Nutrition and vitamins

Hello Topperfan5

I would suggest obtaining the book The Rainbow Diet by Chris Woollams.

I would emphasise fruit and vegetables in your diet. organic if possible. Blueberries and broccoli, in fact all vegetables of the cabbage family are very important.

I have followed the Rainbow Diet based on colourful fruits and vegetables for many years, along with oily fish, cold water prawns, nuts, seeds, pulses and beans. I eat NO dairy products, NO meat, avoid all sugar and alcohol. Brazils are an important source of selenium.

I eat plain live culture soy and coconut organic yoghurts (Sojade and Alpro). I also drink Alpro almond drink, enriched with calcium and vitamins.

I am approaching 11 years since diagnosis of TNBC in June 2005.

I do believe we are what we eat.

Sending you best wishes.

Sylvia

Great words Sylvia, I'm not triple negative, but I agree with your ideas about nutrition for all breast cancer survivors, especially if people want to minimise their risks of recurrence, as well as other things (exercise, destress etc). I have followed a similar diet to you since diagnosis and feel healthier and fitter than before. Without doubt we are what we eat.

Hello Topperfan5

As for dairy, my breast cancer consultant surgeon told me back in 2005 that she thought one of the risk factors for breast cancer was the growth factor IGF1 in dairy products. It makes sense to me as dairy milk is meant for calves, not humans. The same growth factor is in a lot of meat.

Chris Woollams of Cancer Active has written many books about cancer that are all worth reading.

I forgot to say that I have been drinking Clipper Green Tea, both leaves and decaffeinated. They are supposed to be anti-cancer. It is something to do with catchetins and polyphenols.

I also have been eating bitter apricot kernels for the past 11 years. I eat 15 most days, but usually have a est one day a week. I have them throughout the day, 5 kernels at a time and usually have them with my green tea.

It is also important to have a healthy gut. I eat soy yoghurt with live culture daily and have sauerkraut and/or miso with my main meal.

My moto on my profile is let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.

I agree about the book mentioned ShetlandPony Anti-Cancer: A New Way of Life by David Servan Schreiber. It makes very interesting reading.

Best wishes

Sylvia xxxx

Thank you Sylvia. That's what I was looking for too. On different sites you see just pieces from your answer but not the whole picture. So again, thank you.