What foods are you eating to reduce recurrence?

Ohhhh, the pancakes!  Actually, I have a business trip coming up and already sadly worked through how I'm not going to have the hotel's waffles in the morning. 

I've greatly, greatly reduced my red meat and fat intake, find myself eating lots of fruit.  Worry a bit about the fructose--want any renegade cells on a very strict diet.  Instead of juices, I'm drinking diet drinks, which I never did before. 

BrooksideVT,

Yes!! I am trying to do low carb no sugar also!  I tried the Ketogenic diet but

it was too low carb for me, so I do eat some organic bread every so often.

I dont use too much artificial sweetners, but pure stevia made with no alcolhol.

I even bought this great cookbook for baking with almond meal and

I just made some zuchini bread that really is pretty good.  Today

I am trying an almond meal crust chicken pot pie (lots of work...dont

think I'm going to be doing this one again..hope its good cause I tripeled the crust recipie and we are going to be eating this for days.....maybe weeks.....

Banana pancakes seem to be sweet enough without any syrup or sugar or honey. I just mash a banana, use organic oat flour, organic eggs, and either water or milk. I haven't given up milk yet, but am wondering if I should. Soy milk could be used, but I wonder if that is just as bad as regular cow's milk. Maybe someone knows a substitute that I don't know about. I love banana pancakes. Sometimes I put Simply Fruit on them for sweetness. That has no added sugar.

almond milk?

Alaska, I had seen that thing about the carbonation, so I checked. Carbonation in itself is not a problem, it is just that most carbonated drinks have all kinds of other crap in them.

From wiki: "Food-grade phosphoric acid (additive E338) is used to acidify foods and beverages such as various colas, but not without controversy regarding its health effects.^[6] It provides a tangy or sour taste, and being a mass-produced chemical is available cheaply and in large quantities. The low cost and bulk availability is unlike more expensive seasonings that give comparable flavors, such as citric acid which is obtainable from citrus, but usually fermented by Aspergillus niger mold from scrapmolasses, waste starchhydrolysates and phosphoric acid.^[7]"

^{Again, it is added to flavored beverages. The carbonation has nothing to do with it really.}

momine, That sounds delicious. I will try experimenting. I try not to eat pancakes often because I have to watch my weight and I love them so much, I always overeat on those mornings. I usually make them when I haven't had anything sweet for a time.

A couple of days before chemo, which for me is today and tomorrow, I eat beef liver and spinach. I know liver is a no no for cholesterol and all sorts of other things because of its being an organ meat, but I don't do it often. When I'm not doing chemo, I only eat it maybe twice a year. I love it and could eat it every week. Maybe when I get to heaven, that is one of my rewards.

Such a simple thing to ask! My blood counts have been excellent every time. It could be that it would be that way if I did nothing, but I use that as an excuse to eat liver.

Gully. interesting about fruit.... To treat it like candy. I eat tons of apples, strawberries , blueberries and grapes. Is there a reason your onc. Says to limit fruit somewhat?

Haven't heard anything about fruit adversely affecting diet but always want to know if what I'm doing is right.

a farmer in "my" paper the ava works in indiana fields & said his boss put really toxic fungicides I think on his watermellon & the other workers were getting quite sick applying it.

Alaska: yep under 55, 46 to be exact, but am still in chemopause and am 3 months PFC!

Obx: fruit has a alot of sugar albeit natural fructose, like someone said it can still spike blood sugar. My onc wants my insulin levels steady without drastic ups and downs in blood sugar levels. He said after I have lost all the weight I want I can add back in. suggest mostly berries and apples. I think he said bananas and oranges are highest in sugar..I live in Maine so blueberries are a staple here, easy to get wild. Also add back in sweet potato and butternut squash later on for carbs. I have been reading "The primal blueprint" by Mark Sisson, makes alot of sense to me.

Gabriel, very simple, you do not have breast cancer. You should not be posting here.

I'm having a hard time changing my diet. I usually eat the same thing for breakfast for it keeps me pretty regular: AllBran cereal and green tea. I'll occasionally have regular tea or a cup of coffee with too much creamer but I've cut back a lot. For lunches I'll have leftovers of there are any, soups, salads... And for dinner my husband will stop at subway lots or we have chicken, sometimes a steak to help my hemoglobin level. I'm 5'5" and weigh 127-130. I've started to take walks around our neighborhood recently to get my muscles working from lying on the couch for 5 months. So, I've just started making some changes and hopefully with time I'll get better with some of it.

Brookside, I was told to eat a few nuts or some type of protein with fruit to keep the blood sugar balanced.

I just had a consult with a dietician and he recommends several small meals each day and to strive towards a plant based diet. He suggested I start taking DIM, calcium d glucarate, theracurim and vitamin d3. He also said to add as many spices to my food as possible and to use colorful vegetables - just to put it in simple terms.

Claireinaz-you go girl. Sad to say this but I do have re-occurance. ER pos in node near my collar bone, and a suspicion for at least 1 lung lesion on C T. Was clean for 7 years and despite trying to improve my dietary intake I have been getting lax since I reached my 5 year mark Got to 145lbs at 5' 6".

Hormone blocking pills cause too many SE for me. MO wants me to go on Faslodex inj monthly. Still considering. Have lost 10-12lbs in 7-8 weeks by cutting out all dairy. Went to Almond Milk which is pretty tasty and NO hormones. Coconut and fruit smoothies. No sugar-sweets excect fruit. More veggies- cauliflower,cabbage,carrots, beets,snap peas, . Lentils and Orzo soups. My son thinks I have lost my mind as he misses my big Sunday dinners loaded w/meat and sweets. I will make it up to him once ge sees the light. I was never much of a drinker anyway but now, NO wine or favorite glasses of cider anymore. NO ice -cream -that was really tough. I make a rice pudding w/lots of raisins, cinnamon ,stevia and almond milk. I am afraid I cannot do nuts- my gut reacts too much.

SIMPLE FACT ladies is that excess fat (lbs) will make those estrogens increase even faster.Just compare our Asian neighbors who have never consumed the junk our grocery stores throw at us. Go organic 100% - I just love Whole Foods even though its a half hour each way. I used to be 108 lbs at the most- thx to genetics, regardless of how much I consumed. My BMI then was 19 it is now 21- 22 and I am not overweight but I woukd still like to take down maybe 5 more lbs. And my BP is down, I am on 3 meds and may be able to drop one soon.

Your comment re-people making remarks that you need to gain weight is also starting to get to me too. Particularly from overweight friend's.

So I need recipes ladies- I want to prove that healthy food can taste delicious too.