HI, EVERYBODY I'M OLGA VILLAVERDE AND I'M AMBER MILT.
WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF THE BALANCING ACT, AS WE
FOCUS ON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. AND DID YOU KNOW THAT
ABOUT 1 IN 8 WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATE WILL DEVELOP INVASIVE
BREAST CANCER OVER THE COURSE OF HER LIFETIME AND MORE THAN HALF
OF THESE WOMEN AMBER WHO ARE OVER 40 WILL UNDERGO A
MASTECTOMY? IT'S NUTS TO THINK
ABOUT. TODAY WE'RE FEATURING STYLISH AND CONTEMPORARY
MASTECTOMY BRAS, THEY'RE FASHIONABLE AND FIGURE
FLATTERING FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS. ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO
PROPER NUTRITION FOR THOSE BATTLING CANCER THERE ARE
DEFINITELY FOODS THAT SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T BE ON YOUR LIST.
PLUS THE BENEFITS OF DRINKING WATER. IT'S A HEALTHY REMINDER
FOR ALL OF US. THE BALANCING ACT STARTS RIGHT NOW.
(music.) For over 20 years,
Marty Adrian has been taking care of Breast
Cancer Survivors, she's been helping women cope with the
physical and emotional scars that come along with the
unexpected challenges they face, fitting them with bras and
teaching others to do the same, proving you can still be
feminine and feel just as beautiful on the outside as you
do on the inside. And joining me today, our very special guest
Marty Adrian, who's a certified and professional bra
fitter from Jodee, a company specializing in post mastectomy
bras that are both fashionable and functional. Good morning.
Hi, Olga it's so nice to have us on today. And it's a pleasure to
have you. You know, it's, it's really a truly emotional
subject. It is. Breast Cancer. And I know you've made such a
difference and you've inspired women along the way and God
bless you for that. And tell me how you've been helping women
find that perfect bra after surgery, because that's not easy
to do. It isn't. And everyone has a different expectation, and
we, with our wide variety of bras can make that a custom fit
for every person that we meet. Which is great. And Marty, what
inspired you to do this? My best friend at 32 was diagnosed with
Breast Cancer. So young. She, we went in and found a department
store and the fitter was a young girl that treated her like she
had Leprosy and when she came out we were both balling and she
said if that's what it's going to be like, I'm not going to use
anything. And I thought, we need to make a difference. And you've
been doing that, and you've been doing it for almost 20 years I
have More than 20 years I should say. Talk to me about, all the
women you've met, I mean there's just so many stories you have
and the challenges they have faced along the way. These women
first and foremost are worried about if they are even going to
survive. Of course. And the children, the families. Exactly.
Which the ripple effect with their family and their husbands
and all the other things, it's just astronomical. On top of
that But not only, there's the physical differences too, you
can have shoulders that are out of kilter, and once you put
somebody in the proper bra and prosthesis, everything gets back
into place. Now Jodee's been in business for over 45 years,
you've worked with Jodee for more than 20, tell me what makes
them so special Marty. First and foremost, we are a family. We
want to make sure that what the end of the day, we are taking
care of those ladies that are in such need of getting their life
restored. So our certified fitters are talking to these
ladies over the phone, getting them fit over the phone, but
even more than that. We are all about quality. We invented the
permaform bra, which looks like a regular bra, however, it has a
breast form that has built, been built into it. It's seamless,
it's quite a bit lighter bit than what a silicone form is,
restores the body balance, it is a weighted form so it fits
nicely, looks and feels great and the lady just puts it on,
and away she goes. She never has to worry about where that foarm
is. So that's one of the things, we also have a balance fit
cushion for more severe surgeries, to help fill out
areas, but it does even more than, it will help restore the
body balance of the bra so it doesn't twist, it helps keep
tissues inside the bra, instead of letting it creep out over the
top and it's just a great product for those people that
need a little extra, more of a personalized fit. We have a lot
of variety with our forms, this is a slightly silicone form and
then we also have one that is, we call our sports form that's
used if you're golfing or swimming, so we have literally,
so many options. And the styles are beautiful, I wanna show my
viewers Yes! In fact, you brought me 4 beautiful ones,
let's walk over there Certainly. And take them one by one. Olga
let me show you some of our great bra styles that we have.
This is our camisole bra, it's got lace up high, so any kind of
surgical things that are going on, covers it up, fits very,
very well, it's a great bra. This is our bra that wears well
under t-shirts, sweaters, uh it's got a molded cup so it's
very forgiving and it's fit. It's got nice wide padded
shoulder straps, people love that. Looks very comfortable. It
is very comfortable on, and still very, very stylish. The
next bra we're going to show you has, our super strap, this is
something that Jodee invented. Why are they so thick? Well
because if you're heavy breasted, it helps to disperse
that weight. I see. Off of the chest wall and so it's a much
more comfortable bra for those ladies that are very heavy
breasted. So that can really make a difference for them. Yes.
