What foods are you eating to reduce recurrence?

Would you believe?  Cherry jello!  Of course it's not just any old cherry jello--I'm using tart cherry juice concentrate and organic gelatin that I bought in bulk at the health food store.  Tart cherries are extremely high in ORAC value and very high in anthocyanins besides:  Cherry juice benefits for cancer--page of links to studies The really good news here is that I just moved into this house last summer and it has 3 full-size tart cherry trees in the backyard and they are all just full of cherries!  

The other main ingredient is gelatin of course and it has health benefits as well.  Who knew?  Well I sort of did but wasn't paying enough attn.  Link to a blog:  Gelatin--do you know this superfood? Also a link to a blog that has a list of research references to glycine, a major component of gelatin:  Glycine   Both glycine and cherry juice help you to sleep better b/c cherry juice has melatonin and glycine is a neuro-relaxer, as opposed to a neuro-stimulant.  Interesting stuff.  (Don't ask me why this is underlined--I can't get it to go away.)

pipers_dream,

 How lucky are you to have 3 tart cherry trees!  I love tart cherries and one of my favorite recipes is to take an organic chicken or organic Cornish hens and mix cherry balsamic vinegar and tart cherries, onions, a little red wine or chicken broth and roast it all together.  (can add lime juice and cinnamon as well)  it is so good.  Don't know if you ladies eat chicken, but the balsamic and tart cherry reduction could be eaten w a lot of savory things.  Just make it in a saucepan. (honestly, I could eat it by itself)

Nice to know tart cherries are good for me as well.

Pipers, I may have told you that I'm originally a Missouri girl myself. I lived in SW MO until I was 8, at which point we moved to STL. I envy the cherry tree. My grandmother in SW MO had a big tree in her backyard, and I loved picking and eating the fruit as a little kid. My mother used to "put up" the cherries and make delicious homemade pies from them.  

I want to try this cherry jello recipe. I am not crazy about the taste (and aftertaste) of stevia (and I loathe the frankenfood sweeteners like sucralose and aspartame).  I wonder would it be too sour for consumption with no sweetener added at all?  I suppose I could try myself and be the judge!  ;-)

yes I've read that artificial sweeteners can still trigger insulin response. I used to love real sugered Coke (but have given it up) ... Never could drink diet soda because the aspartame could trigger migraines and I hated the taste.  But I know many overweight people who consume large amounts of diet soda ... I wasn't surprised to read about the insulin response. Apparently stevia doesn't do it. 

Trader Joes sells an unsweetened cheery juice concentrate -- will buy some on my next trip there. Just like Sir Mick, "my favorite flavor (is) cherry red."  ;-)

Hi girls, did any one see a report about peaches reducing breast cancer risk or recurrence? My firend told me this but could not remember where she saw it. Maybe Dr. Oz? I hadnt seen an official report. Crazy!

Yes, I have seen the report in two places.  The first report which I think was based on the study indicated that one should eat 2-3 peaches per day for the benefit.  The Dr. Oz report, which ran last week and you could still probably find on the website, says 1 peach twice a week.  Also in the first report it mentioned that there could be a substitute like a dried plum/prune.  Apparently, laetrile, now banned from use in the U.S. is somehow close to peaches.  I'm trying to do it because I figure what can it hurt.  The only problem is that peaches are one of the dirty dozen, and it's hard to find organic sometimes.

Thanks for the info Mary! Interesting. Who would have thought simple little peaches could help. And here I am choking down kale....

And Solen, enjoy that dessert. Sounds super amazing.

Thanks!

Bosumblues, they are high in B12, niacin, iron & zinc.

Re: apricot power - a good product.  I add the apricot kernels to a "nutola" that I make and have for breakfast every day.   Includes walnuts, almonds, pecans, pumpkin seeds, chia, hemp and some of the apricot kernels.   I chop some of the bigger nuts, mix with a small amount of oats, coconut oil, vanilla, cinnamon, pinch of salt and a touch of maple syrup.   I toast on a low oven for a while.

I think the one with less fuzz maybe a nectarine...I am not an expert though.  I have notice a lot of different ones, very small all grouped together.  Maybe they are different varities like with apples?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140610122020.htm

Limiting carbs could reduce breast cancer recurrence in women with positive IGF1 receptor

Yes - I agree and this ties in with the recent news stating we need to get enough daily exercise to prevent excessive weight gains.  Maintaining our metabolism through healthy diet and regular exercise seems critical.  We post-menopause ladies now struggle with thyroid issues and slowing metabolism.  Weight issues can be such a struggle now....

Heidi, I saw that, but what I don't understand with calorie restriction is how you keep your weight normal. I basically restricted calories all through treatment. It was not deliberate, but I pruned various things from my diet and that ended up being, de facto, calorie restriction. End result was that I lost too much weight (as in docs complaining).

coffee

I went on metformin for while ( PRE diabetic) after asking my endo doc ( FOR BC!)
I could not tolerate the bloating and gastric upset. Sure wish I would have.  Pretty ' benign ' drug, as drugs go.

BTW, have you read the patest Diabetes book ( title escapes me.. maybe END TO DIABETES ? ) by Dr. Joel Furhman?
He  claims his way of f diet can completely halt/ reverse diabetes 2.

Best wishes

laurie

sophie

 'I try to use as much as organic as possilbe.

My list:

tumeric pills...'

Why pills?

I get mine from my local health food store. Then when you cook with it, add black pepper andf saute in EV olive oil.  I have read that the oil and blk pepper help to activate it.