Hi Suzanne,
Below are the kind of things I do/don’t eat. And I probably keep to this kind of diet about 80% of the time, though in the first couple of years after diagnosis I was probably a bit stricter. I think it’s important you enjoy your food though, rather than this way of eating being a burden, so try and find nice recipes to work with - there are so many great cook books/stuff online these days with delicious and inventive ways of cooking any ingredient. Good luck! This can honestly be a lovely way of eating. Even my husband, a pie & chips kind of guy, likes it!
Bel X
What I eat:
Lots of veg. Especially greens like broccoli, spinach, kale, watercress etc. Also bright stuff like peppers, squash, pumpkin, sweet potato carrots. And garlic, onion, herbs are all great.
Fruit. Tend to not have too much very sugary tropical fruit like mango, and focus more on berries (excellent for you and lower in sugar), some apples, pears etc. And lots of lemon in stuff. I’ll often make a smoothie for breakfast with almond milk, berries, half a banana, ground flax seeds.
And I’ll juice most days - mostly veg with an apple & half a lemon thrown in
I eat grains, though keep them whole grain, eg brown rice, quinoa.
Pulses: lentils, chickpeas etc
Fish (I try and avoid farmed and eat wild or organic), some chicken (again, organic), organic eggs. I’ll have lamb occasionally (like once a month), and I’ve heard beef is not too great so I almost never eat it (not a huge fan anyway though).
Avocados
Nuts & seeds
Olive oil, spices like ginger, turmeric, cumin etc. I’ll often cook with coconut oil (one of the healthiest fats to cook with at high temp).
I have a bit of dark choc everyday, 70% or more.
What I try and avoid/eat only occasionally:
Dairy (lots of debate on this…but if you do eat go for organic)
Red meat
Processed food /takeaways/deep fried food
Sugar
Refined grains, like white flour & rice
Alcohol
Evening ladies
Happy new year to you all. Thank you for helping me get through last year and hoping this year is going to be a better one for us all. I enjoyed reading all your tips on healthy eating. I ate very healthy before didn’t drink or smoke and ran four times a week. I have had a lot of stress though and think this may have contributed. I brought myself the rainbow diet book by Chris woollams it’s really good with advice on diet and supplements.
Love Amanda xx
Hi Suzanne,
I cut out everything but as I mentioned was given a very poor prognosis so…
I eat vegan - no animal products or products containing any animal bi-products. I keep my carbs down. I juice a couple of times a day, usually breakfast and lunch. I eat nuts and legumes, heaps of veges (especially broccoli, red cabbage, leafy greens etc), avocado and olive oil for healthy fats. No refined sugar (nothing with Sugar listed in the product ingredients list) and only foods with low sugar content in the nutritional tables. There are lots of great vegan products here like crackers etc. I mainly try to eat as much fresh, non-processed foods as possible.
Hi Ann hopefully they would have removed all cancer at surgery so the chemo will just mop up and micro cells that the eye can’t see, then radiotherapy to finish em off if any there at all xxxx
The thought of not having the chemo honestly never occurred to me. I just did what my oncologist told me. It was all so sudden and a whirlwind of surgeries and appointments. Subsequent to my treatment I read more about the adverse affects of the chemo and made the decision to go all out with diet and lifestyle changes to help with that. It’s a hard choice but worse when you feel you don’t really have one. In my case the chemo was necessary and the lung and liver lesions are gone so I think it was the right thing x
Ah that’s fab pam, and your right we all worry but we was all given the treatment that was right for us. My diet has been horrendous especially over the Christmas period but I can cut out meat dairy etc so I have decided to give up chocolate cake biscuits and watch my sugar intake, I’ve switched to green tea although I couldn’t tell u what it taste like as I’m full up with a cold and I plan to eat loads of fruit and veg, and do more walking xxx
Hi ladies has I mentioned earlier I am cutting out all the crap, but I want to do a chicken dinner with all the veg, what chicken is best to get please? Xx
Suzanne look online at some Indian dishes. Many are vegetarian or vegan, chicken if you wish and are very healthy with lots of vegetables. The spices they use are bc fighters also - use termeric or better still curcumin. One of the simplest and best cancer fighters (proven) is broccoli. I have a bowl lightly steamed every day. Good luck x
Hi ladies hope you are all doing well. I was just wondering what suppliments if any you are taking ? Im taking turmeric and b12 . The hospital didn’t give me any advice but have read these are thought to be beneficial.
I’m thinking also I might get a probiotic as my stomach still gets queasy since the chemo. I also read that cleansing the liver with Epsom salts once a month is good . I don’t know if any of this is of any benefit but we try and do everything we can don’t we. I’ve been juicing since being diagnosed using veg such as kale spinach etc and drinking carrot juice on the days I don’t juice.
X Amanda
Har21 hi
I have had three surgeries - a failed lumpectomy and a double mastectomy. I took some loose, comfy pajama bottoms and a loose button up shirt for the hospital although I found it easier to just leave the hospital gown on. Take a wrap if you have one for your shoulders if you are chilly, otherwise something light. Coming home normal trousers or skirt and something button up for the top. After the surgery I felt quite self-conscious when I was leaving. I was flat as a pancake and surprised at how noticable it was. I had my breasts removed on different occasions - one prior to my chemo and the other after - and I was very large so it looked even more noticable being lopsided at first. I popped a cardigan on as I was leaving and found this camouflaged it more. You’ll be sore so anything loose and button front is good. I used bio oil when my dressings came off on the scars.
All the best
Tiffany x
Amanda, I take large quantities of fish oil ( 6/day), high dose Curcumin (the active ingredient in tumeric - 4/day - need one with pepper for absorption into the system). Both these are powerful anti-inflammatory. Curcumin has very strong evidence of anti-cancer properties, google it. I have chronic joint pain still as residual side effects from my chemo and these help tremendously. I also take high dose vitamin c daily - more than recommended dose, and 6 x vitamin D (one because I tend towards deficiencies and secondly because very important for us). I also take a good multivitamin, a vitamin B12 spray and Iodine drops. My prognosis was bad so I just decided to go all out. My oncologist /s were extremely unhelpful whenever I asked about vitamins or supplements ( one even laughed and rolled her eyes at me - really?? This is my life you’re laughing about!! - so I did all my own research. Curcumin has no adverse effects at all and doesn’t affect any meds etc so quite safe. You must tell your Oncologist before taking anything especially if you are currently undergoing treatment. Vitamin C apparently can effect certain treatments.
I hope all goes well for you,
Tiffany x
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