And with a lot of our bra styles, we'll have ones that
hook in the back, this one happens to be available in a
front hook as well as a back hook. So it, if you need that
back hook for adjustment but the easy of getting in and out of
it, with a font hook. And Marty, what's the perfect fit? You want
the shoulders close to the neck line so they don't fall off the
shoulders, you want it to be snug, but not too snug, you want
the cup to be correct in that it's not tissue spilling out
which would mean the cup was too little, or a lot of puckering
which would mean the cup is too big. And you want to have it
pretty much, streamlined right were their breast bone is, when
you get all of those things put together, then you know that
you've got the correct size. And the lady is going to be very,
very happy with this fit. And I am happy with this one, look at
this color! This is a sapphire blue bra. Beautiful! Brand new
addition to our line, and we're so proud of this bra, it is
gorgeous, it does not in any way look like a surgical mastectomy
bra at all. Gorgeous bra! Fit's very, very well. And Marty, a
couple questions. What if someone finds something that
they like, but it doesn't, you don't have their size? Right! We
will do a customized bra for them. We will customize that bra
to fit them exactly what their needs are. So, we pretty much
now can fit anybody that's walking around, which is a
fabulous feel. And insurance covers some of these? Medicare
covers them uh has their different guidelines, the
private insurances because there's so many varieties, they
will also cover them. But it depends upon which insurance
they have. But yes, most insurance will cover it. And
where can ladies find these? Well certainly we do a fabulous
job over the phone, fitting these ladies. But if somebody
wants a more personalized fit. Get a hold of our 800 number,
and we can direct them towards a store that sells our product.
You know you've inspired so many women that needed that
inspiration along with the company as well. Really making a
difference. Well I can tell you, 20 years ago, I would have never
thought that this is where I was going to end up, but fate has
different things for different people and you can make a
difference in some, in a woman's life when she's at her lowest
point. That's right. Thank you so much. Thank you. Appreciate
your time. And of course if you'd like more information on
these bras, where to find them, how to get fitted, to make that
phone call just go to the website Jodee dot com that's
jodee dot com, j o d e e or to to our website, the balancing
act dot com (music.) UP NEXT,
HERE'S A SPARKLING IDEA DRINK MORE WATER! WHY H20 DOES MORE
THAN JUST HYDRATE US!CHEERS! (music.)
Bottled water consumption has grown more
than a 120 percent in the past 15 years and it's predicted that
this beverage will outsell soda by 2017. We all know that water
is good for us. No brainer! Keeps us hydrated, but what
about the unexpected health benefits water has to offer.
Well here to talk about this is Doctor Diana Galish Frasier from
Nature's Healthiest Certification and Nutritionist
Patty Murphy from Sanavi, good morning! Good Morning! Thanks
for being here! Thanks for having us! Alright so let's talk
about unexpected benefits. Patty, number 1. Oh Olga let's
start with the skin. Huge! Oh it is huge, because the skin is
actually our largest organ and it's 64 percent water, so it's
so important to be hydrated because those fine lines and
wrinkles are really going to show up if we're not fully
hydrated every day. That's why we wrote there, makes our skin
look younger! Alright, doctor water gives us energy. I mean we
all know that! But give me a little more after that. Well, 60
percent of our bodies are water and 85 percent of our brains are
water, I bet you didn't know that. No, I did not. Our bodies
function because of our brains, and so when we stay hydrated,
what that will do is have us be able to think. Be able to
concentrate and focus and absolutely give our bodies more
energy to function the way that it's designed. Alright, number
3, let's look at it right now, real quick. Appetite
suppressant. Oh absolutely. It revs up our metabolism, and if
we're drinking water, we're staying hydrated, and a lot of
people mistake hunger cues for when they are actually thirsty.
So have that glass of water before meals, it will help fill
up your stomach and make you feel more satiated. It will rev
up your metabolism. They actually found that people who
drank more water, actually had as much as a 30 percent greater
metabolism. And to put that in terms of weight loss, if you
drank 1.5 liters extra a day for an entire year. That's 5 pounds
of weight loss, just from water. Just from water alone. Just from
water. I drink about 80 to 100 ounces of water a day, which
explains probably my energy. Yes. Right? Okay! Yes,
absolutely. I just naturally drink water. But a lot of people
just have trouble remembering. So are there any tricks doctor?
Well you know you can set apps on your phone, you can have
alarms on your phone, you can have pretty bottles of water.
