natural girls

Wow, lots of great info today. Love that smoothie recipe crunchy. As far as the chemo, vs no chemo stats, I know anom had posted some. I will look and see if I have it saved.

Treetoo-interesting that they are doing a study on grape seed. I mixed grape seed oil and coconut oil for my body lotion. It feels great and I am getting my antioxidants directly through the skin, our largest organ.

Have any of you CA girls heard of Dr. Husbands? I think this is a very interesting article and he seems to have a great blog:

http://www.drhusbands.com/blog/other-health-issues/cancer-and-nutrition/

He gives some great tips and cites the research.

Thanks Yazmin. I had read about the turmeric and pepper (should also be taken with oil), but not the green tea. If you can find the references, I would love to read them.

deni: I am looking for an email message I received from one of my work support group members. Will still post when I manage to dig it up. You are very smart to be staying away from sugar (I do, too).

I attended a lecture (at a conference) by Dr. Moshe Frenkel (MD Anderson), that's where I found out about turmeric and black pepper. He is one of the lead MD Anderson researchers on that subject, and he concluded his presentation with this sentence: "Cultivate the land (your body). If you take care of the land, it will thrive." I thought this was a very positive outlook, and I think most reasonable people would agree.....

Another view point about chemo:

http://learninggnm.com/

Crunchy Poodle...those goofballs who told you to keep a lid on it until you have a diagnosis are nuts...if more people read this natural girls thread, they might be able to avoid BC in the first place.  I wish I had known all this information 30 years ago!!!!!  It is very difficult to learn as much as you need to learn as quickly as you need to learn it once you have been diagnosed with SFBC.  We end up making life changing decisions following BC diagnosis in less time that we take to pick out a car or buy a house.

I had cut out all sugar.  But, wanted to ask if organic honey is okay or am I better off staying off all sugar.  The reason I ask is I was able to quench my chocolate craving tonight by mixing 2 heaping teaspoons of dark cocoa with almond milk and a little organic honey.  If this is a bad idea, I won't do it again.  I was just hoping, hoping, hoping you guys would say that it is a GREAT idea.  Can't blame a girl for hoping!

My vote is for Agave nector for sweetening, I like it better than honey, and I love honey

Luna-You are so right that if we had known all this stuff 30 years ago, we would have never gotten cancer. Sadly, I must admit that  I probably would not have listened. All my grandmothers lived to a ripe old age. My grandmother is still alive. None of them had cancer, so I thought I was impervious. But I have come to learn the whys for my cancer, and I am committed to spread the word to healthy people so they do not end up here. That is why I am going to do this prevention convention. Now that my students are gone, I am able to work on it. I hope we can have them all over the country and get others to be more proactive in their health.

As for the honey-I think it is just fine in moderation. Honey has antioxidant powers, and that mixture of cocoa powder and rice drink sounds healthy. Cocoa is also antioxidant. I have not been able to give up my choc habit, and I think I am going to try your recipe. My problem with most chocolate is the soy lecitin junk in it. Your recipe may make it so I can feel better about chocolate. Everything in moderation of course.

Deni-I loved that website. I have emailed Dr Moss to see if I can get him to come and speak to us. Keep your fingers crossed. If anyone has other suggestions for speakers, let me know. I want to get my compounding Pharmacist to come, my hormone doc, my thermographer and have yoga classes. If Lisa ever shows up again, maybe she can come and teach us some Zumba. It will be a fun and educational weekend. I also have someone from a culinary school in Chicago who will cook for us! My next goal is to find good hotel rates. I do not want to charge anyone to come and I hope to make it as affordable as possible. I hope you will all come and bring your healthy friends so we can spread the word.

I finally had my port taken out this morning. I am PORT FREE!!!!!!! Now I can't touch it and freak out like I used to. I would think "OMG is that a tumor" for just a second. How stupid is that??? My hair is now about 2 inches long. I have come a long way baby!!!!! and I have never felt better!!!

Patty

There aren't many places where people celebrate people they care about being de-ported, but this is certainly one!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

YaYYYY, Patty!!!  If I knew how to post a happy dance thingy, I would!    Deanna

seaotter, congrats on your de-porting!  lol, great phraseology patmom. 

Luna, have you tried stevia yet?  Honey still has a glycemic index, and so does agave nectar, but agave is completely plant based.  I believe stevia has no glycemic index or calories, plus it's beneficial for lowering blood pressure.  That's what Dr Christine Horner said in her Warrior Goddess book I just read anyway.  

Vivre, your prevention convention lineup sounds great!

Thank you all!!!!!! My de-porting is hurting a little. I hate taking tylenol or advil. I guess I will just suffer. Suffer is not the right word, hell I have been through a lot worse!!!!!!! This is a drop in the bucket!!!! You girls are the best. I love telling my dh the stories and the funnies on here. I always say "my breast friends said........"

Patty

I am with althea on stevia and agave. Actually, my osteopath is not a fan of agave, she feels it is too much like sugar or is not low enough glycemic index. However, when you need sweet, it's a good choice over honey or maple syrup, or regular sugar, I think! 

I can't wait to be 4 years out from Rads! Go Althea!