WILLOW, Alaska — Linda Blanchard took up running 23 years ago, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She figured regular exercise and getting herself from her home in Willow to her daily radiation treatments in Anchorage was about all she could do to combat the disease.

Some seven or eight years later, she learned that food might play a role in cancer survival. She started eating more fruits and vegetables, and she cut back on fats. She began opting for chicken or fish instead of beef on a pretty regular basis.

Today the 59-year-old retired school nurse wants to know what else she can do. She's attending weekly cooking classes sponsored by the Cancer Project to find out. The Cancer Project is a national nonprofit health organization. Its Food for Life:

Nutrition and Cooking Class is an eight-week series developed by physicians, nutrition experts and registered dietitians.

UK ad regulators go crazy for carbs, classify cheese as junk food

Jimmy Moore is up in arms this week on his podcast, and rightfully so, decrying the ridiculous decision in the UK that the Atkins Nutritional Approach could not be described as "healthy". A print advertisement for the Atkins diet was forcibly removed by a consumer watchdog group. Their "reason"ing? There is not enough evidence that the low-carb diet is a "healthier lifestyle."

In more craziness from across the pond, cheese was classified as "junk food" under new advertising rules for children's television. The Daily Mail reports that the ban will come into effect this month, with all commercials promoting cheese prohibited during children's TV shows and other shows with a large proportion of young viewers. The fate of the cheese-loving claymation characters, Wallace and Gromit, remains to be seen...

High carb diet not linked to colon cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating large amounts of carbohydrates does not appear to increase the risk of colon cancer in women, according to study findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.