You may recall my post back in November about Redwood Regional Medical Center's Cancer Survivorship Program led by Dr. Amy Shaw and their upcoming Nutrition Program. Well, I am now the proud graduate of the nutrition class, which was 1.5 hours for three Tuesdays in a row. They were hectic days as I would leave my babysitting responsibilities for Nico in Davis and drive the two hours to Santa Rosa, but well worth the time and effort on my part.
Marsha Sendar, MSPT, CNC, MSHS, taught the program. Check out this wonderful article, Food Myths and Marketing Tricks, she had published in the Press Democrat in 2010. It shows you what an easy to understand program she presented. She promotes keeping it simple, not measuring or weighing things, but using sensible, easy methods to help Take Back Control, which was the title of the program. Actually the full title is, Taking Back Control, Healthy Eating for Weight Loss, Energy, and Life -- a Special nutrition class for breast cancer survivors. If you are a breast cancer survivor, contact Marsha about future programs at marsha[@]marshasendar.com
Some of the key points I picked up during this program are:
- Which foods support healthy weight maintenance and optimal energy
- Which foods undermine efforts to lose weight
- How to stock a healthy pantry
- Tips and recipes for preparing foods that support weight loss and fight cancer recurrence
- Nutrition guidelines for weight loss and to prevent cancer recurrence
- Which forms of exercise support weight and healthy weight maintenance.
We received over a dozen great handouts and many wonderful recipes. Some of the resources Marsha shared with us during the three sessions follow:
- Dirty Dozen and Clean 15, EWG's 2011 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
- Mendosa.com - A great website which features an excellent table on the Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic Load (GL) of foods, which is all about the quality of the carbohydrates, rather than the quantity.
- Great cookbooks by Rebecca Katz : One Bite At a Time. Cancer Fighting Kitchen
- Good brands to look for: Eden - great for canned products, Strauss products are very good and local; Nordic Naturals and Carlson are good for vitamins and supplements and Oliver's, Whole Foods and Pure Formulas Website are all good sources for vitamins and supplements.
- Parkpoint Sonoma offers a program for cancer survivors.
- Stepping Out With Stanford - a program which includes a very good pedometer for $25.00
All in all, this was an excellent program, and well worth the time. Now the challenge is, as always, taking the time and effort to implement as many of these tips and ideas into our lives. Wish me luck!
Hugs,
Debbie... aka the cancer warrior ... AND SURVIVOR!!!
LIVESTRONG:
I AM STRONG. I AM LOVED. I AM HEALTHY!
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