Proactive Diet for Post Treatment

allackey

My wife has Stage IV Colon Cancer which metastisized to her ovaries. She's had surgery (radical hysterectomy) and resection of her colon. After recovery from surgery, she started chemo; doing Xeloda, Oxy and Avastin. She's about half way through and I am amazed at the results. I am now looking for the best diet after her chemo. I've heard talk about juicers, alkalizing your body, etc. When I've talked to her onc the dr said to refrain from herbs etc. during chemo. Fine, we'll do that, but I want to learn about the best diet and way to live after treatment.

Any advise or resources?

2bhealed

Try this
up in the corner is your search button. Type in Juicing and you'll get a whole bunch of posts on this very subject. On page 2 there's a post of mine from 2004 about the macrobiotics that helped me post dx. There are also many posts on juicing.

A good book for help in this area is Beating Cancer with Nutrition by Patrick Quillin.

This should help get you started.

I don't think there is a "best" diet out there since we are all so different and respond to different foods. I personally mixed the macro diet with juicing and that worked for me.

Hope this helps.

Sorry about your wife but glad to hear she's getting amazing results! yea!

peace, emily

walkingnutritionman

David Servan-Schreiber,
David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D. is a physician with malignant brain cancer that has not grown in size for about 10 years, attributable in large part to a diet rich in certain vegetables and fruits (as well as some herbs such as garlic and tumeric) with anticancer activity, as well as keeping away from foods which are high in omega 6 fatty acids. His book, Anticancer--A New Way of Life, is superb, based on many studies in the medical research literature, and is easy to understand. Just Google the word "Anticancer", and you will easily be able to get more information on the book at amazon.com.

2bhealed

walkingnutritionman said:

David Servan-Schreiber,
David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D. is a physician with malignant brain cancer that has not grown in size for about 10 years, attributable in large part to a diet rich in certain vegetables and fruits (as well as some herbs such as garlic and tumeric) with anticancer activity, as well as keeping away from foods which are high in omega 6 fatty acids. His book, Anticancer--A New Way of Life, is superb, based on many studies in the medical research literature, and is easy to understand. Just Google the word "Anticancer", and you will easily be able to get more information on the book at amazon.com.

Fascinating
I did check out his book on Amazon and it sounds very intriguing. May have to get a copy. Thanks nutritionman!

Do you follow his protocol?

peace, emily

walkingnutritionman

2bhealed said:

Fascinating
I did check out his book on Amazon and it sounds very intriguing. May have to get a copy. Thanks nutritionman!

Do you follow his protocol?

peace, emily

My wife followed many of his
My wife followed many of his recommendations while she was undergoing chemotherapy. She had a very good response, although it was not 100%. Recently, she underwent surgery to remove what cancer remained, and the results have been very good.

I should add that I have a hunch that you will find that the diet you are presently consuming probably follows many of the guidelines he recommends, which overlap to a large extent with macrobiotics. I should also mention that my wife kept away from tumeric while she was undergoing chemotherapy because of concerns about possible intensification of the gastrointestinal side effects of the chemo.

dixchi

walkingnutritionman said:

My wife followed many of his
My wife followed many of his recommendations while she was undergoing chemotherapy. She had a very good response, although it was not 100%. Recently, she underwent surgery to remove what cancer remained, and the results have been very good.

I should add that I have a hunch that you will find that the diet you are presently consuming probably follows many of the guidelines he recommends, which overlap to a large extent with macrobiotics. I should also mention that my wife kept away from tumeric while she was undergoing chemotherapy because of concerns about possible intensification of the gastrointestinal side effects of the chemo.

A Resource
Don;t know where you live but if you have a Wellness Community nearby
they have great Cooking for Wellness programs.....here in Cincinnati,
they have a great facility with kitchen and they invite chefs in
to prepare a meal and we get to sample and get the recipes....it
has really helped my winter diet when I can't get as many fresh
fruits and veges...I feel like I have boosted my ability to fight
with changes in my diet...altho I do occasionally allow my old
favorites to slip in for a day.....they have also had just speakers
on nutrition, one was a gastroenterologist....overall fruits and
veges and whole grains are pushed heavily, less red meat, more
fish including sardines, salmon....The Wellness Community has
a website to look for locations. Hope this helps.
Barbara

Hatshepsut

Links
I tend to think that eating a healthy diet is one of several aspects of recovering from disease and staying healthy.

I don't know how far you want to go in changing your diet, but here are some sites I've found useful. My husband was treated for both colon cancer and prostate cancer, and he also has heart disease issues. While we've been vegetarians for many years, we adopted the Ornish VERY low-fat vegan diet (and other aspects of his heart/prostate healthy program) three years ago. We also juice.

Here are some links I recommend:


Link: The Cancer Project

(The Cancer Project does fund cooking classes across the country. The classes are free. Perhaps there is one in your area. I attended one of their series of cooking classes and learned a lot.)

Link: Dr. Ornish

(Check out the nutrition thread on the Ornish Board.)

Link: Fat Free Vegan

(This is a wonderful site. I find myself using recipes from FFV with regularity.)

Also, among the cookbooks I recommend, are the two books by Beth Ginsberg, The Taste for Living Cookbook and The Taste for Living World Cookbook. Ginsberg is the personal chef to Michael Milken and she is a very creative cook. Milken has battled prostate cancer for many years after a dire initial diagnosis. The Ginsberg books include a good deal of information about food and cancer research as well as the creative recipes.



Hatshepsut