Low Fat Diet and TN

pamcycle

I have read a vesion of Dietary Fat and Breast Cancer Recurrence from 2005 ASCO meeting. I would like to read the entire acticle but can not seem to find it.  Anyway 20-30% fat in a TNs diet seem like the only way to go.  Any opionions, this group has probable already discussed this. I am newer to the form. Would love your input.  Are you following it, would love more studies you have read good book etc.  I am very interested  and have been following it since I found out.  It seems it would up my no recurrance percentage to about from 88% to 93%.

Thanks,

Pam

Luah

There's a lot of helpful links on this site to studies looking at fat, exercise, and other possible factors in recurrence.   http://hormonenegative.blogspot.com/2007/12/reduce-recurrence-buzz-from-white-coats.html

The low-fat diet study had a small number of trip neg women, so while the results looked extremely promising, more study needs to be done. That said, I really believe there's something in this and have reduced fat from my diet considerably -- I aim for 30 grams a day, but sometimes go a bit over. If nothing else, it's helped me lose my chemo weight -- and lets me know that without a hormone pill, I'm doing all I can to lower risk.

maxgirl

I feel the same way.  It can't hurt -- in fact it helps your heart and health in other ways, too.  I started the diet even before I started chemo 3 years ago and lost 12 pounds I needed to lose.  During chemo I just ate anything I could stand that didn't make my mouth hurt.  I've had spells where I haven't followed the diet too well, but for the most part, I have.  I aim for between 30 and 35 grams a day  I lost another 13 piounds after chemo, but my weight has been stable for over a year now.