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Shayne
Shayne Member Posts: 1,500
edited June 2014 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment

Good for you?  Bad for you?   Not sure and slowly weaning myself off, then I read its good as a preventative in moderation...

 http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/22/health/coffee-reduces-cancer-risk/index.html

Tried a cup of green tea yesterday and it gave me stomach pains  

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  • sweetbean
    sweetbean Member Posts: 1,931
    edited May 2012

    I gave up coffee during chemo and all the way through Herceptin - would only have a cup every once in a while.  But now that I am back to life, I seem to be having one cup a day.  I also read good things about coffee in moderation - plus, I just love it so much.   It's delicious and just makes me happy.  If I start reading lots of info that it's bad for you, then I will r.econsider.  But right now, I seem to be OK with just a cup a day.

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  • BikerLee
    BikerLee Member Posts: 355
    edited May 2012

    My oncologists both referred to coffee as one of the vitamin Cs....

    I asked whether I should give it up... and the surgical onc chuckled and said no way!

    I drink about one strong cuppa each day, and I absolutely love it... So I was relieved to receive that advice!

    On the other side, I went completely dairyfree.  I have been a vegetarian for a long long time.  Now, I'm 99.8% vegan.  I will occassionally eat something that has egg in it, but that is about it (basically, if you offer me a dairy-free dessert, I'm quite likely to say yes please).

    Right now, I'm thinking about cutting WAY BACK on sugar.  I eat chocolate every day...  Dark chocolate... but still quite a decent amount of sugar in there... as well as fat (non-dairy!).

    Man - now I want a cuppa java!!!!  Stat!

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  • havingfaith
    havingfaith Member Posts: 93
    edited May 2012

    Love my coffee, but I did cut down from 4 cups a day before my diagnosis  to only one.  I so enjoy that one cup!!!!  I also like a cup of  decaf. green tea at night.

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  • Shayne
    Shayne Member Posts: 1,500
    edited May 2012

    According to the ANTI CANCER book......dark chocolate that is 70% or higher is great and lots of anti oxidants, v little sugar

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  • Shayne
    Shayne Member Posts: 1,500
    edited May 2012

    had my cup of organic espresso decaf.......going back to regular organic espresso tomorrow......i miss my little buzz that gets me going.  But the decaf gives you the good taste.....its alright...

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  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 16,882
    edited May 2012

    CoFfEe--oh I have and had it everyday. When I was getting chemo we always had a coffe pot going--and when I told my onc (about a month ago) how much I drink 2-4 cups a day, she just said oh ok. So many schools of thought I guess.

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  • jenn333
    jenn333 Member Posts: 178
    edited May 2012

    My UCLA integrative onc said coffee's fine.  I have two espressos every morning.  It's something I'm just not prepared to give up.  Sugar, white flour, white rice, yes.  The dark brown stuff - no way!

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  • sweetbean
    sweetbean Member Posts: 1,931
    edited May 2012

    Yes, I really wasn't able to find anything that said caffeine was pro-cancer - pretty happy about that!

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  • Belinda977
    Belinda977 Member Posts: 381
    edited May 2012

    ..the only the I read was that caffeine would make dense breasts (me) hard to read on mammograms.  I can't give it up entirely but have cut down.  I love my coffee!

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  • dlb823
    dlb823 Member Posts: 9,430
    edited May 2012

    I gave up caffeine prior to my surgeries and have never gone back to it.  I drink decaf coffee, but I also pay attention to what my body is telling me.  Some days it just doesn't sound good -- like when I was pregnant and couldn't even tolerate the smell of it. To me, that's my body telling me it doesn't want/need it.

    I also use white tea and Tulsi tea instead of green tea.  White has a much milder taste than green tea, and Tulsi tea is available in Chai blends for a heartier taste.  African Rooibos tea is another delicious tea that's also loaded with whatever makes green tea so good for us, and I think all of those taste much better than green tea. 

