Episode 91: Integrative Cancer Care with Cathy Biase
Today we’re talking about integrative cancer care with Cathy Biase, who is a registered holistic nutritionist and cancer coach. She works alongside oncologists and conventional care with nutrition for cancer, gut health, micro-biome, and circadian rhythms. There are definitely some new perspectives in this episode, so tune in to learn more about topics like keto and cancer, supplement safety, cancer prevention, the hormone connection, and more.
In this episode:
Nutrition for cancer
“When you’re taking in calories that are challenging for the body to digest, it can increase the strain on the body and perhaps increase inflammation.”
Cancer and Keto
Mediteranean diet
Supplement safety for cancer?
Concept of therapeutic diet vs. lifetime diet
Spirituality, faith and mindset during cancer treatment
Eating as a cue for circadian rhythm
“Our bodies have certain functions that they like to do during the day and certain functions that they prefer to do at night, and when we start messing up the signals, that’s when we can run into some health troubles.”
The best time to eat
Fasting for chemo and cancer treatments
Ketosis vs. Ketogenic diet for cancer treatment
Why you need to avoid detox programs when going through cancer treatments
“Detox can be stressful for an already stressed system.”
Antioxidant controversy during cancer treatments
Key components of cancer prevention
Gut health, microbiome & cancer
‘Inflammation is the beginning phases of cancer.”
The hormone connection
Estrogen and hormone-positive cancers
Aromatase inhibitor side effects
Mitigating the fear of recurrence
Resources mentioned:
Carb Compatibility Project (Available for free within the Funk’tional Nutrition Collective)
Eat to Achieve (Available for free within the Funk’tional Nutrition Collective)
Learn More About Gut Health & Functional Nutrition
