My anti-cancer diet

• By cuddles53
• Posted July 27, 2009 at 8:14 am
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I would add in there some carrots, some purple grapes, red and dark purple raspberries and also blueberries don't forget those blueberries, the best for antioxidants, green tea and of course a small piece of dark chocolate, not milk chocolate but the dark.
It doesn't hurt to have oxygen on hand if at times he needs it, it also is supposed to help keep cancer away.
I will tell you a little secret, ovaltine is something I drank daily in the morning, I gave up coffee, I only have an iced cappucino at Tim Horton's once in a while, when I have this caffeine now I feel it, wow, it takes me all night to get to sleep even if I have this iced cap in the afternoon! so I do not have many. I also do not drink any soda pop with caffeine actually I don't drink it at all. I am adding these little extras because of my remission, hjust telling you what I added to my diet.
God luck with yours.
Sandy

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• By CKP
• Posted July 27, 2009 at 12:53 pm
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Somewhere on the Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com) is an article about the 33 best foods. If you do a search on the site it should come up. It lists the food and also what they do, and diseases they prevent (or help prevent, there are no golden bullets) I printed it and put it on my fridge. It's a good guide for healthy eating.

Cindy

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• By blujonny
• Posted July 27, 2009 at 6:45 pm
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Found that list on Huffington, Cindy. That's a great list. I think the key is to add foods that can be assimilated easily into the diet which contain every phytonutrient. Certain oils contain certain plant sterols especially rice bran oil. Cod liver oil contains omega 3's. Garlic and chili peppers are two of the best detox agents in the world bar none. Quorn and soy products are fantastic sources of protein. And curcumin probably wins the gold medal as the most dominant herb product when it comes to positive cancer studies.

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• By beckylynn
• Posted July 28, 2009 at 4:57 am
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Hey Johnny, Thanks for your list. I've not heard of Curcumin myself and will pass along to my sister.
Danke! Danke!
Becky :)

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• By Sherrilynn
• Posted July 28, 2009 at 7:39 am
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The Inner Cook-One Bite at a Time is a great cookbook by Rebecca Katz. She makes cooking for cancer fun and delicious! Visit her site The Inner Cook www.onebiteatatime.com

Cancer recovery also has a list of foods to keep off your shopping list. I don't agree with all of them...and once in awhile there is nothing like a bowl of ice cream!
http://www.cancerrecovery.org/site/PageServer?pagename=NoShopGroceryList

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• By drawing3d
• Posted July 28, 2009 at 8:22 am
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blujohnny;
What is your personal opinion on soy products (non-fermented)?
After research I removed soy (milk) from my diet...but I have a niggling feeling I should be consuming a little still for the genistein properties...
I began drinking hemp seed milk I make home made as it contains many many nutrients and all the oils in perfect proportion...
but I still think I need some soy regardless of the "bad rap".
Your thoughts?
God bless,
Ellen

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• By blujonny
• Posted July 28, 2009 at 8:37 am
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I don't know what they have against honey. I was just looking at a honey article today.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_is_honey_healthy

Ellen, I can feel you on that. I stopped drinking soy for a while as I read stuff about it not being good for you as it's not fermented but the reality is that the people who spout those comments I found were very overzealous people who were not looking at the complete science. The reason it's fermented is because that's how it "curdles" into edible or food form and not because it's toxic if it's not fermented. The fermented versions are healthier but even soy milk has incredible studies. I found a study done on a group of 1200 adventist men who drank soy milk regularly as part of their strict managed diets and they found that their community had 70% less instances of developing prostate cancer later in life. But beyond prostate cancer soy milk has an angiogenesis effect on the body meaning it contains elements that prevent abnormal blood vessel growth which relates to tumors. They also found that soy milk and not genistein by itself contributes to prolonged cancer prevention. I found that if you type in soy milk and cancer together in Google you'll find a lot of unique studies related to soy milk. By the way I also saw that they now have soy oil in my local supermarket.

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• By NAmember
• Posted July 28, 2009 at 10:00 am
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Well as much as we are all looking for answers and the best results from what we eat, juice, or blend we need to research all suggestions and try to make informed choices prior to using substances.

Curcumin is present in the spice turmeric, frequently used in Indian food. Its chemical makeup is responsible for the yellow coloring of turmeric, and is often used specifically to give color to foods. However, it may serve a more important purpose to humans. Medical researchers are fascinated by curcumin because it has been shown to have several properties that may fight specific forms of cancer.
Curcumin is definitely identified as an antioxidant, and may also have anti-inflammatory benefits. Clinical studies in rats or mice exposed to carcinogens show that these animals, when given curcumin in their diets, had a much lower incidence of colon cancer, and that curcumin actually caused colon cancer cells to die (apoptosis). Additionally, while curcumin created apoptosis in colon cancer cells it did not cause cell death in the healthy noncancerous cells. One of the problems with most cancer medications used in chemotherapy today is that they not only kill cancer cells but also healthy cells as well.
Curcumin has also been studied for its possible benefits in delaying or slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. A study commissioned by the University of California-Los Angeles evaluated ingested curcumin’s effect on the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Curcumin clearly broke up the plaque formations in the brain that are caused by Alzheimer’s, and may affect degree of symptoms.
Some scientists are also studying whether curcumin might have brain-boosting effects, promoting greater memory. These studies still require greater proof but preliminary results of surveys suggest that curcumin may be good brain food.
Unfortunately, not all the evidence on curcumin suggests positive results. While curcumin may fight colon cancer , it may also be a carcinogen, according to a 2005 medical study. This particular study suggests that the way in which curcumin acts means one can reasonably infer that it could also be responsible for cell damage elsewhere in the body. There is still little evidence about what degree of risk it might pose as a carcinogen.
It is known that the human body does not absorb very much curcumin when it is consumed. However, the body may not need to absorb it in order to derive benefits from it. When taken with black pepper, as it very well might be in Indian food, curcumin is better absorbed and shows higher levels in people’s blood serum.
One can purchase curcumin in capsule and liquid form, but it might be best taken in food, particularly if one adds pepper. It is certainly less expensive when used as a spice. The average month’s supply of curcumin capsules costs about 30 US dollars (USD).

