For Informed People Using Alternative Treatments

kayb, thanks for the soup recipe, sounds delicious. It's a big butternut, so I can probably cube and roast half with other veggies and make soup with the other half! Good cold weather food

Ruthbru.... I line a cookie sheet with tinfoil and spread a combination of leeks, shallots, fennel bulb, brussels sprouts, garlic, radishes (roasting radishes takes the "bitter" out), cherry tomatoes, purple baby potatoes, heirloom carrots (all colours) and parsnips (or any other root vegetable I have on hand), drizzle with olive oil, season with salt- and pepper, drizzle the tiniest bit of organic butter over (optional) and roast at 400F for an hour, stirring occasionally. The vegetables wil carmelise beautifully. It's one of our favourite ways to have vegetables.

I make roasted yams -- cube, then toss with olive oil, curry powder, salt and pepper. I roast at 375 until they get a nice char turning several times). They're even better the next day, cold out of the fridge. I read that refrigerating roasted potatoes/ yams does something to change their starch so that they become low glycemic.

Interesting tips on here. I had no idea roasting took the bitterness out of radishes (thanks, SelenaWolf) or that chilling roasted yams lowered their glycemic index (thanks gemini 4)! I wonder if chilling works for other starchy vegetables?

RE: beets and asparagus - also good raw. Beets are good grated in salads, and raw asparagus (only fresh picked) are incredibly delectable. I grow asparagus, and my family never gets to eat them, because I eat them when I'm working in the garden and they never make it up to the kitchen!

Flavia, yes, I add grated, raw beets to salads in the winter time. They look pretty too. Have to try raw asparagus in the spring.

Kay, the pairing is why I put some nut butter on apples, when I eat them. I really think you should insist on being referred to an endo. Now is the time to deal with it, not when it has already progressed. Even if it does end up progressing one day, the more you can delay that, the better it is.

light & kayb

I goggled CLA after light posted about it, b4 I read all kayb's posts and found the dreaded "SE" re: FBG. bummer.

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-826-CONJUGATED%20LINOLEIC%20ACID.aspx?activeIngredientId=826&activeIngredientName=CONJUGATED%20LINOLEIC%20ACID

kayb - have you tried Bitter Melon, Gymnema Sylvestre. I've about give up on tracking FBG, and rely on A1C, which I need to have done again. Like you, NO SUGAR, only quinoa & veggies, but I do use honey in my tea. Teapots full of loose green tea daily. Know type II diabetes has strong genetic links, like "good bones" - which I do have, so some "good" with the "not as good." I now check for known SE's for all supplements, after getting gobsmacked by Niacin ;(

it's not the sugar it's the chocolate, little enough cacao that the chips have it's enough to trigger the addictive properties. they're now saying chocolate is good, but it contains the love hormone. when I lost my lover chris in 1972, I began using unsweetened cocoa as a tea. since then none until th a friend left a large loaf of zuchinni bread containing a lot of chocolate chips. It's gone. in 2 days. the slight bitterness which is probably the drug is so delicious, I'd forgotten. wonder if I'll now be able to stay away from it.

at least 70% cocoa, 2-3 ounces every day can help lower blood pressure......I usually buy 90% cocoa, a little bit is very satisfying (once you get used to the 'less sugar' taste).

Hi light,

I am mostly a lurker because I generally take my naturopath's advice on supplements and am not doing a lot of research due to being really busy. But am open to learning.

You said you are open to feedback so I was surprised that you cut off the discussion on recipes. I do understand the concern.

Food is an important part of my alternatives and whole food has many benefits that haven't been discovered. I take supplements but think diet can be very important for cancer patients.

As the vast majority of people do not get enough vegetables, I thought it was such an empowering and positive thread about roasting vegetables, new ways to eat beets, etc. It was inspiring me to go buy some more vegetables. So I was sorry you felt the discussion was off track.

I am not sure if there is a thread on eating healthy to prevent cancer if this isn't the right place? Anyone know? Thanks.

I agree, georgie, for instance my friend richard believes he got lung cancer no from his air conditioner as I conjectured, but from the mars bars he ate for lunch every day, as they're mostly chocolate I guess, I gave up chocolate for 30 years. then the they said the stuff was good not bad but I do know it's addictive

Thanks, moderators for the 2 other sites. BCO has so many discussions it is very helpful to get some guidance.

As a large percentage of cancer can be prevented with life style changes, I want to get support for making more healthy choices as I move forward.

Thanks.

How about things like meditation or prayer?   Here is an article that talks about how meditation can change us on a genetic level. http://www.naturalnews.com/043273_meditation_infl...

I am not a religious person, at all, however, a cancer diagnosis does make one think of the big questions of life and death.   Things that I have done:  during radiation, when I inhale I say to myself "I'm being healed" and when I exhale I say to myself "by god's healing light."  And when I was walking outdoors in nice weather before I got too anemic to enjoy it I would chant to myself as I walked:

left - walk

right - away from the

left - can 

right - cer

left - cancer's got

right - nothing on

left - me

right 

repeat.