anyone Juice regularly? or other diet modifications.

Adding Ginger root to juices suppossedly adds to the cancer fighting potential.  My favorites are carrot/ginger, orange/ginger, kale/celerly/lemon/ginger.

Berries-strawberries, rasberries, cranberries are suppossedly helpful too.

I try to limit myself to one serving or occasionally two small servings of whole grain per day, since grains are high carbs and from a webinar I attended on breast cancer diet, it went on and on about the need for low carbs and high protein, but when someone said to the presenter, "so are you saying that a ketogenic diet is what is best for bc?" His response, "No, you need to take in as many fruits and vegetables as you can everyday--and aside from that- a high protein-low carb diet. He didn't get into a discussion about meat other than to ensure grass fed hormone free and limit consumption of red meat and pork. But I remember he talked up fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, fish, and beans. Sorry, I can't remember the source of the webinar, it was last year.

Based on the enzyme theory, I try to eat raw as often as possible. It's hard to get full on that though, which is why I eat beans.

I am eating a lot of aparagus, broccoli and broccoli sprouts too. 

I eat salmon and avocados at least 2x weekly for healthy fat intake. I use coconut oil for cooking. Flax seed oil for salad dressings. I can't figure out what to do about olive oil, keep getting mixed messages, so I don't eat a lot of it right now, whereas I used to use it a lot.

Of course I have no idea if any of it is helping...just know I need all the help I can get, so I'm combining, femara, food and supplements. Don't know what's going on in my body, but my diet makes me feel good, I've lost 20 lbs since diagnosis last year, and I have a lot less inflammation since before my diagnosis too, so I'm sticking to my diet no matter what.

I am doing pretty much the same as all of you, but I also don't go a day without probiotics. I have a fermented drink that I buy, also fermented spirulina and maxi greens, that all have lots of live probiotics. I also started on another powdered superfood with probiotics for my skin, called Glow to help with the healing after my surgery. It has been amazing, I had my surgery a few days before Christmas, and my scar is flat and has faded to a pale pink, almost white already. I have been using skin fx on the scar too for the past few weeks.

I have Rheumatoid arthritis too, so I need to have as much anti inflammatory food as I can. My specialist told me that 60%of our immune system is in the gut, so we need good bacteria to have a good immune system. Apparently we can have a couple of pounds of bad bacteria in our gut which is fed by starch and sugar. Yuck!

I grow all my own salad greens and herbs in a raised bed in my garden, so I can generally eat about 9 different types of lettuce, and eat and juice many herbs most days. We are just finishing summer here, so I will now go onto the more winter vegetables. I am looking forward to eating lots of nutrient dense soups in the winter. I ate light chicken and vegetable soup with lots of garlic and ginger and herbs for the lead up to my surgery because I was afraid of coming down with something that would prevent me from having the surgery as planned. I just couldn't bear the thought of having to get through the holidays before having the surgery.

Take care everyone! 

I've been juicing.  I try to make a lot at one time, and then freeze it in pint mason jars - then I can just leave on on the counter and in an hour or two it is ready.

I've read that parsley and celery have apigenin in them and this can stop angiogenesis.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/apigenin-celery-parsley-breast-cancer_n_1525717.html

Also watercress and asparagus are good.  I too am an organic gardener, and here in the north (massacusetts) things are just starting - can't wait until the garden is pumping.

while the cruciferous vegetables are excellent for cancer, I've read that consuming them raw can be problematic because they can suppress the thyroid....

Also things like beets and carrots, while good, are high in sugar and should be used in moderation.

I've also been doing wheatgrass and oatgrass.  I get it from this really good company (farm) in canada - very clean and pure.

http://www.dynamicgreens.com/

Wowee, that wheatgrass juice is pricey! Does anyone

here grow their own to juice?

Yes! I am with you Sophie, I have radically changed my diet too. I used to live on nachos and now I am a health "nut". But I dont juice, I have a little bullet blender that i can whip up, turn over, cap and take to work or wherever I am going. From Target, so easy.



I find that Kale, broccoli, wheat germ and anything else added with fairly ripe banana in the smoothie just tastes like banana. Good, since i am not a huge fan of raw kale.



Also, Whole Foods usually sells living wheat grass- not too expensive, you can cut off the tops for your smoothie and it continues to grow for a few weeks if you water it. Not sure how much one would need for a juicer though, lots I think?



Kudos to everyone else who is taking care of themselves in the right way through diet! Not easy but well worth it.

I just got a Nutripro juicer and I also use a BlendTec and switch off every other day. I love to post photos and recipes and other health-related stuff on my facebook group "Donna's Choice: Global Healing From The Inside Out. Come join if you'd like: https://www.facebook.com/groups/373056561416/?fref=ts 

& I forgot to mention lemons.  & limes.  the market got organics of both recently & I now juice a half of both each day along with the other stuff.  organic strawberry tops too

Does anyone have any advice on how to get more juice out of the greens? We just got an Omega juicer & it seems like if I try veggies like kale or broccoli, it's like trying to tap water from a stone.

Thanks,

Deb

Thanks so much, Lily55. I will try that!

Regarding whole grains. Sprouted whole grain bread is supposed to be better than just whole wheat. I haven't been able to find it in regular stores but it's supposed to be refrigerated. Guess I'll go to health food store.

I think its fine. I use almond milk and coconut milk, whatever is on sale. I make sure I get the non gmo unsweetened.

Question about Wheatgrass....does anyone grow their own to juice?  I see my health store sells fresh organic squeezed wheatgrass juice, but wonder if it loses potency when boxed and shipped?  Is it hard to grow?  Where do any of you purchase, if you do...Thanks

I have been juicing for sometime now- I make up enough to last me several days

Celery, cucumbers(seeds removed unless they are seedless) spinach, kale, red apples,or green- pretty much my mainstay- I like the taste so know I wiil drink it. sometimes I might do a lemon or two.

I did wheat grass years ago. I purchased it at the local health food store and juiced it myself. When everything I ate started tasting and smelling like grass I knew it was time for me to stop.

Some really good information here, Thanks Ladies(:

I drink green tea from japan everyday. I eat lots of kale, spinach, broccoli, brussells, tomato, carrots, everything that can possibly fight cancer, I will try to eat. I hear mushrooms are good too. I go organic when possible.



I have tried juicing, but it's such a pain to do. And you get so little to drink as opposed to blending. Is juicing better than drinking blended smoothie?

Lilly tearing greens the day before you eat it will double its antioxidant activity.  I have been working with Rebecca Katz she is a top chef for cancer patients, and I asked her about that, and she it doubles the antioxidant activity.  Just don't freeze them.

I also add a couple spoons of Matcha tea powder to my dail smoothie, it is an easy way to get extra green tea into the body.  Another great supplement or the actual mushroom is Turkey Tail mushroom. 

Sharon