That helps! You can have your own special bottle of water to
make you remember, oh my gosh, this body is important to
hydrate. And flavored water is really good, it gives it a
little zing. And Patty I know you brought me some here, so
let's talk about this. Well these are our Sanavi sparking
spring waters, they're all organic. Hmmm. And no artificial
anything in them. This is good, this has lime in it! Oh yes,
lime is one of our favorite flavors, we also have orange
mango and lemon and coconut is one of everybody's favorites and
strawberry and blueberry. The flavors are just wonderful, we
really took a lot of time, selecting very specific
organically grown fruit to be used, the natural oils actually
go into this in very minute amounts. But in doing that, we
were able to not add any sweeteners, no additives, and
it's made with 100 percent natural spring water that has a
wonderful blend of minerals and electrolytes that really help
balance our bodies and that helps with hydration, it helps
with energy, but there's nothing else in it. And no calories. And
no calories as well which is very important. Non GMO, the
bottle is BPA free, so it hits all those points. You know, so
many people are asking about what our healthy beverage
options because a lot of people are trying to get off the sugar,
sweetened sodas, and artificially sweetened sodas.
Hmmm. And this is a great alternative, we want people to
look at the ingredients on their products because that's where
you're going to find out what's in it. If it's a long list of
chemicals Stay away from it. Absolutely. So look for simple,
naturally based things and we were so excited to actually be
granted Nature's Healthiest Certification because we took
such care in the ingredients of our products. And what is that
exactly, doctor? Well Nature's Healthiest Certified is a
certification process that's been granted us by the U.S.
Patton and Trademark office. So in order to be Nature's
Healthiest Certified, there have to be no artificial ingredients,
non GMO, just a list of stringent, nutritious advice.
They have to go through a panel of health care professionals
have come up with parameters that has products either be
Nature's Healthiest Certified or not. Now before we go, I know
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Very important
month for all of us. And, I'm actually wearing pink, did you
see that? Absolutely. Let's talk quickly about how, you know,
water, hydration relates to cancer. Well you know hydration
is so important for everybody's system, and we've actually found
through research that was recently published in the
journal of Clinical Oncology that showed that the people that
drank the most water, were actually less likely, to develop
both colon and bladder cancer, as well as breast cancer.
Interesting. So, so important for those body systems. Right,
and good nutrition and healthy wellness lifestyle choices is,
there the best steps to prevention. And so we're all
about teaching people that it makes so much more sense to take
care of yourself and to practice proactive prevention then to
wait until you're sick. So yes water is so important both with
people who are already going down that path and for people
who want to not have to go down that path. Important
information. Very important! Ladies thank you so much. This
one I just tried is? Strawberry? Uhhh You guys have three flavors
for me! Thank you so much! Okay my favorite for now is the
mango, I'm hispanic, mangos are my favorite. Absolutely. Thank
you ladies very much, I appreciate you time. Thank you!
And if you'd like more information about where you can
find this fabulous water go to drink sanavi dot com or you can
also go to our website the balancing act dot com (music.)
UP NEXT WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING DEFEND AGAINST CANCER
FOODS THAT ARE RICH IN ANTIOXIDANTS ARE JUST WHAT THE
DOCTOR ORDERED. STAY WITH US. (music.) AN ESTIMATED ONE OUT OF
EVERY THREE CANCER DEATHS IN THE UNITED
STATES IS LINKED TO EXCESS BODY WEIGHT, POOR NUTRITION AND OR
PHYSICAL INACTIVITY, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
AS OLGA LEARNED WHEN SHE VISITED A LOCAL HOSPITAL IN SOUTH
FLORIDA AND SPOKE WITH ONE OF ITS CHEFS. (music.) Look at that
ginger! Fresh ginger! We are at Zest Restaurant in Miami Florida
and I'm with celebrity chef Cindy Hutson. She's making
such a special soup for us this morning. Good morning! Hi Olga,
good morning! Tell me what you're making. Well I'm
making a West Indian Pumpkin Bisque Hmmm mmmmm! And it's
beautiful. Look at the vibrant colors. And tell me why you
chose the ingredients and start showing me what you're going
to put in. Well, we're choosing bright, bright
ingredients that have sweetness to them. We want bright colors,
the beta-carotene and all the wonderful things that go into
cancer fighting ingredients. Which is important and speaking
of cancer fighting ingredients and cancer this is obviously
October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month Yes it is! A very special
month where everybody comes together to do their part. And
you're really doing your part Cindy. You are the ambassador,
culinary ambassador to Miami Cancer Institute, very special
for you isn't it? I am honored, I just feel elated
about the whole thing. My mom went through cancer, so it's
close to my heart. Ohhh. My mom's a survivor, 12 years
now. 12 years in remission, love that! Alright, let's keep on
going here. Okay, so when I'm making this I like to build the
flavors slowly, so I already caramelized the onions that
brings out the natural sugars. I'm using carrots because
carrots tend to be a little sweeter than this West Indian
Pumpkin or Calabaza. If you layer your flavors, as you're
building the recipe natural sweetness comes. Then we add
this? That goes once it's a rolling boil. We put that in
there and that's coconut milk. Oohh love that. Now you can buy
lovely coconut milk in a can, ours is always fresh grated. And
then you cook it for how long? It'll take you maybe 10, 15
minutes. I know you have a little bit here for me, I'm
going to try it. Try it! Because I know you're also getting a
salad ready for me? I am! Let me try this real quick. Oh wow
that's good! You can serve it cold or you can serve it hot. Oh
I like it both ways! Alright, ready for the salad? I sure am!
