What to eat after treatment?

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Besun
Besun Member Posts: 1
edited March 2019 in Stage III Breast Cancer

what do we eat to be healthier

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited February 2019

    Hi Besun! Here's a forum you might find very helpful! https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/86

    The Mods

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  • JanetMara
    JanetMara Member Posts: 179
    edited March 2019

    Basically soft nutritious foods, I ate porridge with shredded chicken,soups,bone broth,shakes from fruits and veggies. Keep yourself really hydrated before and after treatments to keep your kidneys healthy and help kidneys excrete the toxins from your body.Adequate hydration is 8-10 glasses of water/fluids per day except coffee,coffee dehydrates you that's why it is not included.If you can,drink alkaline water,I make my water alkaline by adding a teaspoon of baking soda to my water,the more alkaline your body the healthier it is. Try to stop sugar because sugar feeds cancer,helps to grow and thrive cancer cells.

    JUAMARA

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  • muska
    muska Member Posts: 1,195
    edited March 2019

    I believe Besun is asking about healthy eating after all treatments are done, not about what to eat while on chemotherapy :-)

    My MO recommends Mediterranean diet but generally speaking, I don't think there are any specific limitations. As always, moderation is key.

    Juamara, with all due respect but statements like "the more alkaline your body the healthier it is" and "sugar feeds cancer" look somewhat unfounded to me - unless of course you have some serious studies you can point us to that would explain what alkaline body is and how sugar feeds breast cancer.

    All the best.

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  • JoE777
    JoE777 Member Posts: 628
    edited March 2019

    it's a myth that sugar causes cancer or feeds it according to MD ANDERSON and Mayo Clinic.

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  • IAmElaine
    IAmElaine Member Posts: 87
    edited March 2019

    I have been following a low carb/keto diet for many, many years. My onc wants my blood glucose at low levels and my BMI in the 20 range. Body fat produces circulating estrogen which does feed er+ breast cancer so I do keep my weight down. Also, moderate exercise 4-5 times a week helps lower circulating estrogens.


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  • MelissaDallas
    MelissaDallas Member Posts: 7,268
    edited March 2019

    "Alkaline" diet and "keeping your body alkaline as possible" are also a myth. You can't affect this and there is no scientific evidence to support it anyway. No matter what you eat and drink, your body maintains a very tight Ph balance through digestion and metabolism. If it didn't, you would die.

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  • IAmElaine
    IAmElaine Member Posts: 87
    edited March 2019

    Here are a couple of articles on how important diet and fighting cancer are.

    https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/03/10/ketogenic-diet.aspx

    and

    https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/03/10/ketogenic-diet.aspx

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