Food and diet

Keep in mind, my husband is currently NED and not on any treatment. So the oncologist made basic suggestions that were not really anything earth shattering.

He suggested moving to a more plant based diet (not totally quitting meat, but limiting it), eating more fruits and vegetabes. I don't buy smoked or processed beef/pork products anymore. I switched to "meat alterntaives" on a more regular basis and my husband quit his diet coke habit for me in the hospital when he was sick. So no soda and only 1-2 beers a day (obviously not every day but that was the recommendation). Since your immune system does have a role in cancer recurrence, I figured why not eat to help it out?

I've just tried to have the mindset that food can be "treatment" for cancer in that getting the right nutrients from fruits and vegetables can  play a role in the immune system. I guess we just eat more sensibly now, but not totally on any sort of bandwagon health craze. 

For your kidney it's good to have a low sodium- low protein diet. So salt and red meat should be used carefully. I don't add salt at all when I'm cooking and eat meat maximum once in a month. Fish and chicken have lower amount of protein and can be used frequently.

Suger is considered to feed cancerous cells so it's best to omit it, I've done it, it's not easy to see others eating delicious chocolate cakes but as a cake-adicted I could do it so every one can.

Processed foods, coca, ready-made foods should be avoided. Home made, fresh foods could be your best friends.

Low fat foods help to loose weight and be fit which is good for everyone.

The juice isn't good as it doesn't have fiber but fruits and Smokies are good. Some fruits have more antioxidant which make them good cancer fighters.

Green tea is good because of having antioxidant, and olive oil has omega 3 so it's good for everyone

Forough

If you read labels carefully, aside from fresh fruits and vegetables, it's almost impossible to eat "low sodium"

Even fresh meat like chicken often has a solution of sodium injected into it before you even open the package. Some BREAD even has too much sodium for 'true low sodium." 

I gave up on this a long time ago, it made my head spin. I just try to do what is suggested above in most posts (with the exception of sugar since I"m not convinced of that arguement that it feeds cancer)

3 1/2 years required weekly pizza and beer parties to celebrate still being alive. I have never been a special diet fan. Again, nothing we did to get this cancer was our fault. Adding broccolli to our diet now also won't save our lives. One thing for sure is that now that I'm nivo, I have an amazing appetite and everything tastes great! Being able to consume a couple thousand calories a day is like heaven. So no matter what I eat, it has to be good for me. Especially since I'm still 40 pounds under weight.