Stop SUGAR Support Thread

I think we can all drive ourselves nuts trying to figure out how we got breast cancer.  Why were we the unlucky ones?  I had my first baby at 18, I breastfed four children, I barely used birth control pills and I did hormone therapy for only about a year.  I've been doing low carb, so basically no sugar or refined carbs, for ten years.  Yet here I am. 

I'm not going to look for a cause, nor am I going to go crazy trying to avoid what "might" be the cause. It could be in the air we breathe or the water we drink; it could be the fertilizers or weed killers that we use to have a "green" lawn; it could be the insecticides we use; it could be damn near anything.   Short of living in a bubble, I think it's out of my control.  I live in a modernized society and we have higher BC rates. 

I'm going to live my life, do my best, and hope that a miraculous breakthrough identifies the real causes.

Michelle

There are some who contend the coil springs in our mattresses coupled with the heigth from the floor that is causing cancers such as breast cancer.  Apparently the mattress attracts harmful frequencies to our body.

They argue that Japanese sleep on a futon on the floor, thus avoiding attracting these frequencies.  

Who knows really?

I wonder if those who sleep on a Sleep Number bed (no coils ) or a Tempurpedic have lower bc rates.

Tonlee - "bee throw up" -I love it!  Thank your son for me - realy love that description of honey.  Also love honey

I found Stevia has a horrid "after taste" -  and whoever used the word "moderation" works for me too. A little bit of Agave, and a little bit of honey.

I was a sugarholic. When I realized what it was doing to me, I quit cold turkey. I could not believe the difference this has made in how I feel; no more midday naps sitting up, long, uninterrupted sleep at night, and going from a tight size 12 to a loose size 6. I even bought a dress lately that is a size 4, but I am having trouble feeling that I can wear something so form fitting, because I still have a bit of a big girl mentality.

I did not diet because that made me too food conscious. I simply decided I needed to think of food as medicine and not as a pancea. And sugar was my comfort.

I found that it took about 6 weeks of the cold turkey habit before I stopped missing anything. Now I can take a little bite of something on occasion and be satisfied. I have not gone off the wagon or gained the weight back in over 3 years.

One of the secrets is to detox. All the toxins we accumulate over the years, tend to store in fatty tissues. Even people who look thin, can have fatty tissues around organs that hold toxins. I detoxed with a combo of specific supplements, diet, exercise and sweating in a far infrared sauna.

I am constantly reading books that keep me motivated. As others mentioned, Anti Cancer is a must read. I found Healthy For Life by Dr. Ray Strand to be a great blueprint too. He does a wonderful job of explaining the glycemic index and why it is impossible to lose weight unless one finds metabolic balance.

I still have chocolate daily. I am not a martyr. But I make sure it is dark and with as little sugar as possible. I also love the chocolate whey protein shakes from Usana. They are low glycemic and very filling and full of healthy stuff. No fillers, no GMO, etc and they are the only shakes that do not make me gag.

One last thing, was that I got my thyroid functioning again by using iodine and the protocol that Dr. Brownstein lays out in his book "Iodine, why you need it and why you can't live without it". When I started on the iodine, at first I gained a couple of pounds, but then I started to detox and afterwards, I felt energy for the first time in decades. You can learn more about iodine on the thread we have here, or you can look at the info at breastcancerchoices.org  An underactive thyroid is epidemic with those of us who have had bc and I am hearing more and more doctors say that this is more of a precursor to bc than hormones. It makes sense, since the thyroid is the regulator for the whole endocrine system.

Stopping carbo cravings (which is another name for sugar addiction) takes more than just willpower. There is a physiological reason we want the stuff. Detoxing really helps to overcome it.

We all have to do what gives us the most peace of mind.  We're all wired differently.

Lilah - I assume you went through chemo as a diabetic.  Could you either pm me with your chemo regime and how it went for you, or post on a thread I started...

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/69/topic/767342?page=1#idx_14

I am interested in what precautions your onco and primary doctor took to keep glucose levels in check and minimize neuropathy, heart damage, etc.

Thanks so much!

Michelle

LOL, me too on the mattresses. I hadn't heard that one. I had a SelectComfort, so no springs, so that blows that theory ... my ex-sil sent me a Facebook message the other day that said the guy at her health food store said for me to eat apricot seeds because they act just like chemo in the body. Really???? People mean well, I guess.

I would think a number bed with the electrical connection it needs would draw the "bad" energy too!

Apricot seeds is the old Laetrile concept. Old news.

I sleep on a sleep number bed (and have for 6 years) so I don't think it's a solution.  But then again, I also don't think mattresses cause cancer

Michelle -- I will check out your thread!

What is a sleep number bed????  I have never heard of them.

xmasdx~shamefully, I am eating vegan to save myself, not the animals.....I haven't thought about not purchasing leather etc.  I've got to get the hang of the diet....

Just as an FYI there are many women on this Forum who were vegans that have breast cancer!! Don't think of it as a cure, but as a lifestyle change.

amyisstrong........I can answer that for you, no it doesn't make a damn bit of difference...........I have a Sleep Number bed since 2002,and it has a Temperpidic 4 inch foam piece on top, and guess who got breast cancer in Feb. 2011................BINGO............ME..........It's fate, so why give up everything you enjoy...........Screw it all, damn it, if I'm gonna friggin die, I'm gonna make sure I go out "happy, and well fed"...........hugs.

There was a very famous yoga teacher here in Toronto area.  People came from around the continent to attend her yoga teacher training.  I didn't know her personally, but I suspect she lived her life in the very best way.  Yet cancer got her.

When I think about giving something up to help prevent another episode, I remember her and realize there are no guarantees with this disease.

Personally, I blame the environment/pollution.