Nutrition
Love your gut to protect your butt
Nutrition directly impacts our health and the body’s ability to fight disease.
Let’s prevent disease the right way – by including gut-loving nutrition in the fight to prevent cancer or the return of cancer. To gain more insight, check out:
- Tressa Breindel, LAc, MSOM (InHealthRVA) – Microbiome and Your Health: A Primer
- Christian Jenski, MD & Aaron Hartman, MD (Richmond Functional Medicine): Educational Blogs & More (link: https://richmondfunctionalmedicine.com/blog/)
- Dr. Mark Hyman, MD: 5 Strategies to Prevent and Treat Cancer (link: https://drhyman.com/blog/2015/08/07/5-strategies-to-prevent-and-treat-cancer/)
- Review responses to the frequently asked questions we receive about colon health and colorectal cancer (link: https://hcb2.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/FAQ.GutHealth.QA_.REV_.pdf)
HCB2 wants to help community members engage in behaviors conducive to optimal health through the creation of a bodily environment where cancer is challenged to survive. Thanks to Advisory Council members Dr. Marlisa Hurt, Dr. Christian Jenski, Dr. Jamie McLaughlin, and Tressa Breindel, LAc, HCB2 is able to offer current nutritional education based on research and studies from across the globe.
The gut microbe colonies – our “good guy” bacteria – are easily measured and scientifically proven to play a vital role in fighting all chronic inflammatory diseases, including cancer. Changing the environment within the body to one that will not host cancer is critical.
Our information supports ways to green up and grain down, consume quality fats for cellular integrity, and clean proteins for cellular repair. HCB2 encourages hydration as a major factor in preventing disease and overall quality of life. Preparing and cooking with the focus not just on vitamin consumption, but also being mindful of maintaining the minerals and enzymes naturally occurring in foods is a major consideration as well.
Two great organizations to check out include:
1. The Nutrition Coalition is grounded in scientific research and serves as a foundation for the US Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
2. The Environmental Working Group offers breakthrough research so consumers can make informed choices about their food, products, and create a healthy environment.
HCB2 supports an anti-inflammatory lifestyle and shares additional ways to receive “food as medicine” information. See below and select the best option for you!
- Join our Facebook page “Fight Right with HCB2” for continued support, and the sharing of ideas and recipes.
- Download our Fight Right Anti-Inflammatory Grocery List.
- Read the HCB2 Fight Right blog where we touch on a variety of topics related to health and wellbeing.
- Consider listening to our short “Fight Right” Podcasts, which include discussion on nutrition as a form of medicine.
