Diet and Cancer

Omega-3 fatty acids may help increase colonic microbiota diversity

Creating a colonic environment that reduces proinflammatory processes has important implications in promoting health and treating certain diseases. Because the

The Importance of Nutrition in Cancer Prevention & Treatment

Guest Post by Kirsten Halbrich Oudin, ASN’s Dietetic Intern I am a dietetic intern with the American Society for Nutrition

What’s in a name? That which we call “sweet” by any other name may not be the same.

In the case of Shakespeare, a rose is a rose is a rose – all smell sweet. But, in the

Omega-3s: “The Triple Threat” or “The Dynamic Duo”?

The popularity of the essential polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids (O3FA) is on the rise. In 2017, O3FA achieved a spot

How can we implement better health behaviors in cancer survivors?

Lifestyle interventions targeted at obtaining/maintaining a healthy body weight and/or incorporating physical activity and healthy eating habits have great potential

Alkaline Diets and Kidney Disease

Many dangerous fad diets exist that purport to treat diseases such as cancer by manipulating the pH of blood with

Multimodal interventions: Combining nutrition with exercise in clinical populations

Nutrition provides the building blocks our body needs, including energy to move for physical activity and metabolic adaptations that occur

Revisiting Fiber and Colorectal Cancer

By Kevin Klatt Colorectal cancers are the third most common worldwide, and represent one of the major areas of prevention

Nutrition Superstition – How Your Grandma’s Tales Could Actually Be True

By Brett Loman Nutrition may be a relatively young science, but perhaps the intuition of our elders has informed us