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Nutrition—giving your body the nutrients it needs—is important for everyone. When combined with exercising and maintaining a healthy weight, eating well is an excellent way to help your body stay strong and healthy.
If you have a personal history of breast cancer or are at high risk for the disease, eating well is particularly important for you. In this section, you can read about healthy eating, how nutrition may help reduce your risk of a first-time breast cancer or breast cancer recurrence, and what and how to eat during and after treatment.
The medical experts for Nutrition are:
Cyndi Thomson, Ph.D., R.D., assistant professor in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Arizona, with joint appointments in medicine and public health. She is a registered dietitian with more 15 years of experience in clinical nutrition. Dr. Thomson is also principal investigator at the University of Arizona College of Public Health on several diet-cancer grants. She is a member of the Breastcancer.org Professional Advisory Board, which includes more than 60 medical experts in breast cancer-related fields.
Diana Grant Dyer, M.S., R.D., a registered dietitian with 20 years of experience, specializing in nutritional care for critically ill patients. She is the author of A Dietitian's Cancer Story: Information & Inspiration for Recovery & Healing from a 3-time Cancer Survivor (Swan Press, 2002) and is especially interested in how nutrition can influence cancer risk reduction and recovery