Diet and cancer

HapB
HapB Member Posts: 527
in Breast Cancer #1

  I am determined to change over to a Vegan diet to prevent further cancers. Can anyone recommend a good cookbook? Has anyone else made the change of diets? 

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  • nspired36
    nspired36 Member Posts: 80
    #2
    The 30 Minute Vegan

    Is a good cookbook to start of with, simple and tasty meals.  I am mostly vegetarian, but I do slip and eat meat occasionally & dairy. For the same reason a yours,  I've decided to be a strict vegan. I believe you can order the book off of Amazon

  • HapB
    HapB Member Posts: 527
    #3
    nspired36 said:

    The 30 Minute Vegan

    Is a good cookbook to start of with, simple and tasty meals.  I am mostly vegetarian, but I do slip and eat meat occasionally & dairy. For the same reason a yours,  I've decided to be a strict vegan. I believe you can order the book off of Amazon

    Nspired

    Thanks. I will get it. I just ordered "The Healing Foods Cookbook" on Amazon. It was $12 on Amazon. 

    When we start chemo we may not be able to eat raw fruits and vegetables. At least last time, they told me not to. However, last time I did chemo the dietician told me to eat as much protein as I could to promote healing. I did and my body did very well with the chemo.  So, I am thinking of buying a small Vitamix. That way, the vegetables can be cooked while blending and I can eat them as soup. 

    I am determined to eliminate as many toxins as possible in my home. 

    I am making lists of cancer fighting foods and going grocery shipping tomorrow. I plan to cook as much as possible before chemo starts. I think I will make soups and freeze them in individual servings. 

  • nspired36
    nspired36 Member Posts: 80
    #4
    Another good book is the

    Another good book is the Cancer-Fighting Kitchen somebody on this site told me about it and I ordered it and it has a lot of good recipes. Coming ahead of time and freezing is a good idea.  I have a juicer,  so I'll have to wait and see what they tell me about eating raw fruits & veggies

  • booksandnumbers
    booksandnumbers Member Posts: 30
    #5
    Fruits & veggies

    When I was going through chemo I was told to eat lots of fruit, veggies, and protein. But was instructed to buy organic as much as possible and wash everything before eating. Also to avoid precut vegetables and fruit as there was no way of knowing how it was prepared or handled.

    Of course it all depends on what you're able to eat as your tastebuds are affected by chemo. At one point I just ate potatoes with salsa Smile

    Just do the best you can to keep your strengt up.

     

  • HapB
    HapB Member Posts: 527
    #6
    Turmeric, Green Tea....

    I started adding 1tspn a day of turmeric mixed with olive oil and ground black pepper. It has been found to reduce inflammation in a lot of studies. I had psoriasis on my elbows that has totally cleared up in just one month!  No harm in trying it. I have started making curried vegetables and they are delicious, 

    https://draxe.com/turmeric-benefits/

    Oh, and I am really trying tomdrink green tea.  The benefits are well documented.

     

  • nspired36
    nspired36 Member Posts: 80
    #7
    How do you use the turmeric,

    How do you use the turmeric, olive oil and pepper.  Do you just mix or together and eat the spoonful? I have heard good things about tumeric. Green tea is a good antioxidant, they have a lot of good blends that aren't  as "harsh" tasting. I like Tazo's green tea

  • HapB
    HapB Member Posts: 527
    #8
    Nspired

    I usually add it to vegetables with a little olive oil and pepper, but on days when I don't do that, I do just mix it with a little olive oil and pepper and eat a teaspoon of it. Not too bad. The other day, I made curly kale chips by mixing in a bowl curly kale with a little bit of extra virgin organic olive oil, pepper, and turmeric with a little curry powder. I tossed the kale lightly to make sure it was coated. I spread the kale out on a baking sheet and baked at 350 degrees for 15'mins. Yum!  I let them cool and then put the chips leftover in a sealed glass container.  They hold up well and I nibble on them for snacks. I can't get over the difference in my elbows; they are so smooth! It is doing something!

  • Beepositive
    Beepositive Member Posts: 259 Member
    #9
    Great info on Diet

    Thanks to all for the info on Diet...I am starting to really adjust my diet..just finished my Radiation treatments a week ago and under arm peeling and pain and healing for my skin the Shea butter along with the Aquaphor cream the doctor gave me is really helping the healing process alone with letting the areas air out as much as possible with no top on when Im by myself . the radiation tech and doctor told me that helps the healing process and its working. I started using the creams into my 3rd week of treatment before skin got really irriated but it gets worse before it gets better. The day after my final treatment of Radiation is when all hell broke loose with the underarm peeling/raw . even upper back sunburn .but I keep using my creams/leting it get air as much as possible ..i see a big improvement already ..even after a week my under arm is not as raw and healing well.... BLESSING TO ALL....BEEPOSITIVE Smile   (I CANT complain  could be a lot worse)

  • HapB
    HapB Member Posts: 527
    #10
    Beep

    Your skin itself should heal pretty quickly now. Last time I had radiation I did not use any creams and I let my skin just heal and it was pretty quick. Using a hand held shower, set on cold or room temperature and on light spay is soothing and good for the skin. I hope it heals very quickly now. Hang in there!

