Vamos Vencer o Câncer de Mama

Food for Life classes at Rede Postinho de Saúde, a non-profit that provides health care services to underserved women living in the community of Cantagalo, Pavão- Pavãozinho, one of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro with scarce resources. The Healthy Basics classes teach how a plant-based diet is key to the prevention of several diseases. 

Registration will only be open to the women served by Rede Postinho de Saúde

The classes in this series will bring into focus the undeniable connection between diet and cancer risk.
Based on the Physicians Committee’s groundbreaking Cancer Project curriculum, the first four classes will
focus on the role of different foods and nutrients in either promoting or discouraging growth of different
cancers, including breast cancer. The last class will focus more specifically on foods that have been shown to directly reduce breast cancer risk and support survival.

Each class features a cooking demonstration of delicious, health-promoting dishes, along with handouts
of easy and affordable recipes participants can prepare at home. The intended audience of the Food for Life: Let’s Beat Breast Cancer classes is cancer survivors and their family and friends, as well as those looking to prevent the disease. These classes are not intended for individuals currently undergoing breast cancer treatment.

Featured Class Topics
• Introduction: How Foods Fight Cancer

• Fueling Up on Low-Fat, High-Fiber Foods
• Discovering Meat and Dairy Alternatives
• Cancer-Fighting Compounds and Healthy Weight Control
• Food for Breast Cancer Prevention and Survival