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Health EQUITY
Nutrition RESOURCES
PLANT FOOD
SARAH
COPELAND
Including a variety of plant foods into your diet is one
recommendation that will pop up in every consultation and
gut health guide—regardless of culture and ethnicity. Every
type of cuisine can incorporate plant foods into its dishes!
FRUITS
LEGUMES
VEGETABLES
BEANS
NUTS & SEEDS
These services bring you prepared meals:
• Meals on Wheels
• Magnolia Meals at Home
• Send a Meal (vegan/vegetarian/special diets)
These apps will deliver from local restaurants.
• Door Dash
• Uber Eats
• Grub Hub
• Menufy
OILS
• F ill 2/3 or more of your plate with colorful plant
foods such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains,
beans, nuts, and seeds
• F ill the remaining 1/3 or less of your plate with
animal foods such as poultry, seafood, lean red
meats, eggs, and dairy.
If you choose to eat red meat, AICR recommends
no more than 12–18 ounces (cooked) per week, and
to avoid processed meats as much as possible.
These apps will deliver groceries to your front door:
• Instacart
• Grocery store apps
• Imperfect Foods
• Hello Fresh
No energy to cook?
Need personalized support?
WHOLE GRAINS
Plant foods contain phytonutrients—naturally
occurring chemicals that help reduce
inflammation and fill you up with antioxidants.
These chemicals are also known to help you both
prevent and fight off cancer and other diseases.
The American Institute for Cancer Research
(AICR) recently released a “New American
Plate” with recommendations for eating for
cancer prevention.
Can’t leave the house?
Save the Date:
Exclusive Culinary Event
with Sarah Copeland
Ina® The Intelligent Nutrition Assistant
Ina helps people with cancer eat healthy and stay wellnourished throughout their treatment and beyond. Good
nutrition can help people with cancer feel better and
manage symptoms like diarrhea, nausea, tiredness, and
decreased appetite. All you need is a cell phone number.
You will receive daily texts once you sign up.
SCAN TO GET STARTED
Concerned about
how your gut is
going to survive the
holidays?
change forces you to be creative and open-minded.
Over the last year we have added kimchi, kombucha,
jackfruit, tempeh, impossible burgers, and guava syrup
to our diet, and we have said goodbye to processed sugars
and ramen. As a family, we had to be intentional about our
food choices and make sure to eat a balance of protein, fat,
and sugar. Most importantly—we allow ourselves to cheat
every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner!”
Baker’s passion for food and coaching others toward
health—incorporating a variety of cultural foods into
recommended plans—is personal as she has also made
dramatic changes to her nutrition over the years while
finding ways to keep eating with her family and enjoying
their favorite foods. She became an advocate with Fight
CRC after her dad passed away from colorectal cancer.
She credits her advocacy journey with teaching her about
the connection between food and diseases like cancer.
Now as a health coach, she’s helping people from a variety
of backgrounds set realistic and optimistic goals and
change their mindsets when it comes to healthy habits.
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“I don’t want people to think you have to exclude
certain foods to be healthy and that cultural foods
will be unhealthy no matter what,” she said. “There’s
certain foods I enjoyed before I began this journey,
and I’ve tweaked them to make them healthier and
cut down my portion sizes.”
For those inspired to take a wellness journey and focus
on nutritious foods relevant to their individual taste and
cultures, she offers this encouragement:
“It comes down to finding what works for you—
take a piece of every plan you’ve ever tried.
You can achieve long-term lifestyle change.”
Adaptation has always been key to our survival as
humans, as have communication, acceptance, and
embracing diversity. As we evaluate the role food plays in
the lives of those affected by cancer, we must remember
that no two patients eat exactly alike.
Register for our exclusive
culinary event with Sarah
Copeland. Sarah is a bestselling
cookbook author and Real
Simple’s former food editor whose recipes have
been featured on outlets like Food Network,
New York Times, and more. She’s known for
helping families find easy, fresh, delicious recipes
to make on every occasion.
Reserve your seat today for our live, interactive event
streamed straight from Sarah’s kitchen where she’ll
introduce us to some gut-friendly entree, side, and
dessert ideas for the holidays. She'll also answer our
questions about techniques, tips, and food.
SCAN TO REGISTER
1) Open camera app
on phone
2) Hover over this code
3) Fill out the form
an't make the live event?
C
Register anyway and we'll
email you the recording!
Struggling to afford food?
Programs making sure you have resources to eat:
• SNAP Assistance (Household must qualify; inquire
with your state for eligibility criteria)
• Feeding America (Use the Need Help? Find Food
search tool)
• Misfits Market (Reduced-price produce shipped to
your door)
Looking for recipe ideas?
• Cook for Your Life
• Savor Health
Fighting inflammation?
Try these foods (as you're able):
• Tomatoes
• Fatty fish
• Leafy greens
• Fruits like strawberries,
blueberries, cherries,
• Nuts
and oranges
• Olive oil
Join the Fight at FIGHTCRC.ORG
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