Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition with licensed nutritionists and dietitians from nutritional weight and wellness.

We explain the connection between what you eat and how you feel.

Stay tuned for practical real-life solutions for healthier living through real food nutrition.

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Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

Today we will be discussing a very serious health problem

that approximately 40%, well, actually 39.5% of the U.S. population, will face some time

in their life. Well, now that I have your attention, you're probably wondering,

what is this health problem? Well, it's cancer. When people hear the diagnosis, you have cancer,

fear and panic pulse through their body. It's a scary diagnosis. The National Cancer Institute predicts that almost 40%

of men and women at some point in their lifetime will be diagnosed with cancer. If you do not want to be a

part of that 40% of those who get cancer, what can you do? What nutritional practices will help you reduce your risk of getting cancer?

Perhaps many of you have already asked yourself that question. Maybe you had a mother, a father,

or a spouse die of cancer. You may wonder, what should I be doing to reduce my risk of getting

cancer? Should I be eating differently? Should I stop smoking?

Should I give up alcohol? Should I step on the scale more frequently to keep my weight and check?

Should I be checking my blood sugar numbers and maybe keeping my A1C at 5.7% or less?

You know, these are all very good questions, and we hope to answer all of these questions

and maybe some more information with you today as we discuss the sugar connection to cancer.

I am Teresa Wagner, a registered and licensed dietitian, and Melanie Beasley, also a registered

and licensed dietitian, is joining me this

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