Nutrition After Breast Cancer: Food and Recovery

Guest: Lauren Anton Show Notes: Recovery after breast cancer isn’t just physical, it’s emotional and nutritional, too. Listen to the first-hand experience of registered dietitian and breast cancer survivor, Lauren Anton as she explores what healing really looks like after treatment, why nourishment can feel complicated, and how survivors can begin rebuilding trust with their bodies. Tune in for evidence-based guidance and compassionate insights that support recovery, resilience, and learning to nourish yourself again. Guest Bio: Lauren Anton is a speaker, registered dietitian, and breast cancer survivor passionate about helping people to reconnect with their bodies, breaking free from diet culture noise and learning how to treat their bodies with compassion and respect. She helps audiences, groups, and individuals learn how to re-imagine their bodies as a home, and recognize food and movement as conduits for a deep connection with the body. Quote: “Being able to remember very clearly what it's like to walk through the swamp of our own minds is so important. And that's what lived experience gives us, that a textbook can't.” Question of the Day: How has illness, recovery, or a major life event changed your relationship with your body and food? On This Episode You Will Learn: How lived experience as a breast cancer survivor shapes Lauren’s approach to nutrition and body image Why self-compassion and changing self-talk are essential during recovery and body changes How nutrition after cancer treatment should focus on body respect and individual needs, not rigid rules How appetite, digestion, and food tolerance can change during and after treatment, and how to adapt How friends and family can practically support someone in treatment, especially through food and everyday help Connect with Yumlish! Yumlish Website: Yumlish Yumlish on Instagram: @yumlish_ Yumlish on Facebook: Yumlish Yumlish on Twitter: @yumlish_ Yumlish on LinkedIn: Yumlish Connect with Lauren Anton! Website URL: laurenantonrd.com Instagram URL: @laurenatnonrd LinkedIn URL:   / lauren-anton-ms-rd-ceds-c-cpt-683b7430