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wordpix

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7. very sorry about your cancer progression- as for diet, mine is crucial to me
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 11:47 PM
Mar 2014

I have read several books about cancer prevention diets. VERY interesting. Some people have actually been cured through these diets, although certainly not all, and there are no formal studies, and trials NEVER include special diets. It is imperative to do a good diet to improve the whole body system and not just focus on organs with cancer. So here's what I've learned and what I'm doing:

Poisons are everywhere in the air, soil and water. Grow your own food and/or buy totally organic.

Juicing is important. I make my own raw fruit and veg juices and/or smoothies every day.

Plant based foods (all organic) with a little bit of free range, grass fed lean beef, bison or pasture raised chicken. I'm in a semi-rural area where I can buy direct from farms.
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Eat as much raw food as possible (it's difficult to eat 6 carrots and 2 beets in a sitting, but easy to drink that much in a glass of delicious juice)

Low or NO dairy, salt, wheat, sugar, coffee, animal fats, alcohol.

Drink filtered, de-chlorinated water, green tea, herb tea (organically grown tea).

This may sound awful but trust me, you'll get used to it. I am thriving on this diet---everyone says I look great----and when I pass all the tempting cakes and cookies in the supermarket, I don't look twice. It's just poison to me.

I also exercise every day, preferably outdoors. Seven wks. out of major surgery including resection of 2 organs and getting rid of a 3rd + 16 nodes, I can hike a few miles in the snow and cold up and down hills, do moderate yoga and run around all day doing normal activities without taking any pain pills.

I attribute my very fast surgery recovery to the diet and outdoor exercise + yoga.

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No, you should do the chemo if you want to live. Your cancer had already sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #1
I would recommend the chemo TexasBushwhacker Feb 2014 #2
thank you, sinking and Texas, I now agree with you wordpix Mar 2014 #10
I refused the option of chemo when I was dx. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #3
the studies are not conclusive about adjuvant chemo (post surgery) for my cancer wordpix Mar 2014 #4
6 months of ill to buy a year? Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #5
where did you get the CBD? Do you live in Colorado? wordpix Mar 2014 #8
forgot to say, in my state 2 yrs. ago MM was legalized but wordpix Mar 2014 #9
My apologies Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #15
Just found out recent PET scan results today. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #6
very sorry about your cancer progression- as for diet, mine is crucial to me wordpix Mar 2014 #7
Great diet info. Sounds like you are doing fabulous. Do you do much with mushrooms? geckosfeet Mar 2014 #11
mushrooms are very good so I've upped using them--organic only wordpix Mar 2014 #12
Thanx wordpix. Chucked the cheese and bread this morning. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #13
Congrats! I gave away a lot of food like that, too wordpix Mar 2014 #14
I would not have made it through Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #16
Well. Things are complicated by the fact that I just came down with a nasty cold. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #17
basic juicing and smoothies. Nurse freaked when she saw my green smoothie today, lol wordpix Mar 2014 #18
I was doing great. Then I got a port and started chemo wordpix Mar 2014 #19
Oh wordpix. Hang on. I have been there. Still have my port. I am afraid that once it goes in geckosfeet Mar 2014 #20
Oh hun, I am so sorry to hear this Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #21
for tingling fingers try B6 Betty88 Apr 2014 #22
update Chemo Round 5 & supplements wordpix Jun 2014 #23
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