Jani’s Jammin’ Potato Salad
Jani’s Jammin’ Potato Salad Serves 8 Recipe courtesy of Jani – one of our cancer survivors!
Powerfood Profile: Medicinal Mushrooms
Medicinal mushrooms contain compounds that can enhance the effectiveness of chemo while reducing side effects such as nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite, as well as suppress metastasis and increase levels of natural killer cells. One type of mushroom compounds, beta-glucans, has been shown to boost the cancer-fighting powers of the immune system's cyto-toxic T … Continued
Vegan Country Coleslaw
Vegan Country Coleslaw 10 Servings Ingredients: 2 tbsp Canola or grape seed oil ½ tsp Celery salt 2 ½ tbsp Agave 2 tbsp Apple Cider vinegar ¼ tsp Salt ¼ tsp Pepper 2/3 c Vegan mayo 9 c Multi-colored cabbage 1 c Carrots 1c Arame Instructions: Let dried arame soak in hot water for … Continued
Pesto Chickpea Salad
Pesto Chickpea Salad Serves 6 Ingredients: 1 can (15oz) garbanzo beans 4 cups fresh baby greens 1 avocado, diced ½ c red grapes, halved ¼ c pesto sauce (recipe below) ¼ c walnuts, finely chopped Instructions: Rinse and drain garbanzo beans. Combine the beans … Continued
Glutathione with Chemotherapy | Part 2
Several clinics, mostly in Italy, have performed clinical trials in which they gave glutathione in combination with chemotherapy to determine whether it might ameliorate side effects while preserving the drug activity. Dr. Block has extensively reviewed the use of antioxidants, such as glutathione, given in combination with chemotherapy before deciding to use this combination. Two … Continued
Glutathione with Chemotherapy | Part 1
The concern about the use of glutathione with chemotherapy is that it is an intra-cellular antioxidant that – in some laboratory studies – appears to block certain effects of chemotherapy drugs in cancer cells. Specifically, the naturally produced glutathione in cells can stop apoptosis, or cancer cell suicide, from occurring. It is also associated with … Continued
White Bean Salad
Molecular Targeted Drugs
On June 26, Time magazine ran a story about molecular targeted therapy for treating cancer, characterizing these drugs as the promising future of cancer treatment. These therapies target cancer cells bearing one or more specific mutations. While general medical opinion suggests these molecular drugs are less damaging to healthy cells than conventional chemotherapies, other views … Continued
One Pot Pasta
Variations of Martha Stewart's One Pan Pasta have been making the rounds on food blogs recently, so we decided to give this quick dish a Life Over Cancer makeover. It's a delicious, no-fuss weekday meal.
Three-berry-sicles
Ingredients: 2 cups fresh or frozen strawberries 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries 1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries (or blackberries if you prefer) 1 cup white grape juice concentrate (no sugar added!) Instructions: Puree all ingredients in a blender until smooth (~1 minute). Strain through a fine sieve into a bowl to remove seeds. … Continued