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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2011

    Thanks Merilee.

  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited August 2011

    I do yoga to my Wii. Wii Fit is very cool and is almost as fun as attending a class.

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2012

    Bobbimarie,

    Not sure if you found this in this long thread, I suggest the book AntiCancer by Dr. Savid Servan Schrieber.

    I combined both "traditional"/ chemtherapy, with integrative, with guidance from my doctors at Dana Farber.  Acupuncture is so important to me, just LOVE LOVE LOVE it, and how it has helped me keep balanced, increased my energy, and helped me heal.  I also see a massage therapist monthly, and that helps keep me mobile - exercise, good, basic, organic food.  No "prepared" foods.  I'm also gluten free, and dairy free.  Both those have made a wonderful difference.  

  • SAB
    SAB Member Posts: 1,498
    edited August 2011

    Pinkbutterfly, you might want to check with your local hospital or the medical group you used.  They will sometimes have free restorative yoga practices available for cancer survivors.  It's not as strenuous as a regular yoga class, and it tends to be shorter too--but it does help a lot with gaining range of motion.  My node incision was in a very awkward place, and the gentle stretching helped me achieve the reach necessary for my rad simulation.  The breathing also helped me to be still. Sounds like you are very fit already, but a meditative hour of stretching never hurt!

  • Melizzard
    Melizzard Member Posts: 121
    edited August 2011

    Pink butterfly, my daughter, who is a yoga instructor highly recommends www.yogaglo.com. You can try it free for 2 weeks and then it's $18 a month. All different levels, styles, durations of classes. Really awesome IMO.



    Xxoo

    Melissa

  • MaryNY
    MaryNY Member Posts: 1,584
    edited August 2011

    Melizzard: Thanks for that link! I just looked at the website. It looks like a great idea. I'm going to try it out. And for pinkbutterfly, I do see that Restorative Yoga is offered.

    I've taken a couple of classes of Restorative Yoga at my local Gilda's Club and found it great. For anyone that has a Gilda's Club nearby, it's a great place to go for yoga or other exercise classes which make allowances for the limitations each of us have at some stage due to surgery or treatment.

  • Merilee
    Merilee Member Posts: 3,047
    edited August 2011

    Love Yoga, I go 3 times a week

  • PiscesMoon
    PiscesMoon Member Posts: 206
    edited August 2011

    i haven't read the book 'anti cancer - a new way of life' yet but i heard that the author died last year because his brain cancer came back for a third time.  :-(  kind of disheartening, but at the same time he lived for years.  cancer sucks.  :-(

  • pip57
    pip57 Member Posts: 12,401
    edited August 2011

    I just spent a couple of hours on this website.  It has great info on it.

     http://nutritionfacts.org/

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2011

    BarbaraA, SAB, and Melizzard,

    Thanks for all the great suggestions.

  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited August 2011

    PiP, cool website.

  • SAB
    SAB Member Posts: 1,498
    edited September 2011
    PiscesMoon, I just started the book AntiCancer.  It's very good.  I'm sorry he passed, but this is a wonderful legacy to leave us with.
  • SAB
    SAB Member Posts: 1,498
    edited September 2011
    Did anyone on the thread see the documentary Forks Over Knives? Fascinating look at diet and health, cancer in particular.  Supports much of the writing in AntiCancer.
  • Merilee
    Merilee Member Posts: 3,047
    edited September 2011

    I am  reading a good on called Super Foods RX lists 14 common foods that are nutritious super stars and explains why, The author is Dr. Steven Pratt

  • SAB
    SAB Member Posts: 1,498
    edited September 2011

    Marilee-I'll put that on my list, thanks.  I noticed when looking it up that his diet includes dairy, which differs from Esselman and Schrieber.  I feel like I have a lot of research to do!

  • Merilee
    Merilee Member Posts: 3,047
    edited September 2011

    SAB, ya this book was written for the general public. It also talks about soy.

    I do still think it is excellent info as things are explained so clearly.

  • SAB
    SAB Member Posts: 1,498
    edited September 2011

    On the anti-cancer diet for 5 days with my DH and we both feel really good...along comes a care package from my friend of 45 years who lives across country.  A radiation therapy survival kit full of 33 days of sweets!  Oh I love her so much!  Anyone want some candy?

  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited September 2011

    I just love when friends are trying to help.  hehe

  • pip57
    pip57 Member Posts: 12,401
    edited September 2011

    Walnuts Reduce BC Risk By Half In Animal Studies

     http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/233894.php

  • Merilee
    Merilee Member Posts: 3,047
    edited September 2011

    I try to eat walnuts everyday, spinach too.

  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited September 2011

    I love walnuts and spinach

  • SAB
    SAB Member Posts: 1,498
    edited September 2011

    That does it.  Spinach, arugula and walnut pesto over whole wheat pasta for dinner!  You girls are making me hungry.

  • Merilee
    Merilee Member Posts: 3,047
    edited September 2011

    SAB I am coming over

  • SAB
    SAB Member Posts: 1,498
    edited September 2011

    Spinach-Arugula-and-Walnut-Pesto-With-Whole-wheat-Linguine-Recipe-LRLW.jpg Come on over Merilee!  (Mine might now look so pretty though!)

  • SAB
    SAB Member Posts: 1,498
    edited September 2011

    Yay! there it is.

  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited September 2011

    I'm coming too sounds great!!!

  • painterly
    painterly Member Posts: 602
    edited September 2011

    Walnuts and Spinach!!!!!!!!!!!

    I eat these every day!  And very essential in my golf game...... I am getting more distance on my drive and other fairway shots since I included them in my diet!  I hit 230 yards yesterday on my drive. Not bad for a 66 year old!!

    I never leave for a golf game without a bowl of spinach and I drink the juice too!!!!

    Remember the stories about popeye and Olive, I googled spinach and all the hype we listened to as children, and yes, a lot of the talk was  just hype, about having super strength, enormous muscles, etc etc. but yet.......all the studies show that there was something in that "talk and hype about spinach." 

     It seems spinach is a super food and has loads of  minerals as well as being an antioxidant as well as being on the anti cancer list and more......... vitamin A (and lutein), vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, magnesium, manganese, folate, iron, vitamin B2, calcium, potassium, vitamin B6, folic acid, copper, protein, phosphorus, zinc, niacin, selenium and omega-3 fatty acids.

    All that goodness in a bowl of spinach...no wonder I don't leave home without it...hahahahah!!

    God bless!

  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited September 2011

    Yum, having a spinach/walnut/strawberry salad with dinner tonight.

  • SAB
    SAB Member Posts: 1,498
    edited September 2011

    Painterly, If I thought walnuts and spinach could help my golf game I would roll in them before going out!  BarbaraA that sounds yummy.  I'm trying sauteed kale, carmelized onions and tomatoes on top of whole wheat flatbread and white bean paste. Pretty good.  Is there a healthy diet thread anyone follows?  I don't want to go off topic too much, but I would be so happy to have menu suggestions, especially since my DH and I are trying to follow the anti-cancer diet.

  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited September 2011
    SAB there is a thread called In Season Recipes.  People post things that they are making and it is all fresh and homemade.  It is not necessarily posting about diet but about healthy fresh food. Which is good for all of us.

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