Post #35 - Nutritionally Sound- What I Eat

For the most part I ate nutritionally sound prior to my cancer diagnosis. I don't eat a lot of sweets (I do love vanilla bean cheesecake), no pork, little red meat(for the week after I was diagnosed I did crave double cheeseburgers, go figure,lol), don't drink or smoke ( no, not even the funny little ones, lol), I take vitamins and supplements, don't like milk chocolate ( I do like whit chocolate) and I don't drink coffee. So since I was diagnosed I have been researching what foods are good for breast cancer and what foods are not. Basically ever Doctor I talked to told me to eat nutritionally balanced meals. So here is what I am eating now (for the rest of my long days) and this is what I'm taking out. When I add or delete something I will put a revision tag next to the title and number it as the revisions take place. Some things that may be good for cancer may not be on my list because I am allergic to a lot of foods. So this is my personal list specific for me and my type of cancer this is not THE cancer list.

WHAT'S IN
Garlic
Turmeric
Cinnamon
White pepper
Rosemary
Onions
Pineapples
Plantain
Turnip greens
Ginger
Spinach
Broccoli
Beets**Don't like them though
Organic- Romaine lettuce, baby carrots, celery, apple sauce, tomatoes, oranges, lemons, apples, blueberries, potatoes, strawberries


Salmon
Tuna
Tilapia
Shrimp
Crab
Mussels
Calves liver
Turkey
Lamb
Organic- Chicken, eggs, cheddar cheese, yogurt
Nitrate free- turkey bacon, turkey sausage, turkey bologna and lunch meats

Organic-Butter, milk( I usually just cook with this), ketchup, almond milk,
Olive Oil
Sea Salt
Liquid Amino's
Apple Cider Vinegar
Organic brown cane sugar
Agave***going to try this sweetener
Honey

Navy beans
Lentil beans

R.W. Knudsen Family® Mega AntioxidantTM, Mega CTM, Vita Juice®
Green Tea
Figi water
Electrolyte water
Cranberry juice-unsweetened

Spelt bread
Flaxseed- crackers, bread, flour** going to try this

Vitamin D
Co-Q10
Omega3
Multi-vitamin
Vitamin c
Calcium chews
Pro biotic

Apple Jacks
Vanilla bean cheesecake
Good Humor Toasted Almond Ice cream bar



1. Eating foods high in beta- carotene has been linked in many studies to lower rates of breast cancer. Tip: Baby carrots beta-carotene is more absorbable then regular carrots and carrots beta-carotene is 500% more absorbable than in raw carrots.

2. There's an intriguing compound in milk fat (including butter)-- conjugated linoleic acid -- that fights breast cancer cells in test tubes and animals. Butter contains CLA's mentioned in #3. One study suggests that a diet higher in trans fats may increase the risk of breast cancer. Margarine, most french fries, both frozen and fast-food, and many processed and fried foods made with hydrogenated fats are a top trans fat source (I love butter!!!!!)

3. Even Ketch-up to fill up on a compound called lycopene. Diets high in lycopene are linked to lower rates of breast and prostate cancer

4. Research suggests that women with higher tissue levels of omega-3s have lower rates of breast cancer. <*not light tuna.>

5. Women whose diets are higher in vitamin D have less breast cancer. To ensure that you get the recommended level, add Vitamin D to a healthy diet, advise many experts, especially in climates or lifestyles with out year round sun (20 minutes a day).

6. Green tea is rich in EGCG, a compound that inhibits breast cancer cells in mice

7. Garlic kills breast cancer cells in the test tube and maybe in you. But if you're going to cook garlic, always peel and chop, then let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes before you heat. Heating right away doesn't allow time for the cancer-fighting compounds to develop.

8. Women in one study who ate a serving of spinach at least twice a week had half the rate of breast cancer of women who avoided it.

9. Why flaxseed? Because it has 75 times more lignin precursors, compounds that inhibit mammary tumors in animals.

10. Oranges and lemons contain Iimonene which stimulates cancer-killing immune cells (lymphocytes, e.g.) that may also break down cancer-causing substances

11. Rosemary may help increase the activity of detoxification enzymes. An extract of rosemary, termed carnosol, has inhibited the development of both breast and skin tumors in animals. We haven't found any studies done on humans. Rosemary can be used as a seasoning. It can also be consumed as a tea: Use 1 tsp. dried leaves per cup of hot water; steep for 15 minutes.

12. Turmeric (curcuma longa), a member of the ginger family, is believed to have medicinal properties because it inhibits production of the inflammation-related enzyme cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2), levels of which are abnormally high in certain inflammatory diseases and cancers, especially bowel and colon cancer. In fact, a pharmaceutical company Phytopharm in the UK hopes to introduce a natural product, P54, that contains certain volatile oils, which greatly increase the potency of the turmeric spice.