  • Beepositive
    Beepositive Member Posts: 259 Member
    edited June 2017 #11

    Thanks HapB for the info!  Yes I am surprise how fast it is healing..THANK GOD!

    much success to you with EVERYTHING! 

    BEEpositiveSmile

  • meschellejensen
    meschellejensen Member Posts: 117
    #12
    HapB, Nspired,

    I am curious about your decision to completely go vegan with your diet.  The dietician that I talked with at my CTC was really supportive of my vegetarian diet, I do still eat dairy though.  Are there some studies to suggest that dairy is harmful? 

  • meschellejensen
    meschellejensen Member Posts: 117
    #13
    Beepositive

    Congratulations on completing radiation!!  Have you tried spraying cold green tea on your skin?  On another site many of the ladies going through radiation have mentioned how much relief green tea has brought them during and after radiation.  If you decide to try it, you brew two tea bags with one cup of water, pour it into a spray bottle, and keep it cool in the refridgerator.  Good luck to you!

  • HapB
    HapB Member Posts: 527
    edited June 2017 #14
    Dairy

    Mesch, The Cancer Recovery Plan, by Dr. Barry Boyd , is a good guide and I recommend it.  He says very limited dairy is ok. There are studies done that the risk of ovarian cancer in women and prostate cancer in men is higher in people who consume dairy. i think you are fine if you consume limited dairy. For me, I am lactose intolerant anyway. The problem with dairy these days is that the cows are fed with hormones, chemicals, antibiotics,and even grass fed cows often eat grass that is sprayed with pesticides and herbicides. All of these substances are found in the milk these cows produce. We live in a chemical world and dairy cows are often given all kinds of medications to produce more milk. Not good at all. I don't want those substances in me anymore. Maybe it is not too late for me to reverse some of the cell damage that toxins over decades have caused in my body. 

  • Beepositive
    Beepositive Member Posts: 259 Member
    #15
    meschellejensen said:

    Beepositive

    Congratulations on completing radiation!!  Have you tried spraying cold green tea on your skin?  On another site many of the ladies going through radiation have mentioned how much relief green tea has brought them during and after radiation.  If you decide to try it, you brew two tea bags with one cup of water, pour it into a spray bottle, and keep it cool in the refridgerator.  Good luck to you!

    Thanks so much! and thanks for the info about the green tea!    God Bless

    Beepositive

  • meschellejensen
    meschellejensen Member Posts: 117
    edited June 2017 #16
    HapB

    Thanks for the information!  I am going to try to find that guide.  I love dairy, but if getting rid of it improves my health, it has to go.

  • nspired36
    nspired36 Member Posts: 80
    #17
    My oncologists actually

    My oncologists actually mentioned it when I asking him about supplements. He said that a plant based diet was best and of I was going to consume dairy, it should be very limited.  I did some research and there is a lot of various opinions and recommendations when it comes to dairy, here's one point of view: 

    Prostate cancer has been linked to dairy products in several studies. In Harvard’s Physicians Health Study, including more than 20,000 male physicians, those who consumed more than two dairy servings daily had a 34% higher risk of developing prostate cancer than men who consumed little or no dairy products. Several other studies have shown much the same thing.

    Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this association. Dairy product consumption increases levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-1) in the bloodstream. IGF-1 is a potent stimulus for cancer cell growth. High IGF-1 levels are linked to increased risk of prostate cancer and breast cancer.

    I love dairy,  but am willing to cut it out of my diet. I am a researcher, so I am still looking into this. 

  • HapB
    HapB Member Posts: 527
    #18
    Dairy

    Nspired, I had read the same Harvard Study.  I don't know if there is a definitve answer, but yesterday I read a study saying that a high level of phalates were found in randomly sampled dairy products. I would like to know more also. 

  • HapB
    HapB Member Posts: 527
    #19
    Turmeric video

    https://directnaturals.com/turmeric-2/vsl/?2=

  • SLS100
    SLS100 Member Posts: 37
    edited June 2017 #20
    Green tea and organic food

    My book specified NO green tea, I don't know why. I still dont drink it even though I am on my second round of chemo after radiation because I am Triple Negative and there was still cancer left in the tumor after mastectomy.  I cant afford to buy organic so I didnt do it.

  • HapB
    HapB Member Posts: 527
    #21
    SLS100 said:

    Green tea and organic food

    My book specified NO green tea, I don't know why. I still dont drink it even though I am on my second round of chemo after radiation because I am Triple Negative and there was still cancer left in the tumor after mastectomy.  I cant afford to buy organic so I didnt do it.

    Sls

    There is a list somewhere that tells you the fruits and vegetables that are most important to buy organic and the rest you can wash. If you google " fruits and vegeatbles to buy organIc, or the dirty dozen, you will probably find it. You do not want to put more pesticides into your body to continue the cancer growth. I truly beleive they are a primary cause of the rise in breast cancers! 

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