How Orange Foods Fight Cancer
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2019
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Beta-carotene is a cancer-fighting heavyweight! So, to honor this powerhouse nutrient we're re-thinking pink. In fact, we're changing our colors altogether to conclude our series on breast cancer. Because on this episode of The Exam Room™ orange is the new pink!
"The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll sits down with dietician Susan Levin who explains how the same nutrient that gives orange foods their color also helps hunt cancer cells in the body. Susan, who is director of nutrition education for the Physicians Committee, also reveals the foods with the most beta-carotene that you should be putting on your plate.
Chuck is then joined by Jessie Davidson who was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was just 28 years old. Jessie was a newlywed, having tied the knot less than a year earlier, but instead of having the world in the palm of her hand, it was turned upside down. But Jessie was relentless in her fight and shares how she faced her fears to pull through. A big part of that was discovering a plant-based diet and the link between cancer and the food in her kitchen.
Dr. Kristi Funk then steps back into The Exam Room™ with her fourth and final step of the Let's Beat Breast Cancer guide — keeping a healthy weight. You'll learn how carrying around extra pounds can increase the odds of getting cancer and why eating high-fat foods causes a woman's body to produce excessive amounts of cancer-promoting estrogen.
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| 0:00.0 | it is a type of carat annoyed and it comes from foods that are very rich in the orange and red pigments think of the carrots and beta |
| 0:11.4 | caratine, but it's not just carrots that are rich in beta caratine and they're important because antioxidants fight cancer |
| 0:18.1 | and that's very important especially in this breast cancer awareness month. |
| 0:30.0 | Well hello there and welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:35.2 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. Thank you so very much for giving the show a |
| 0:39.8 | listen this week, or a view, or a download, wherever it is in the world that you are. We appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:50.7 | Today on the show we will be rethinking pink. In fact, we're going to be changing our colors all together as we wrap |
| 0:58.6 | up our Let's Beat Breast Cancer series because today orange is the new pink. Well, what does that mean? |
| 1:07.7 | It means beta caratine that wonderful brightly colored nutrient that is a cancer-fighting heavyweight. |
| 1:16.6 | Dietitian Susan Levin, she will be here with me to shed some light on how your body |
| 1:21.9 | unlocks these nutrients that are found in the orange foods and then turns them loose in your |
| 1:27.4 | body to track down cancer cells. And when you hear just how effective they can be, you may just want to |
| 1:35.4 | put a sweet potato on your plate tonight. And then we're going to be hearing from Jesse Davidson, a young woman |
| 1:46.0 | newly wedged still in her 20s who was blindsided by a breast cancer diagnosis. |
| 1:52.4 | Jesse will walk us through her emotional journey and the incredibly difficult decisions that she faced. |
| 2:03.2 | Not even 30 and she was challenged with this. And you'll hear how she connected the dots to |
| 2:12.0 | realize that there is a direct connection between cancer and your kitchen. And then Dr. |
| 2:20.8 | Christie Funk will be here with the fourth and final step to beating breast cancer. And if you |
| 2:26.2 | followed the first three, this one really should almost happen automatically. |
| 2:36.1 | The Physicians Committee's Let's Beat Breast Cancer campaign is made possible in part by |
| 2:40.9 | Naked Food Magazine, the whole food plant-based nutrition approach in a beautiful and easily |
| 2:46.8 | digestible magazine. Check out the latest issue now at nakedfoodmagazine.com. |
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