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If you’re planning to be vaccinated against COVID-19, you might be wondering if there’s anything you can do to optimize your vaccination response. The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has developed a Pre-Vaccination Protocol with actions you can do by yourself as well as with your doctor that may improve your immune response to vaccination.

BCCT’s take-away: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Consider an integrative approach to reduce the risk that your cancer will progress. A good place to start is looking at which of the 7 Healing Practices might need shoring up in your life.

Multi-level interventions can be combined in integrated disease-prevention strategies, just as integrated approaches to care and treatment of complex disorders holds promise for improved outcomes.

Ecologic models typically emphasize multi-level inter-relationships and emphasize dynamic interactions among them.

If you are older and are diagnosed with cancer, it’s best not to languish too long in the “I’m too old to . . .“ (you fill in the blank with your favorite aging stereotype). Though there are some important considerations and adaptations, cancer treatment doesn’t have to be sub-optimal just because you are “old.” 

Most cancer diets focus on what you eat. The question of when you eat is rarely mentioned. But it may turn out to be critical to your health. A new book by Satchin Panda, a scientist at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, discusses this: The Circadian Code.

I can honestly say that, as it did the first time 19 years ago, cancer has offered me precious and deeply meaningful gifts.

I am thrilled to be able to share the life-giving, spirit-supporting foods and secrets to happy tastebuds I’ve discovered over many years of cooking for people with cancer.