    I don't think caffeinated coffee is bad for us or contributes in any way to recurrence risk.  I just rarely have had a headache since going caffeine-free, so that's why I've stuck with it for 4 years.     Deanna 

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  • Shayne
    Shayne Member Posts: 1,500
    edited May 2012

    Just got back from naturopaths office.  She said no on coffee, just because it makes the breasts fibrocystic, which makes them hard to read on mri etc.......  :(   

    Im gonna drink what i have and then switch to decaf....  :( 

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  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 16,882
    edited May 2012

    Sorry--but I have no breasts hahahahahahaha

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  • peggy_j
    peggy_j Member Posts: 1,700
    edited May 2012

    I heart coffee. But I've heard it can contribute to bone loss (and I've got a family history of osteoporosis), so I've cut back to half-regular and half-decaf (organic, using that special swiss-water decaf method).

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  • Shayne
    Shayne Member Posts: 1,500
    edited May 2012

    i was thinking of mixing my beans 1/2 and 1/2......hmmmm.....

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  • BikerLee
    BikerLee Member Posts: 355
    edited May 2012

    camilegal - i have no breasts either!!!!!  tis true, loads of caffeine made my boobies bumpier (fibrocycstic breast disease in both - confirmed upon path after bmx)... but now? 

    brrrrreeeeewwwwww ha ha ha ha!!!!!!  (see what i did there?)

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  • sweetbean
    sweetbean Member Posts: 1,931
    edited May 2012

    hahaha!  bikerlee, that's awesome!  yes, I don't have any breasts, either, but caffeine did make them fibrocystic.   That tumor didn't show up at all on the mammogram!  Any way, I usually go for a half caff/half decaf.

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  • peggy_j
    peggy_j Member Posts: 1,700
    edited May 2012

    Can reducing your caffeine make your breasts less dense? I switched to half decaf (and actually, more watered down) Joe about a yr ago. My mammogram in Feb included notation that my MO pointed out to me-- that my breasts were less dense. I asked if it was due to tamox. She said no. I'm peri-meno so she thinks that's it. Any thoughts????

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  • Shayne
    Shayne Member Posts: 1,500
    edited May 2012

    My breast are DEFINITELY less dense than they were pre menopause.......  Thats why i was surprised that she said this.  Especially after 3 years of breast feeding!  

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  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 16,882
    edited May 2012

    Biker I saaw what u did LOL--well with most of us breastless I'm going to have my coffee very soon now Morning time for me. LOL

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  • Shayne
    Shayne Member Posts: 1,500
    edited May 2012
    you girls!  what a gaffe i made!!!Tongue out
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  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 16,882
    edited May 2012

    Shayne--when I first read this i thought I saw Giraffe and I thought WHAT??? LOL

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  • peggy_j
    peggy_j Member Posts: 1,700
    edited June 2012

    Are there different terms or concepts when it comes to breast density and/or fibrous-ness? My 70+ yr old mom has been told that her breasts are becoming more fibrous with age, yet, as you may know, every woman sags as she ages. So I wonder if we're talking about the same thing? i.e. my middle-age sag is one thing, but the fibrous-ness that can obscure the mammogram: is that something else? i.e. can I have saggy but fibrous breasts? (seems like I can) Sorry for sounding like a big weirdo, but does anyone know?

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  • Shayne
    Shayne Member Posts: 1,500
    edited June 2012

    Im with you peggy!  I gave up coffee in my late 20s bc it made my breasts hurt during pms time.  After menopause, i started drinking it again.  To me - my breasts feel considerably less dense than before.....if at all!  3 years of breast feeding and the effects of gravity.....think that counts too!

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  • Ang7
    Ang7 Member Posts: 1,261
    edited June 2012

    Love my coffee.  Keeps me human in the morning.

    The kids know not to bother me until I have had a cup...

    I like the everything in moderation rule.

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