Not much seems to be said about what we should and shouldn’t be eating. Since being diagnosed with breast cancer I have been reading up about it. It seems completely definite that we shouldn’t be eating any form of sugar, alcohol or having caffeine. Apparently cancer feeds on sugar.
However, I also read that manuka honey is beneficial and that’s full of sugar, so it’s all so confusing.
Another tip was to keep off cheese and dairy. The dairy products are made from the milk of pregnant cows which have been injected with various hormones - so go organic if you wish to include dairy.
It’s really worth reading up about it all and when I come out the other side of all this treatment I will forever change the way I eat. Such a large subject, only scratched the surface.
Thanks Camilla,
Well, sugars are pretty much in anything & work the same way in the body whether it’s manuka honey or Coca Cola, as ever, it comes down to moderation in all things, which for me includes that glass of wine!
It’s certainly good to think about these things & do what we’re comfortable with in dealing with bc.
This link below is also worth a look in keeping an open mind, especially, with the amount of misleading claims for things out there. scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/03/24/dont-believe-the-hype-10-persistent-cancer-myths-debunked/
have a lovely Xmas everyone
ann x
Yes that article is interesting. The only thing I will comment on, is that it is known that cancer cells do love their sugar more.
The oncologists use this useful knowledge to perform pet scans.
In a pet scan, a sugar substance is paired with a radioactive substance which is injected…the sugar floods the cancer cells and the radioactivity shows where and how much a cancer has spread.
Regarding alcohol, the BCC senior nurse issued a warning earlier this year… however, all things in moderation is a useful path to tread.
pick a pathway that suits you and which you believe in …that will give you a sense of control xx
Hi Camilla9, you’re right not much is said about nutrition on the forum, personally I’m very interested but agree with what’s already been said that you have to find what is comfortable for you. As someone with a big sweet tooth I made the decision, as soon as I got my diagnosis, that I was giving up sugar and I did. Initially it was all sugar including most fruit (apart from berries, the odd apple and medjoul date) but after 18 months and 3 NED scans I did relax that and now eat most fruits. I also gave up all cow, (but have goat milk in my daily cuppa, the only thing I couldn’t give up was my tea!) and any processed food cooking everything from scratch, my diet is mainly plant based, I have some eggs and fish, I also buy mostly organic. I appreciate this approach isn’t for everyone but sometimes I think it’s too easily dismissed. I was diagnosed straight to stage 4, my only treatment has been Letrozole and Denosumab, and 3 months later my scans showed NED and, fingers crossed, remain that way. My bloods have also always been very good, I’ve had minimal side effects from the medication and initially lost almost a stone in weight but the weight loss stopped after 2-3 months, so there were no medical concerns, and it has since remained stable (it was weight I needed to lose and could then get back into all the clothes that had got too tight!). Most importantly I feel better eating this way and like you have definitely changed the way I eat, if I was told I was ‘miraculously cured’ I wouldn’t go back to my old ways which weren’t that bad to be fair, and actually think my tastes have changed for the better. Are you familiar with the Penny Brohn charity in Bristol, they have some great information and you can even go on courses there. I’ve done much research and bought many books and like you appreciate how confusing everything can be, one of my favourite writers is Michael Greger, he also has a very good website. Just to add, I’m not under any illusion that this is going to ‘cure’ me, for me it’s about feeling as well as possible and keeping as healthy as possible for whatever lies ahead. All the best, Kxx
your discussion reminded me about a small thread I contributed to about a year ago now…please pop in and have a read…you will see that a couple of users came on with very strong views which had a bit of an intimidating effect…however, many of the gentler posts were helpful…hope its useful…I do know that a few of the contributors are still about on the forum…you could ask them how things are going.
Hi ive beentreat for estrogen + cancer and heard I should not have soya as soya is etrogenic, but lately been looking at bread and all the bread Iook at seems to have sya flour listed as an ingredient which is wrrying. i also heard that if you eatsoya product any Aromitise inhibitorsyou are taking may not be as effective as the soya may interfere with its action. has anyone else heard this. thinking about making my own bread without any soya flour seems it might be the only alternative as all the bread I look at seems to have sya flour in it xxx