Let's do it. Okay. Alright Cindy, from soup to salad, more
specifically a kale crunch salad? Luscious, crunchy,
deliciousness. Hmmm Let's do it! We're going to start
with some roasted garlic and shallots, the reason we're
going to do that is because you know garlic can be harsh, as
well as shallots, whole grain mustard. Okay. And when you can
cancer, the smells get to you and sometimes the harshness so
we want it to taste nutty and mild. Okay that makes sense. We
have the mustard, the whole grain mustard, I like it with
the seeds in there. We have turmeric, which is
anti-inflammatory. Good stuff. All these great ingredients.
Color. Again that vibrant color and flavor. We have over here,
we don't want to use sugar, so I'm going to use non-sweetened
apricot jam. Then here we go with the yogurt, a superfood.
It's a Greek yogurt, it has all those nice probiotics and
things in your stomach. It's like the number one isn't it?
Yes it is! Pomegranate juice and now I'm going to turn this
blender on. There you go. Ohh that is looking really nice. The
pomegranate will add tartness and it's another super food.
And what's that in there? This is apple cider vinegar, we
don't want to overwhelm our patients with that so we're
going to put that alongside and here we have a blend of avocado
oil. Look at the color. That is beautiful. Hmmm It is gorgeous
and it tastes better. It is expensive. So you need to be
careful with how you're doing that I am going to top it with
just a little bit of sea salt. And of course we're going to
add this super food kale. It has a little trick to it to keep it
nice and tender. See the rib in it? We're going to rip it off
the rib, course I do this with gloves. Of course. You take a
little bit of your oil and you actually bruise it. Now wait
till you see how bright green and much more aesthetically
pleasant it is. Look at the difference. Oh my gosh! What a
great trick for me. And it's tender. So we start with doing
that. We have some of the beat greens which comes off of those
golden beats there, we're going to tear that in there.
This we go with the darker green lettuces. Okay. They're what
helps in the diet, light colored things don't help. We have
cherry tomatoes, again antioxidants, we have the nuts,
little bit of walnuts. And of course you got your orange and
your grapefruit. And what about this over here? And that is
another super food! Ancient grain farrow. This is so healthy
and you know something for everyone to eat. Not just you
know people who are battling cancer, but everyone should be
eating like this. Exactly. Exactly. It's a better way to
eat. You feel better. Sometimes when we eat so poorly, we have
to really go and almost cleanse ourselves and start eating
healthy. And it takes a little time to adjust your pallet but
look at the colors. Beautiful. Let's top it with this. That
is my favorite! Oh my gosh! What is that? Those are golden beats!
And we've utilized the whole thing and we put in the beat
green stalks. (music.) Really when you're doing the kale
it's good to have gloves on and you can really get into a
hold. Hmmm this is so good! Thank you so much! Thank you for
being part of our special, I do appreciate it! I want the
recipe. Oh you have it! Please come to my house one day and
make dinner for us! Alright! Only if you allow me to do all
the healthy stuff. I'll cook for you! I'll cook for you.
Awesome that's even a bonus! And if you'd like more
information on all these recipes you can go to Miami cancer
institute dot com you can also go to our website and that's
the balancing act dot com This was really good. Now I'm going
to get a fork and do it properly. (music.)
THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF THE BALANCING
ACT. AND REMEMBER DRINK MORE WATER, EAT A DIET RICH IN
ANTIOXIDANTS INCLUDING, LOTS OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS, NUTS AND
FISH HIGH IN OMEGA 3. YOU KNOW IT'S A GOOD CHECKLIST TO ALL US,
NOT JUST THOSE WITH CANCER. ABSOLUTELY! AND REMEMBER YOU CAN
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