What foods are you eating to reduce recurrence?

You know Purple, you mentioning Dr. Fuhrman reminded me of something I read by him the other day--he said that taking supplemental folic acid can actually raise your risk of getting BC by 20-30%.  Folate in green leafies is good--synthetic folic acid in pill form is not good.  Is Supplemental Folic Acid Harmful?

gary null, as i recall, does a fresh juice fast one day a week, & once a year, in a beautiful remote place in nature a 3 day water fast

yes, but sugar is a refined food & has no value except for calories, juices, fresh from fruit & vegetables, hoping organic, have valuable phyto chemicals as well as calories & carbohydrates

yes fat & fiber are important, if your a vegetarian you get plenty fiber even if you juice.  if  you don't juice you get no large doses of these chemicals

yes.  I grind up a bunch of nuts regularly also pumpkin & sunflower seeds for their zinc, & add the ground stuff to my oatmeal every day

TwoHobbies, I just finished up my first 2 day fast b/c I just read that the other day.  It was a bit rough, even though I've built up to it with intermittent fasting--that is, I often skip breakfast and sometimes lunch and scrunch my eating into about an 8 hour window of time.  There is lots of great research about this.  Today I broke my fast, though I felt I could have gone on but I'm having company this evening and going dancing, so I decided to break it.  I still felt weak even after I ate but then I remembered--duh!  Drink about a qt of water and it's much better.  

Melissa, I know what you mean.  I think that if you have a weight problem and esp in the belly, you should eschew sugar altogether, even in juice.  I went on the ketogenic diet as soon as I got dx'ed, b/c I had a pretty big chunk of weight to lose and was borderline diabetic besides, and I'm sure that contributed to this.  Now I've lost 30 lbs and 10 more to go and then we'll see, but really, I'm just trying to eat more veggies.  

For those who do not have a weight problem and maybe have nutrient deficiencies, I think juicing would be the way to go.  I think the main thing we all have to keep in mind is that there is no one cause for this so you have to pay attn to your body and become intuitive about what it needs.  I never was before, but I sure am now.  Oh and as for large quantities of phytochemicals, look into wild foods--they often have thousands of times more PC's than anything that you can ever grow organically, much less get at the supermarket.  Look for bitter things, and a good place to start is with dandelions--tons of vit A for one thing and the whole plant is good for you.  If you juice, throw some leaves in.  

Once we've been diagnosed with breast cancer, juicing, especially on an empty stomach, becomes a bit problematic.  When the sugar spike MelissaDalls refers to above hits your bloodstream, it prompts an insulin response. Circulating insulin is a growth factor for breast cancer.  Drink your juice after a full meal, please, ladies. 

you can get a whole lot more of the vitamins minerals & other chemicals contained in them.  I compost the residue in the juicer, I have 40 years of rich earth except for the containers of it stolen during teardown of the first studio.  called black gold by some

I plan to juice on an empty stomach tomorrow then walk to the studio & back with more supplies, that's down a hill & up a hill & the work there & carry back down then up the calories from the juice will get me there & back & I doubt any will be able to get to my breast.  I guess probably a half mile in all perhaps more

Abigail, you do not get more vitamins/minerals from a carrot by juicing it. 

Piper I did some fasting around chemo but now that I'm back to work its a tough idea to swallow, but I think I might try next weekend.  I've done 48 hours  but never 72 hours but I want to try to get there once.  I'll let you know if I achieve it.  I do the intermittent fasting several times a week.  That isn't that hard but not eating 3 days with a teenage boy in the house is a challenge.   

I've got to agree I don't think its good to juice or even smoothie your fruit except for a treat.    I can see juicing vegetables if you want to pack a lot of vegetables in a convenient serving.  A friend showed me a juicing diet she was thinking of going on and one serving had an orange and two bananas.  That's a lot of sugar for one meal, even if its natural sugar accompanied by good things.    

see livinggirllivingfoods.com/juicers-rinds-the-amazing-benefits-of-water-

Juicing fruits or veggies that are not organic can introduce a lot of pesticides into one glass of whatever you are drinking.

It is not necessarily a good idea to overdose on carrots. If the goal is to ingest far more vitamins/minerals than a human would normally be able to ingest, then the juicing is basically a vitamin pill with a lot of sugar in it. Again, I don't think it is usually smart to take/eat/drink excessive vitamins etc.

I have this lady's book and it's fascinating and here's a good article by her:  Breeding the Nutrition Out of our Food The book is one of the most informative books I have on food.  We worry so much about food safety here in the US but forget about getting enough nutrition in our vegetables, but there are some fruits and veggies so low in nutrition you'd almost be better off eating a candy bar!  At least the candy wouldn't send your insulin soaring like some apples or onions would do.  

She tells you which varieties to buy to ensure you're getting the most PNs and it's not always what you think.  Like, white peaches are pretty high in PNs ad cauliflower is up there.  Forget the sweet onions but eat more green onions and I have wild onions growing all over my yard.  If you're going to juice, then add some crabapples--they have hundreds of times more PNs than even the highest most organic domesticated varieties.  If you do this, maybe you won't need to eat a lot to get your nutrients and you won't have to buy a juicer or do all that cleaning.  The other night on the way to a dance I picked some purslane from a spot I was pretty sure was not subject to lawn spraying and ate it and it was pretty good.  Purslane is very high in nutrition and in omega-3s esp.