Eating With Cancer Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living
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- Health & Fitness
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Eating With Cancer is Dana-Farber's nutrition podcast that explores how food and eating are impacted by cancer. Here, we sit down to candid conversations and seek integrative approaches to finding joy with food during cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, is the podcast host and the Nutrition Manager in the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Visit our virtual wellness platform MyZakim at myzakim.dana-farber.org to learn more about Zakim Center services and programs.
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A Piece of Advice
Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN is joined by Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH, Medical Director of the Adult Survivorship Program at Dana-Farber and Katie, a patient, to discuss how to navigate when friends and family offer unsolicited nutrition advice in the setting of a cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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Is it Okay to Eat This?
Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, is joined by Julie Salinger, MSW, LICSW, clinical social worker at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Laurie, a patient, to talk about how a cancer diagnosis can sometimes make people feel afraid to eat certain foods.
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Being Kind to Yourself with Food
What is self-compassion as an eater and how can it support people experiencing cancer? Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN is joined by Ellen, a patient, and Patricia Arcari, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, program manager for meditation programs at the Zakim Center at Dana-Farber.
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It's Not The Same
Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, is joined by Dan Gorman, FNP-C, MSN, Director of the Adult Palliative Care Clinic at Dana-Farber, and Jessica, a patient, to talk about how cancer and cancer treatment impact appetite, and interest in/pleasure from food.