How Food Affects Your Mental Health After Breast Cancer

Описание: S2E4
Food doesn’t just fuel your body — it directly affects your brain, mood, and mental health. After breast cancer, many survivors struggle with anxiety, depression, brain fog, and emotional instability without realizing how closely these symptoms are connected to what they eat.

In this episode of Besties with Breasties, Sarah and Beth are joined again by licensed professional counselor and integrative mental health provider Casey Mills to explore the powerful connection between food, digestion, and mental well-being. They discuss how diet influences neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine, why the gut is often called the “second brain,” and how small, realistic changes can support emotional health after cancer.

This conversation is not about restrictive diets or perfection. It’s about understanding your body, reducing inflammation, and making sustainable choices that support both mental and physical recovery.

In This Episode, We Discuss:
-The connection between food and mental health
-How digestion impacts mood, anxiety, and depression
-Why the gut is considered the “second brain”
-Healthy fats and brain health after cancer
-How inflammation affects emotional well-being
-Simple, realistic nutrition changes
-Eating well on a budget
-Why sustainability matters more than restriction

About Besties with Breasties & Faith Through Fire
Faith Through Fire is a 501c3 Non-Profit. Our mission is to reduce the fear and anxiety that breast cancer patients feel and replace it with hope and a path toward thriving. We do this through peer mentorship, which can be implemented nationwide. We host educational supports in-person and virtually to help overcome the trauma of breast cancer.

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