BEAT BREAST CANCER: THE FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE APPROACH

with guest expert Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD

Whether you're focused on cancer prevention, reducing risk of breast cancer recurrence, maintaining balanced blood sugar to mitigate chronic disease risk, or just looking to improve your overall health, there's something valuable here for everyone!

I absolutely love when I get to chat with Dr. Boham -- brilliantly trained at esteemed universities in both medicine and nutrition, and then she furthered her education with her specialty in functional medicine -- who is also the medical director at Mark Hyman, MD's UltraWellness Center.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Essential nutritional methods for proactive breast cancer prevention.
• Strategies for reducing the risk of recurrence for breast cancer survivors.
• Functional medicine approach: Definition and explanation of the functional medicine approach to health.
• Importance of addressing the root cause of health issues and focusing on personalized care.
• Balancing blood sugar: Importance of maintaining stable blood sugar levels to reduce cancer risk.
• Tips on dietary choices that help balance blood sugar, such as what kinds of and how much protein, fat, and fiber to incorporate into meals.
• The Benefits of cruciferous vegetables you may not yet know and how they support detoxification and reduction for cancer risk.
• Recommendations on incorporating certain important vegetables into the diet.
• Detoxification and reducing toxin exposure: Explanation of the body’s natural detoxification processes.
• Importance of reducing exposure to environmental toxins (e.g., BPA, pesticides, plastics).
• Tips for supporting detoxification through diet and lifestyle choices.
• Managing alcohol intake: Impact of alcohol consumption on breast cancer risk.
• Importance of and tips for stress management for overall health and cancer prevention.
• Personal reflections on the need to change how one interacts with stress and the world.

Let's dive in!!!

GUEST EXPERT:

DR. ELIZABETH BOHAM

Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD is a physician and nutritionist who practices functional medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA.

After being diagnosed with aggressive triple negative breast cancer at the age of 30, she learned how difficult it can be to navigate through the health-care system.

Dr. Boham joined Dr. Mark Hyman and The UltraWellness Center team in 2007. Prior to that she practiced integrative medicine at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA and was a partner with Albany Clinical Nutrition Specialists.

In addition, she has her undergraduate degree in nutritional biochemistry from Cornell University and her graduate degree and Registered Dietitian from Columbia University.

Through her practice and lecturing, she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing.

Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on multiple podcasts and in a variety of publications and media including Mind Body Green, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life.

Her DVD, Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer, explores the functional medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.

Learn more about Dr. Boham at