Antioxidents after Radiation

Liz08

Antioxidents after Radiation

Liz08

Hello-

I know there are studies saying it is best to avoid antioxidents while doing radiation.

Does anyone know how long you should wait after your finished with radiation therapy to start taking antioxidents?

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Liz

amberyba

Liz,

I gave a list of the antioxidants and supplements to my radiation oncologist and she said they were all OK. later she told me when I asked if I could take zantac for heart burn, that no medication interferred with radiation.

She seemed knowledgeble about curcumin diverting side effect to the skin in rad therapy...

I did take the curcumin/turmeric during the first week of rads...I had quite a bit of heart burn (esopageal pain), I thought it was due to the radiation and asked the doctor if my esophagus received radiation, she reassured me that it didn't, so I quit the turmeric and within a day the hearburn symptoms disappeared.

I was taking CoQ10 as well. but stopped it at the same time as the turmeric.

Radiation does take a toll on your body...I just finished last Wed, and I am still healing...my immune system doesn't seem as strong, I caught the cold my children had, my throat developed white patches and a lymph node below my ear is swollen...and I give out easily...I don't have fever...and I just hope my immunity builds up...I juiced fresh carrots for a while and that seemed to perk me up...I will try that today.

Hope your rad treatments go well!

Amber

amberyba

Liz,

I gave a list of the antioxidants and supplements to my radiation oncologist and she said they were all OK. later she told me when I asked if I could take zantac for heart burn, that no medication interferred with radiation.

She seemed knowledgeble about curcumin diverting side effect to the skin in rad therapy...

I did take the curcumin/turmeric during the first week of rads...I had quite a bit of heart burn (esopageal pain), I thought it was due to the radiation and asked the doctor if my esophagus received radiation, she reassured me that it didn't, so I quit the turmeric and within a day the hearburn symptoms disappeared.

I was taking CoQ10 as well. but stopped it at the same time as the turmeric.

Radiation does take a toll on your body...I just finished last Wed, and I am still healing...my immune system doesn't seem as strong, I caught the cold my children had, my throat developed white patches and a lymph node below my ear is swollen...and I give out easily...I don't have fever...and I just hope my immunity builds up...I juiced fresh carrots for a while and that seemed to perk me up...I will try that today.

Hope your rad treatments go well!

Amber

amberyba

Liz,

I gave a list of the antioxidants and supplements to my radiation oncologist and she said they were all OK. later she told me when I asked if I could take zantac for heart burn, that no medication interferred with radiation.

She seemed knowledgeble about curcumin diverting side effect to the skin in rad therapy...

I did take the curcumin/turmeric during the first week of rads...I had quite a bit of heart burn (esopageal pain), I thought it was due to the radiation and asked the doctor if my esophagus received radiation, she reassured me that it didn't, so I quit the turmeric and within a day the hearburn symptoms disappeared.

I was taking CoQ10 as well. but stopped it at the same time as the turmeric.

Radiation does take a toll on your body...I just finished last Wed, and I am still healing...my immune system doesn't seem as strong, I caught the cold my children had, my throat developed white patches and a lymph node below my ear is swollen...and I give out easily...I don't have fever...and I just hope my immunity builds up...I juiced fresh carrots for a while and that seemed to perk me up...I will try that today.

Hope your rad treatments go well!

Amber

amberyba

Liz,

I gave a list of the antioxidants and supplements to my radiation oncologist and she said they were all OK. later she told me when I asked if I could take zantac for heart burn, that no medication interferred with radiation.

She seemed knowledgeble about curcumin diverting side effect to the skin in rad therapy...

I did take the curcumin/turmeric during the first week of rads...I had quite a bit of heart burn (esopageal pain), I thought it was due to the radiation and asked the doctor if my esophagus received radiation, she reassured me that it didn't, so I quit the turmeric and within a day the hearburn symptoms disappeared.

I was taking CoQ10 as well. but stopped it at the same time as the turmeric.

Radiation does take a toll on your body...I just finished last Wed, and I am still healing...my immune system doesn't seem as strong, I caught the cold my children had, my throat developed white patches and a lymph node below my ear is swollen...and I give out easily...I don't have fever...and I just hope my immunity builds up...I juiced fresh carrots for a while and that seemed to perk me up...I will try that today.

Hope your rad treatments go well!

Amber

Rosemary44

Liz,

I started eating foods high in antioxidants the day after my rads ended.  I found a list of which foods are the best, and added them to my diet.

The easiest is making a fruit smoothie drink from the ingredients you like and enjoy:

Small red bean

wild blueberry

red kidney bean

pinto bean

Blueberry (cultivated)

cranberry

artichoke

blackberry

dried prune

raspberry

strawberry

red delicious apple

Researchers also found that cooking method also had a significant effect on the antioxidant content of the foods tested, but those effects were not consistent.

For example, cooked Russet and red potatoes had much lower antioxidant levels than those found in raw potatoes. Boiling also decreased antioxidant levels in carrots, but cooking tomatoes increased their antioxidant content.

Liz08

Thanks Rosemary, I printed out your list.  I remember reading an article on antioxidents; sometimes cooking depletes the levels of antioxidents and for certain foods it does the opposite just like you stated.  The expert nurse @ John Hopkins stresses to eat 1oz. of "Brocco Sprouts", she is a 2x breast cancer survivor and eats them daily and is doing great. She is 14 & 16 year BC survivor  and encourages everyone else to eat them for their chemoprevention.  I'm willing to eat just about anything to stay cancer free.

Thank you again,

Liz

carol1949

Has anyone heard of the theory of eating most foods raw?  I found a site called Halleluia Acres that seems to promote that.  Also, the alkaline/acid theory for keeping inflamation and cancer away is interesting to read about.  Wheat grass also is supposed to help as is Barley Green type products.

amberyba

Liz is the brocco sprouts 1 oz a supplement you can get at a health food store?

I read today that cruciferous veges contain i3c, has anyone bought ic3 and what is a reutable brand?

Thanks Rosemary for the list!

Carol I have read from the same site...about raw foods. seems good

Liz08

Hi everyone-

below are 2 links from the John Hopkins "Ask and Expert" forum talking about broccoli sprouts. You only need to eat one once (a pinch) a day to get their benefit. Their nurse Lilly who answers the questions on this forum has been eating them for many years and is a 2 x long term breast cancer survivor. I believe she had her 1st breast cancer 16 years ago and developed a 2nd primary 14years ago and has been cancer free ever since.  One of her cancers was a triple postitive and the other cancer was a triple negative. Brocco sprouts is a brand name that John Hopkins endorses, I have seen this brand at Whole Foods.  They are broccoli sprouts that are only a few days old.  John Hopkins tested one of the broccoli supplements sold at GNC and they did not contain broccoli sprouts, so you are better off getting the actual "Brocco Sprouts".   Also there is a brassica tea that is supposed to have the same antioxident in it but less potent. 

http://www.broccosprouts.com/

http://www.hopkinsbreastcenter.org/services/ask_expert/index.asp

At the John Hopkins website under search type in "broccoli".

Do another search and type in "brocco" which is the brand of broccoli sprouts that Hopkins endorses.   

Hope this helps. 

Liz

amberyba

thanks, Liz!

Amber