What foods are you eating to reduce recurrence?

I've not eaten any cheese for years, miss it most I think because of the salt......still ear cream & half & half, for the calories (I say),.............want to try & grind nuts in my spice grinder. can't eat them because of teeth no good/not there, but should work for digestion too

I don't think treating fruit like candy is quite right. Aside from the obvious difference (candy is empty calories, while fruit contains important nutrients) eating whole fruit can also be a good source of fiber. I'd taken a course on "Nutrition for Disease Prevention" and the instructor who lectured on diabetes said that fruits tend to have the right amount of fiber to offset the sweetness. i.e. oranges, while sweet, have a lot of fiber and cause the body to absorb it slowly.This same professor was against juices for that same reason--you get a huge glycemic hit. He's not a fan of veggie juices either, so I doubt he'd advocate the carrot juice regime. He also said that putting foods in a blender can "sheer" some of the fiber too, including the fiber that create a mesh-like lining in our intestines that slow the rate at which we absorb sugar. So whole fruits in moderation are good. Juices not so much. And of course, if the goal is to avoid sugar, there are many non-fruits that are surprisingly high in sugars carbs, like yogurt and alcohol.

the whole idea of eating for prevention is a crap-shoot one way or another. There are plenty of healthy-eating runner vegetarians here who got breast cancer anyway.

peggyy-j , true fruit has a high sugar content but it is not " refined sugar " so I think total calorie content and fats would more of a concern. I was 5' 6 " and 100 lbs soaking wet, biked at least 3 times a week and STILL got BC. I was at 145 lbs three months ago. I am now at 130 lbs , still not at my goal but coming down at a healthy pace. I am not so good at eating fiber so fruit and veg help w /digestion.

Selenawolf- I pretty much did as you mentioned over this past 7 years but got return BC anyway. For me it may be water under the bridge now. I agree that a healthy balance is best. The price of fresh organic produce makes it tough but you only get your health once.

every morning I have a kale smoothie with carrots, hemp and chia seeds, greens powder, Garden of Life protein powder, almond butter and a small amt of blueberries. I think I figured there was over 30 grams of protein in it.

I'm so glad this thread was started!

Corky- I will be checking out that book. There seems to be so little out there I have seen so far related to diet and BC. I am a retired RN so always thought I ate a pretty balanced diet but I have become mre radical now as my ER+ BC is back. Cruciferous veggies for sure, no dairy. Almond Milk. Fresh fruit smoothies. I have never really liked to eat anything very seedy like flax and such.

SophieMarie- I doubt I could go this radical but good for you.

Sophie786- Sorry you have had such a rough time w/RADS. I finished mine about 3 weeks ago and now healing pretty well. I lost weight partially because of my new diet plan but also they put me on Tamoxifen which I reacted too. Unless you are VERY underweight I don't think Boost or Ensure is called for. Most adults do not need that much protein unless you just had surgery or totally unable to get anything else down. Children need protein to promote growth. I used Almond Milk or Coconut milk in the smoothies I made. I also had a box of Carnation Instant Breakfast drink that I never opened. Luckily I never lost my swallowing ability.

Cancer ( my nurse buddies tell me ) generally feeds on sugar ( glucose ) so eliminating as much as you can out of diet is best. Yes, even these various syrups are still sugar. Its been tough cutting out all sweets but I have used Truvia and Monkfruit sweeteners w/pretty good results. Trying to reduce all this as well as Estrogen in foods is a battle. Organic everything from now on.

Would love some good recipes ( solid food wise ) in anyone got them to share.

My personal food shopping list often includes the following - It took me ages of reading to come up with the following: Use what is useful, dismiss what is not, for your own body constitution. Many of these things can be found at Trader Joes, Whole Foods Market, Some at Fairway (New York), Healthfood stores, Costco has a few items., Also on line. Hope this is helpful.

