her in her nutrition journey. Thanks for tuning in!

Key Points From This Episode:

• An overview of today’s guest, Dr. Linda Thompson.

• How Dr. Thompson became interested in nutrition.

• She discusses the lifestyle factors that increase the risk of cancer.

• How chronic disease and stress are related to breast cancer.

• The foods that may increase the risk of getting breast cancer.

• Recommended foods for breast cancer survivors to eat.

• Dr. Thompson shares her thoughts on organic fruits and vegetables.

• How you can manage to eat nutritious foods on a lower budget.

• The danger of eating genetically modified foods.

• Why grill food (that’s been charred), processed foods, and fizzy drinks can cause cancer.

• What inspires Dr. Thompson in her nutrition path and life.

Quotes:

“In order to live, we have to eat and what we eat affects our quality of life and our risk of disease.” — Dr. Linda Thompson [0:04:13]

“It doesn’t matter what size you are as long as you are in good health.” — Dr. Linda Thompson [0:09:20]

“There’s so much going on in the [food] industry that we have to keep up instead of just being blind consumers. We need to really be paying attention to what we’re putting in our bodies, particularly if we’re dealing with an issue like breast cancer, or any cancer.” — Dr. Linda Thompson [0:25:31]

“We may not be able to control a lot of things in our [lives] but we can control what we put in our [mouths] for sure.” — Dr. Linda Thompson [0:29:28]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Dr. Linda Thompson

Dr. Linda Thompson Email

‘Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention’
Gwendolyn Mitchell on LinkedIn
MOYO Institute, Inc

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