In the second part of the two-part exclusive interview with ABC's Good Morning America Diane Sawyer, Sheryl Crow shares she is cancer-free and feeling great as a breast cancer survivor. The diagnosis of breast cancer came as a surprise as she is not a smoker and has no family history of the disease. She received enormous support from her family and friends during treatment, whom she refers to as "this incredible tribe of women." Before Dana Reeve died of lung cancer, she gave Crow advice on dealing with the emotional aspects of being a newly-diagnosed cancer patient and dealing with the recent separation from Lance Armstrong by telling her that the only way to go through grief was to grieve. Crow talked about meditating and changing her diet. "I kind of went into a full-on Eskimo diet, where I ate a lot of salmon. In fact, I'm salmoned out of my brains ... and really green vegetables, just eating really clean, organic food. Listen, I haven't had a doughnut in I can't remember when."
Breast cancer forced Crow into an introspective place of self-realization in facing and overcoming fears -- and the wisdom that comes with that when she said she tried to at least address her fears and not be overcome by them. "The fear of things not always working out. You come to a point in your life where you realize it's not my job to prove to my parents or to my record label or to the world or to my lover that I matter. The fact is that you matter."
"It's not a good place to be concerned with always being right with everybody, always pleasing people, because ultimately you wind up betraying yourself a lot."
Crow shared that she sees her breast cancer diagnosis and being a cancer survivor as part of life's deepening experiences where obstacles are removed and opportunities come in.
Last Friday night, Crow joined the Dave Matthews Band in a concert at Fenway Park. But before she went onstage -- in part of giving back as a cancer survivor -- she made an unannounced surprise visit to Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to visit children with cancer at the Jimmy Fund Clinic.
Over the last two decades, the growing awareness about nutrition and the fact that all foods are not the same when it comes to good health, has spurred the trend of consumers demanding more food value for money spent. Companies vying for those dollars have been paying attention, according to a top ten list of functional foods published in an issue of Food Technology magazine. According to the Institute of Food Technologists, a nonprofit group that promotes sound science in the discussion of food issues, functional foods are foods or food components that provide a health benefit beyond basic nutrition. 
Flaxseed, as an antioxidant believed to prevent and protect against cancer, contains alpha linolenic acid, which is an
omega-3 fatty acid, and lignan, a phytoestrogen which appears to inhibit estrogen production -- a benefit for women with
estrogen-positive breast cancers. For maximum nutritional value, buy whole flaxseed, and measure out the amount the
seeds desired for each recipe, grinding the flaxseed in a small coffee bean grinder. Grinding breaks down the outer
shell and releases the beneficial oil. Store whole flaxseed in a dry sealed container. Ground flaxseed needs to be
refrigerated in an airtight container, and is good for about a month. Flaxseed oil is available, usually in the cooler
section of the store, and you can purchase flaxseed oil supplements. To incorporate flaxseed into your daily diet,
simply sprinkle fresh ground flaxseed on your breakfast cereal, on lunch or dinner salads, in baking goods, or as a
topping for yogurt. The more you use flaxseed, the more uses you will find for it. You can substitute flaxseed oil for
other oils when making salad dressings or as a butter substitute on steamed vegetables. Research is continuing to
indicate that flaxseed might be a beneficial cancer prevention food for a number of cancers, including breast cancer,
prostate cancer and melanoma.
