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    26 Jul, 2023
  • Description: In this video, Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, shares helpful tips for managing nausea as a side effect of cancer treatment. 
    Please be advised that the information contained in this video is general in nature. It is important to speak with your oncology team to report any concerns and create a treatment plan that works for you.
  • Description: In this video, Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, shares helpful tips for managing diarrhea as a side effect of cancer treatment. 
    Please be advised that the information contained in this video is general in nature. It is important to speak with your oncology team to report any concerns and create a treatment plan that works for you.
  • Description: In this video, Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, shares helpful tips for managing a lack of appetite as a side effect of cancer treatment. 
    Please be advised that the information contained in this video is general in nature. It is important to speak with your oncology team to report any concerns and create a treatment plan that works for you.
  • Description: In this video, Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, shares helpful tips for managing constipation as a side effect of cancer treatment. 
    Please be advised that the information contained in this video is general in nature. It is important to speak with your oncology team to report any concerns and create a treatment plan that works for you.
  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, the nutrition manager with Dana-Farber’s Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for healthy cooking inspiration. This recipe has been adapted from Bryant Terry’s Vegetable Kingdom. https://www.bryant-terry.com/books 
    For Dana-Farber patients interested in scheduling a nutrition consultation, please call 617-632-3006. To learn more about the Zakim Center's group programs, please visit myzakim.dana-farber.org where you can access a variety of programming including exercise, yoga, meditation, music therapy, nutrition and more. 
    We would like to extend a special thank you to Sodexo Food Services and Molta Media for helping to make this video possible, as well as our philanthropic partners whose continued generosity supports the Zakim Center's group programming. *The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute or the Zakim Center of the linked webs...
  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, the nutrition manager with Dana-Farber’s Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for plant-forward cooking inspiration from three of her favorite cookbooks: Bryant Terry’s Vegetable Kingdom, Jeanine Donofrio and Jack Mathews’s Love & Lemons Every Day, and Laura Wright’s The First Mess. 
    https://www.bryant-terry.com/bookshttps://www.loveandlemons.com/cookbook/https://thefirstmess.com/cookbook/the-first-mess-cookbook/ 
    For Dana-Farber patients interested in scheduling a nutrition consultation, please call 617-632-3006. To learn more about the Zakim Center's group programs, please visit myzakim.dana-farber.org where you can access a variety of programming including exercise, yoga, meditation, music therapy, nutrition and more. We would like to extend a special thank you to Sodexo Food Services and Molta Media for helping to make this video possible, as well as our philanthropic partners whose con...
  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, the nutrition manager with Dana-Farber’s Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for healthy cooking inspiration. This recipe has been adapted from Molly Watson – for the full recipe and ingredient list please visit thespruceeats.com/salmon-cakes-recipe-2217394




    For Dana-Farber patients interested in scheduling a nutrition consultation, please call 617-632-3006. To learn more about the Zakim Center's group programs, please visit myzakim.dana-farber.org where you can access a variety of programming including exercise, yoga, meditation, music therapy, nutrition and more. 



    We would like to extend a special thank you to Sodexo Food Services and Molta Media for helping to make this video possible, as well as our philanthropic partners whose continued generosity supports the Zakim Center's group programming.

    Resources: How to Use Canned Salmon (PDF)

  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, the nutrition manager with Dana-Farber’s Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for healthy cooking inspiration. 
    For Dana-Farber patients interested in scheduling a nutrition consultation, please call 617-632-3006. To learn more about the Zakim Center's group programs, please visit myzakim.dana-farber.org where you can access a variety of programming including exercise, yoga, meditation, music therapy, nutrition and more. 
    We would like to extend a special thank you to Sodexo Food Services and Molta Media for helping to make this video possible, as well as our philanthropic partners whose continued generosity supports the Zakim Center's group programming. 
    Ingredients (12 servings): 1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour 3 tsp baking powder 1 egg 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk 1/4 cup canola oil 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 2 Weetabix biscuits 3 tbsp sugar 1 ts...
  • Description: Join Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, the nutrition manager with Dana-Farber’s Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, for healthy cooking inspiration. For Dana-Farber patients interested in scheduling a nutrition consultation, please call 617-632-3006. To learn more about the Zakim Center's group programs, please visit myzakim.dana-farber.org where you can access a variety of programming including exercise, yoga, meditation, music therapy, nutrition and more. We would like to extend a special thank you to Sodexo Food Services and Molta Media for helping to make this video possible, as well as our philanthropic partners whose continued generosity supports the Zakim Center's group programming.
    Ingredients (two servings): 
    1/3 cup orange juice or unsweetened milk of your choice 

     2/3 cup water 

    1 handful baby spinach or kale leaves 

    1 banana 

     ½ tsp cinnamon 

    ¼ cup plai...
  • Description: Stephanie Meyers, MS, RD, LDN, is joined by Julie Salinger, MSW, LICSW, clinical social worker at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Laurie, a patient, to talk about how a cancer diagnosis can sometimes make people feel afraid to eat certain foods.

    [THEME MUSIC]

    STEPHANIE MEYERS: Hi and welcome to Eating With Cancer, a podcast about how food and eating experiences are impacted by cancer. Where we sit down to candid conversations and explore integrative approaches to finding joy with food. I'm your host, Stephanie Meyers, a registered dietitian and the nutrition manager in the Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

    And I am delighted to have with me as guests today -- Laurie, a Dana-Farber patient whose story highlights the complexities of how food and self-care care intersect – and Julie Salinger, a clinical social worker with more than 12 years of experience helping patients and familie...