The Science Program

Founded by Experience. Built Through Care.

After living the gaps in cancer care, we created what was missing.

 

A Foundation Built Long Before Cancer

Before founding Care Beats Cancer, we co-founded SHE Changes Everything a women's wellness company, were we spent years helping clients with complex and difficult-to-manage health conditions, including cancer, where many of whom had already seen multiple specialists before finding us.

Our work consistently centered around the same biological systems that now define our cancer care model:

Nutrition status
Muscle preservation
Energy and fatigue regulation
Nervous system support
Functional strength and mobility
Recovery capacity
Inflammation and metabolic resilience

These systems influence whether the body adapts, declines, or recovers under stress.

Cancer treatment simply magnifies how critical they truly are.

Research continues to show that malnutrition, functional decline, reduced muscle strength, fatigue, and poor patient-reported outcomes are associated with increased complications, treatment interruptions, lower quality of life, and survival outcomes.

Meet the Founders

Clinical Expertise. Lived Experience. Focused Cancer Care.

Jennifer Klotz
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Jennifer Klotz, MS, RDN, LDN

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

Jennifer is a licensed registered dietitian with over 15 years of experience in clinical nutrition therapy. She specializes in supporting individuals through complex health challenges, including cancer treatment, with a focus on helping the body maintain nourishment, strength, metabolic stability, and resilience during periods of significant physiological stress.

Her clinical background includes women’s hormones and fertility, gastrointestinal dysfunction, food sensitivities and MCAS, weight management, and complex chronic illnesses including Lyme disease, chronic fatigue syndromes, dysautonomia, POTS, and cancer.

This broader clinical experience informs her systems-based approach to supporting patients with cancer, particularly those with overlapping inflammatory, metabolic, immune, and nervous system dysregulation.

Jennifer integrates principles of clinical nutrition, biochemistry, nutrigenomics, metabolism, and evidence-based supportive oncology into structured, individualized care strategies designed to be both scientifically grounded and realistically sustainable during treatment.

Jennifer provides patient-centered counseling within an integrated adjunctive care model. Many of her clients come to her after seeing multiple providers, seeking a more comprehensive and biologically informed approach to improving resilience, function, and quality of life while navigating cancer and complex illness.

Jennifer’s work centers on:

  • Nutritional status and energy availability
  • Muscle preservation and functional strength
  • Blood sugar regulation and metabolic stability
  • Inflammation and immune function
  • Gastrointestinal tolerance and nutrient absorption
  • Nervous system regulation and stress physiology
  • Fatigue, appetite disruption, and treatment-related symptom burden

Credentials

  • B.S. in Dietetics
  • M.S. in Nutrition and Wellness
  • Dietetic Internship
  • Registered Dietitian (RD)
  • Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN)
Heather Young
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Heather Young, CPT, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, CES

Yoga Therapist + Corrective Exercise Specialist

Heather is a certified yoga therapist, corrective exercise specialist, and personal trainer who specializes in helping individuals maintain strength, movement capacity, function, and physical resilience while navigating complex health conditions, chronic illness, and cancer treatment.

Her work focuses on helping patients stay physically supported during periods of significant physiological stress, fatigue, deconditioning, and functional decline.

Her clinical background includes chronic pain conditions, autoimmune disease, osteoporosis, hypermobility, fatigue syndromes, injury recovery, postural dysfunction, neurological and nervous system dysregulation, and exercise intolerance in medically complex populations.

She has extensive experience working with individuals who often feel overlooked or unsafe in traditional fitness and rehabilitation environments due to pain, exhaustion, mobility limitations, or chronic illness complexity.

Heather integrates principles of exercise oncology, biomechanics, yoga therapy, corrective exercise, nervous system regulation, mobility training, and evidence-based movement strategies into structured, individualized care plans designed to help patients remain safer, stronger, and more functional throughout treatment.

Heather provides patient-centered movement and recovery support within an integrated adjunctive care model.

Heather’s work centers on:

  • Muscle preservation and functional strength
  • Mobility, balance, and movement capacity
  • Fatigue regulation and energy conservation
  • Nervous system regulation and stress physiology
  • Posture, biomechanics, and functional stability
  • Recovery capacity and physical resilience
  • Deconditioning prevention and functional independence

Credentials

  • Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT)
  • Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT)
  • Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES-NASM)
  • Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500)
  • Pregnancy & Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist

What Makes Our Approach Different

Clinical Expertise + Real-World Experience + Structured Care

Our approach is shaped by both clinical practice and lived caregiving experience.

We understand the biology of treatment stress.

We understand the emotional weight families carry.

And we understand how overwhelming it becomes when people are left without a roadmap.

That is why our care model is designed to be:
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Adjunctive

Not alternative

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Structured

Not overwhelming

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Oncology-Aligned

Not trend-based

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Rooted in Physiology

Not fear

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Practical

Built for real treatment

From Daily Profession to Lifelong Mission

The Moments That Changed Everything

Care Beats Cancer was not built from theory alone. It was built from years of professional experience helping people navigate complex illness, including cancer. But everything changed when we walked through three separate Stage 4 cancer diagnoses back-to-back within our own family. Because when cancer affects the people you love most, the gaps in care become impossible to ignore.

Family cancer care journey
Dad

Watching strength disappear changes how you understand care.

Treatment was only part of the story. Function, strength, energy, and daily support mattered too.

Cancer treatment support
Mom

We saw how overwhelming treatment becomes when the body is unsupported.

During treatment, we learned that small supportive strategies could make a meaningful difference. Ice therapy was used to help reduce neuropathy risk during chemotherapy, and we discovered that icing her face during treatment helped prevent the painful flushing she experienced the next day.

Family support during cancer
Sister

Three stage 4 diagnoses changed how we understood what patients truly need.

Not more noise.
Not more extremes.
Structured support that helps the body get through treatment.

Care Beats Cancer was built from firsthand experience with the gaps patients face during treatment.

A Mission-Driven Nonprofit

Expanding Access to Structured Adjunctive Cancer Care

Care Beats Cancer is a nonprofit organization created to expand access to structured adjunctive cancer care.

Our mission is to help more people receive the kind of support that helps the body stay stronger, more stable, and better supported during treatment.

Why nonprofit?
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To expand access beyond private-pay care

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To support patients during active treatment

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To reduce barriers to supportive care

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To help families navigate treatment with more structure and guidance

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To steward donor funding toward practical, biologically relevant care

What Guides Our Work

Care That Is Clear, Structured, and Aligned

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Adjunctive, not alternative
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Structured, not overwhelming
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Biologically relevant, not trend-based
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Oncology-safe, not one-size-fits-all
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Consistent, not left to chance

Care Takes a Team

Meet the people helping make adjunctive cancer care more accessible, more structured, and more human.

Apply for Care Support the Mission