Change Diet

jcarolh

Hi, did anyone change their diet.  Stop eating red meat and become a vegetarian.  Also, stop and alcohol of any kind and sweets.  Please help?

mdg

I read two books that helped me with diet:

The Anti Cancer:  A New Way of Life

and 

Foods That Fight Cancer

I did change my already healthy diet significantly.  I don't know for sure if it will help, but I am willing to try.  I don't drink wine much anymore.  I avoid sugar.  I avoid all white processed carbs.  I eat more vegetarian now too. 

SelenaWolf

I was already following a pretty healthy diet when I was diagnosed: mostly produce supplemented by chicken and fish, and small amounts of red meat.  I don't have a sweet tooth, but I do eat whole grains and pasta on occasion.  Never been a milk drinker, but do eat other dairy: mainly yoghurt and cottage cheese.  I was never a big drinker to begin with, just wine with dinner sometimes.  I haven't really tweaked anything; just continue to follow a "moderation in all things" approach and eat as healthfully as I always have.

mjm1

Eating healthy & reducing alcohol is always a good thing, especially when your body needs all the help it can get. If you have to have chemo and do decide to become vegetarian, make sure you get enough protein and iron these are needed to help produce new healthy cells.

edwards750

Nope didn't make drastic changes. I do eat sugar and red meat - just not every day. I drink when we go out for dinner usually a beer or two. I did have a mimosa on Easter Sunday at brunch. I believe in moderation not abstinence. There are scads of women who did everything right and still got BC. My sister and I both got BC but probably because our mother had it. My sister n law had DCIS over 5 years ago and she never missed a beat drinking wine whenever among other things. It is a virtual crapshoot; everyone decides their own ways to deal with it. Diane 

Timbuktu

A healthy diet can't hurt but whenever I think of going totally vegetarian I think of Linda McCartney.

I never did drink but I do love "bad" food ie fatty, sweet, etc and I am overweight and that's a risk factor for sure.  The breast cancer appeared after several months on Jenny Craig.  I'd lost about 30 pounds and was adding broccoli and blueberries to every dinner meal.  Probably just a coincidence, or maybe it came too late.  My husband says that the cancer may have been worse had I not done those things.  I have to agree, it's a crapshoot.  One of my chemo nurses was from St. Vincent's in the Caribbean.  She said that there is plenty of breast cancer down there.  The people get lots of sun, fresh air, fruits and vegetables freshly picked and fresh fish out of the sea.  Yet they still get breast cancer.  She said I was born with it.

My mother had it too.

BrigitteBB

Yep, I went on a whole 'Healthy Food' shopping trip last week! Reading about Estrogen in Milk spurred this panic and after 5 days I was sick from eating too many peanuts.

I have fruit and a new blender that's still in the box... I didn't drink before and do have a sweet tooth. But recommend that you ease into it slowly. My body doesn't feel like it's happy about this change, I'm convinced my Liver hurts!