What do you do when your husband receives a Stage IV cancer diagnosis? You assemble a health care team of modern medical doctors, along with non-traditional specialists. You also consciously change what you eat as you become more aware of what's in your food.

This was the perspective of Brieonna Aljets when her husband was diagnosed with cancer during the pandemic. They immediately jumped into action. Today she is sharing their story from illness to wellness and how it changed their lives. In particular, it changed what they eat.

From Brieonna we learn that changing their diet was an important piece of getting well, and continuing to stay that way. She offers information on what they changed, and how they did it. We discuss how it important it is to cook your food at home, and Brieonna offers us some tips that help make it easier.

When we cut out the processed food and begin eating real food, our taste buds begin to change. Consciously choosing to nourish your body does not mean you can never eat a piece of cake. However, expect that you may not look at the ultra-processed food in the same way again, and that it may become undesirable to your taste buds!

Our society is set up to keep us busy with jobs to earn enough money to live, but it's important to recognize how important it is to cook at home, and to figure out how to slow down enough to do that.

You can find Brieonna on her podcast, What's the Cheese?, or on Instagram at @brielikethecheese4.

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