TheaGoLIghtly, (New York City)

A half hour early morning walk

Sunshine, twenty minutes a day for vitamin D

glass not plastic storage containers

Ground Flax seeds in my morning smoothie, with organic banana and organic berries, plus more nutritionally dense items, e.g.: veggie protein powder, green powders, etc., kale, watercress

Krill supplement

Co Enzyme Q10

white button mushrooms, in salads, or cooked in cast iron pan for organic chicken meal.

Maitake (D) drops in water, (I take 15 drops), due to my low vitamin D, (very expensive)

Alaskan Wild Salmon

Sardines

Humus

Tahini

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Balsamic Vinegar

sweet potatoes

Chia seeds on just about everything, re: organic salads, smoothies etc.

a variety of nuts, cashews, walnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sitting in bowls on

kitchen counter and accessable. Organic raisons, dates

coconut water

coconut oil

watercress (organic)

Sauerkraut

Olives

blueberries

strawberries

black berries

kelp, (in smoothies and on salads)

kale in salads and in smoothies (organic)

hemp powder, on salads and in smoothies

green powders for smoothies (in health food stores)

sesame seeds, on salads, on organic free range chicken

tempeh with flax seeds, cut up in salads

fresh garlic in everything

onions in all cooking or just cut up in salads, Mostly red onions

green tea, sipped all day or clean water

circumin

tumeric powder on everything cooked, or dusted on salads

eggwhites scrambled with garlic, cooked tomatoes, and onions

gluten free bread from Trader Joes (made from Rice), health food stores

Ezekial Bread - Health food stores, Trader Joes (put in freezer, take a slice toasted in Morning), with Tahini, or Almond butter and sliced banana.

natto

Miso soup with cut up vegetables (organic)

organic avocados with lemon juice, several times a week for lunch

fresh papaya (for cleansing)

pomegranate seeds, as juice or seeds thrown into salad

goji berries, (first soaked), then put in a smoothie, (health food store), is expensive.

No sugar

No cow milk products, (avoid antibiotics, etc.)

No wheat

No alcohol (perhaps a tiny bit of red wine)

No soy, (I'm not sure about Tamari)

No Margarine

Organic butter is good.

Animal proteins should all be organic

low or no salt, (otherwise use Himalayan red salt for example ), very intense use only a tiny bit.

Avoid taking or touching credit card receipts because of surface chemicals which can enter

the bloodstream and could possibly cause hormonal disruption, read about it on line.

Don't use airfresheners.

Don't use scented candles

Use only pure soaps, unscented

Use unscented, pure make up products

careful about your lipsticks and nailpolish, also nailpolish remover, (enter bloodstream, could effect hormones).

what's natto? unfamiliar. gary says he eats a raw red onion every day, cuts it up & washes some of the heat out of it

Corky, cool! I eat olive oil with garlic almost every day.

Simplelife, why no salt? Like you, I found exercise very helpful during chemo (and beyond).

I havn't eaten meat or chicken for 40 years

skimmed the amazon preview of the book by david severn schreiber: a very quick scan showed nothing about salt, the only very interesting mention was a study of 1000? adopted children who showed no increase of cancer if their genetic relatives got it, but a 5 fold increase if they adopted the habits of their adoptive parents

gary null says if you add fresh-squeezed lemon juice & lime juice to food it tastes the same as salt but with no bad effects. for flavor I also add my own fresh grind of spice mix: currently: coriander seeds, hot red pepper, dried, black pepper corns, dried bay leaf, mustard seed, a bit of ground cardamon

Grammy, yes, of course on the BP. Simplelife had "no salt" on her list of anti-cancer dietary interventions and I was just curious why.

As for fresh food, I really don't think it has to be so expensive, although I do also use some frozen veggies, for example. The other day we had brown rice and a mix of veggies - broccoli, mushrooms, onion, a red pepper - sauteed with some garlic and ginger. In winter we eat a lot of cabbage and root veggies. Today we will probably have a spinach pie and a beet salad made with roasted beets, onion, parsley and nuts. I dress all salads with olive oil and either fresh lemon or a little vinegar, garlic and or mustard when appropriate.