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• By blujonny
• Posted July 28, 2009 at 8:21 pm
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Just added the green tea to the diet today. A few years back I used to make hot green tea with honey and then let it cool down a la ice tea. Well I made a batch today and added just a touch of cranberry juice to it. I think people really do need to assess what they are eating and drinking and how healthy it is. I don't know how I can say this in the kindest way, but I see people that are simply not changing anything in their diets to give themselves a fighting chance. I mean you only have to look at foods that actually slow down the growth of cancer cells in prostate related cases and realize that the body must be desperate to correct itself.

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• By Kelly_P
• Posted August 1, 2009 at 5:33 pm
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Here is the link to the Huffington Post article - some great information contained in a quick and easy format -

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-h-murdock/a-recipe-for-longevity_b_2053 55.html

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• By dolcinia
• Posted August 2, 2009 at 3:08 pm
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I get my curcumin from tumeric spice...available in bulk at our local health food store. You can add it to soups, stews, gravies, veggies...almost anything you are cooking. My after dinner drink is usually tumeric-ginger tea. Simmer a tsp. each of tumeric & ginger in 2 cups of water for about 10 minutes....let sit for a couple minutes and pour thru a fine strainer. I like it with a tsp of honey in my cup, but it's certainly not necessary. The tumeric is for the cancer....the ginger is good for the heart.

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• By blujonny
• Posted August 2, 2009 at 6:34 pm
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I would look at the differences between straight curcumin and turmeric. Most curcumin supplements are 98% curcumin (rhizoids) whereas turmeric only contains about 4% curcumin and does not contain black pepper like most supplements do which is pivotal to the cancer related benefits of curcumin. For more info go to Curcuminoids.com/absorption.htm. Curcumin supplements are also very cheap in relation to their benefit.

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• By dolcinia
• Posted August 2, 2009 at 10:06 pm
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Thanks Blujonny,
I take about 24 supplements a day. My oldest daughter is in charge of this department for me, as she used to have a health food store, studied to be a doctor of chinese medicine, then went on to be a psychologist, so she kinda has me covered.
I would go nuts trying to learn all this at my age....lol.

One of the supplements is called Zyflamend (softgels). This contains 10 mg of rhizome extract + 100 mg hydroethanolic extract....along with 10 other herbs. Not sure how this equates to your recommendation.

I'm sure I could be taking more supplements, but to be honest, somedays this amount gives me an upset stomach. I seem to tolerate many herbs better as teas.

I guess each of us does the best we can with what we have to work with, and for sure, diet is very important to us in cancer world.

Thanks for your post,
Cyn

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• By Guillermo
• Posted October 31, 2009 at 6:05 pm
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http://www.thecancerblog.com/2006/06/20/foods-that-fight-cancer-eating-your -way-around-the-world/

See excellent Foods that fight Cancer book by R Beliveau and D Gingras, PH.D.

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• By -T-
• Posted October 31, 2009 at 6:20 pm
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hi ellen, what about miso? it's fermented soy. i try to get my husband to eat miso soup with dried maitake and shiitake mushrooms, ginger and garlic and onions in it. sometimes slipping a little seaweed and ot spinach in it. i like it but he has an adversion to anything resembling healthy food. he's like an overgrown toddler and would rather not eat if it's not to his liking. very frustrating. t

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• By drawing3d
• Posted October 31, 2009 at 7:39 pm
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That makes it hard :) My hubby is much the same although getting better since he's watched me swallow stuff that would make a toad grow hair!

I like miso soup... only thing, it makes me so very thirsty. I have heard the sodium is "different" than regular sodium, but the way I was thirsty for days afterwards, I'm not sure I believe it... that makes me suspicious about what it;'s doing to my kidneys and arteries... Sure tastes good though.

I actually went back to drinking some soy milk, but I don't drink as much and usually mix it with my homemade hemp milk to stretch it out, and cover the strong hemp taste.

God bless,
Ellen

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• By blujonny
• Posted November 19, 2009 at 7:51 pm
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I have found some new items to look at:

Hyland's Bioplasma tissue salts
Klamath Blue Green Algae
Fungi Perfecti Reishi Extract (w/bioperine)
Kyolic Aged Garlic one a day

These might possibly be the best supplements out there for cancer

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