Want to go vegan but have some concerns

claireinaz, I didn't mean to sound offensive or defensive (even if YOUR post sounds rather defensive), I just put out facts. Once I will get back on track with my weight, I will go back to my vegetarian diet. I didn't say ALL soy is GMO, I didn't say anyone on this thread said that vegan means no cancer. Also, I didn't say "Low B-12 and chemo-brain?", I said "Does your "chemobrain" persist? It's not the chemobrain, it's the lack of B12." The symptoms are quite similar, and it's a known fact in the medical world. Do you REALLY need references for that? A simple google search will give you all the references you need.

All I said is that everybody is different, and has different health issues, and different metabolism. As there are no identical tumors, and not everybody's body responds to treatment the same. For some a "meatatarian" diet might do better for them than a vegetarian one. For others, it's the opposite.

Edit: PS. FYI, just because I didn't get my alternative therapy medical degree in the US but in Eastern Europe, doesn't make my knowledge futile - on the contrary, I would say. The geographical area where I was born and raised and educated puts a LOT more emphasis in the natural way.

I suggest you read again the last paragraph of my post. That should give you all the answers.

Claire, I didn't mean to offend you. All I said was to make sure you do all your research and see a good nutritionist. You might do good going vegetarian/vegan, but on the other hand, doing so you might find you are lacking certain nutrients. This is not a yes/no answer without knowing ALL the information about someone. If you wanted just replies confirming your desire, you should have said so in the beginning and save everybody's time. It takes a desire to help, interest and the will to spend some time doing some research and taking your time writing a post in order to give good (or what we perceive is good) information. This is not a competition, but again, if you wanted just a bunch of "yes, you should be fine"s from the start, you should have defined that in the OP. I feel I have just wasted time giving you pertinent information just to be accused that I want to be in some kind of competition. I dont' post here to make myself look good - that is totally absurd, I don't know personally any of the ladies here, and it's not my character to looks for fans online. I have a lot of stuff to do and I only come and post on this forum in order to try and help others.

Good luck in your future endeavors and do whatever you have already decided before posting the OP.

Dr. Gonzalez doesn't prescribe diets according to tumor type.

He prescribes according to the patient's metabolic type, sympathetic or parasympathetic dominant, etc.

You can probably Google the breakdown of types. I seem to remember four types. Some are mixed. I know he has some patients he prescribes a lot of meat, others he prescribes vegan.

@dogsandjogs, those dizzy spells might be caused by your new medication. The American Heart Association website says some BP meds have dizziness as a side effect. You might want to ask your doctor about that at your appointment on Weds.