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Let’s Beat Breast Cancer

October 5, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm CDT

Find out how powerful your nutrition choices are and how to put them into practice to reduce your risk of breast cancer.

The classes in this series will bring into focus the undeniable connection between diet and cancer risk. Based on the Physicians Committee’s groundbreaking Cancer Project curriculum, the first four classes will focus on the role of different foods and nutrients in either promoting or discouraging growth of different cancers, including breast cancer. The last class will focus more specifically on foods that have beenshown to directly reduce breast cancer risk and support survival.

Each class features a cooking demonstration of delicious, health-promoting dishes, along with handouts of easy and affordable recipes participants can prepare at home.

Note: The intended audience of the Food for Life: Let’s Beat Breast Cancer classes are cancer survivors and their family and friends, as well as those looking to prevent the disease. These classes are not intended for individuals currently undergoing breast cancer treatment.

Featured Class Topics

Class 1 | 10/5/24: Introduction: How Foods Fight Cancer

Class 2 | 10/12/24: Fueling Up on Low-Fat, High-Fiber Foods

Class 3 | 10/19/24: Discovering Meat and Dairy Alternatives

Class 4 | 10/26/24: Cancer-Fighting Compounds and Healthy Weight Control

Class 5 | 11/2/24: Food for Breast Cancer Prevention and Survival

Tickets are $10/class. Register here.

 

For questions , or to setup in-person classes near you, contact Ellen at 630-465-2954 or ellenvioletsvehla@outlook.com

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