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Esther Trepal, RD, MS, CDN answers your questions about cancer and nutrition

Check out what CFYL programs and activities are going on this spring 

Esther Trepal, RD, MS, CDN answers your toughest questions about nutrition and cancer

Esther Trepal, RD, MS, CDN answers reader questions about nutrition during treatment and beyond

Cancer patients today have a wide range of options for treatment aids in recovery, using the knowledge of a registered dietician may be one of the most powerful

Esther Trepal, RD, MS, CDN answers reader questions about nutrition during treatment and beyond

Esther Trepal, RD, MS, CDN answers reader questions about nutrition during treatment and beyond

Esther Trepal, RD, MS, CDN answers reader questions about nutrition during treatment and beyond

Esther Trepal, RD, MS, CDN answers reader questions about nutrition during treatment and beyond

Karim El Rabiey, a writer at Venio, an app aimed at empowering people to live healthier lives, tells us how we can use technology to take health into our own hands 

Registered Dietician Sharon Palmer tells us how giving up meat just one day a week can ease us into a more plant based diet -- a healthy choice not just for cancer patients, but for all people on a quest for a better diet. 

So have a potato pancake, already…enjoy!

Easy ways to warm up the holidays—and the whole winter—with some delicious twists on the standard green salad

Another delicious way of going green

For the holidays, a little sweet cheating is no vice

To get the most out of the redoubtable cranberry, skip the can and go right to the fresh, unprocessed source. 

The concept of healthy holidays may seem a contradiction in terms, but knowing how to tweak your favorite treats — can turn indulgences into nutritious inventions. If you’re trying to avoid processed foods and junk in favor of whole foods during treatment, it’s easier than you may think to turn your traditional, nostalgia-laden favorites into healthful alternatives.

A letter on Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Cook For Your LIFE from founder Ann Ogden 

New York Non-Stop News interviews Cook For Your LIFE founder Ann Ogden

A starter guide to enjoying nature’s cold-weather bounty

Its dangers are documented, but red meat can be part of a balanced meal

Smoothies are a cold, nutritious treat, and a fun, quick fix for Moms too. Even little hands can help choose ingredients and put everything in the blender. 

Here’s to fast family-friendly finger foods

Healthy breakfasts for kids and adults don’t have to be a challenging chore 

When cancer enters a household, healthy family meals often gain more significance. Here are some simple rules to help gather everyone around the cook top.

Putting kids to work in the kitchen can be the best kind of child’s play

CFYL talks to two cooks and writers who believe food should be not only fun, but funny.

For a parent challenged by treatment, quick and easy recipes can still be healthy  

A visual step-by-step guide for making your very own funny food 

If there were a medal for surviving cancer – a kind of civilian purple heart – (and really, shouldn’t there be?), Eric LeVine would be wearing five of them on his chest. 

Artichokes can be pretty intimidating if you don't know how to deal with them. This step-by-step guide shows you how to trim an artichoke

When it comes to nutrition, mushrooms deliver more than flavor

Something could be fishy about the fish you select at a market or restaurant.

The bright side (yes) of a cancer diagnosis 

After a diagnosis of prostrate cancer, financier Michael Milken, lover of Rueben sandwiches and hot dogs, asked chef Beth Ginsberg to radically transform his diet 

Buying local food allows us to feast on the bounty of our regional produce. It reminds us of the flow of the seasons, and encourages us to get creative and try new things. 

For this chef, a colorful plate is the healthiest plate

 An interview with Darlene Hunt the creator of the critically acclaimed Showtime series "The Big C"

Mission Possible: combining health and happiness in the kitchen 

The personal chef and co-author with Sheryl Crow of If it Makes You Healthy shares his nutritional prescriptions

Five simple questions may help you take the mystery out of study findings

Your love of chocolate need not be a dark little secret. Here’s the good news

Meat & potatoes versus beets & tomatoes becomes a family affair

For chef Fabrizia Lanza, healthy eating is a simple matter: If you listen to your body, it will tell you what it needs. 

An interview with world renowned chef and cancer survivor Gina DePalma 

The kitchen essentials you’ll need to Cook for Your Life

The secret soother of Spanish grandmothers is loaded with garlic

This soup is comfort food with a kick

The lowdown on one heck of a nut

A Russia classic lets the beets go on

A simple stew and B vitamins too

Peru's super seed provides protein and comfort

Moroccan stews are much ado about something

A classic Mexican dish offers a fiber fiesta

Never mind Pinnochio…finocchio is fine, and that’s no lie

In Korea, cabbage is king

An ancient tradition of food as medicine

The fabled Italian island turns over an old leaf – and feasts on it 

Has medicine ever tasted so good?

This fabled, fiber-rich meal-in-a-bowl is often served to celebrate the Persain New Year

Food, health, and medicine mix it up in India

Iceland’s healing foods are way warmer than you think

The Greeks have a word for “hello”  – yasoo -- that literally means “your health,” and the country’s most popular soup provides a healthy start to any meal

The Chinese depend on their own version of comfort food

The Scandinavian winter has a nutritious upside

Ancient Egyptian ways have modern meaning for cancer fighters

An interview with renowned author and nutritionist Marion Neslte shows that for cancer patients, what to eat is no casual matter

Should you be taking supplements during cancer treatment? 

There are fats, and then there are fats…not all are the bad guys

CFYL’s simple guide to help you plan a healthier diet

How to get resistant kids on board for eating better

With sustainably raised, hormone-free Niman Ranch cuts, meat needn’t be a four-letter word

An Interview with Daphne Miller, a Globe-Hopping, Diet-Shopping MD. 

For Sicilian-born ironsmith Angelo Garro, nature’s bounty takes on a whole new meaning

Some of the best medecine for those in treatment is in your refridgerator crisper