What is your diet/nutrition?

During chemo?

Anything that tasted good and stayed down...lol!

Ginger helped (both candied and ginger ale), scalloped potatoes, and my sis shared that refried beans helped, too....

After chemo? Fresh fruits and vegies, darker in color the better. The 'white' meats...I maybe eat beef 2 times a month or so...Limited dairy...NCI has a pamphlet on their site..."What to eat during chemotherapy treatment"...lactose intollerance seems to occur during chemo and radiation to the digestive system, to paraphrase. Sometimes it is temporary. Sometimes it is for life. Looks like I'm a 'lifer'...lol!

Hugs, kathi

Hi,
I did acupuncture during chemo (FOLFOX) and it really helped with nausea and fatigue. I went once every two weeks the first 5 months of chemo and the last month of chemo I went every week.

I also think it's important to eat lots of fruits and vegetables. I am a vegetarian (even before diagnosis) and I ate a lot of lentil soup during chemo.
Good luck on your journey.
Best wishes,
Donna

Bonjour,

Ah, my favorite subject! My diet is based on getting as many live enzymes into my system and still enjoy the act of eating. I juice daily fresh organic raw veggies which to that I add flax seeds (excellent anti-cancer properties), protein powder, and green powder (there are many on the market--check your local coop or natural foods store). In the beginning I also added fractionated fruit pectin which is supposed to act like the antidote to invisible ink to cancer cells....meaning.....your body allowed cancer cells to grow b/c it didn't recognize them as cancerous and the fruit pectin makes them visible. Well, I don't think I am explaining it as well as my Naturopathic Doctor did.....sorry.

I also focused on following a vegan macrobiotic diet (The Cancer Prevention Diet by Muchio Kushi). Eating simple foods "close to center" which helped my pH to stay more alkaline. (cancer likes an acid pH) These were steamed organic veggies and brown rice, colorful root veggies and seaweed meals like brown rice sushi. (yum!)

I never did any chemo for my Stage 3 lymph positive colon cancer and have remained cancer free for SIX YEARS!! *(Yes, I am shouting that from the rooftops whenever possible!!)*

I did acupuncture every week as part of my cancer healing protocol of Traditional Chinese Medicine. You can read more on my webpage here.

For 6 months I did not have anything that would not be considered healing foods -- no junk -- and juiced 3 quarts of carrot juice per day.

The reason for all the juice is LIVE ENZYMES. They are healing and restoring and can rejuvenate your tissues that are diseased. CSN's nutrition site on here gives the wrong idea about WHY someone juices and they miss the point. Sadly so. It's about getting an OPTIMAL amount of easily assimilated nutrients quickly into one's system which is especially important when one's health and immune system are compromised. It's not about getting the fiber (that comes from other foods) it's all about the ENZYMES!

My friend in my homeschooling group cured her son's "terminal" cancer through juicing and mega supplements. She wrote a book about it called "Your Child Doesn't Have to Die" .

Mayo sent him home and she diligently gave him fresh organic veggie juice all day through his NG tube (he was something like 2 years old).

My oncologist at the Mayo Clinic also supports my juicing habit. And I quote, "There is no scientific evidence that says juicing works; but I say, juicing works!"

Check out Max Gerson--he's the grandpoohbah of juicing.

hope this helps.

peace, emily the juice chick