Hi all. I was diagonesd on wed. I was reading before hand about cancer fighting foods diets supplements quiting sugar etc. Coffee enemas😖 a fiend gave me a nook which follows rhe Gerson cancer centers diet. It looks strict but very beneficial. Has any taken tried doing very healthy living. I want to try just scared of missing coffee and chocolate lol
My brother-in-law tried the very extreme healthy diet instead of treatment for prostate cancer about 4 years ago, vegan, coffee enemas, no alcohol etc prob even tried rubbing kale on it ( just read the Mountain Lion post) and he is now having chemo for the cancer that has spread through his body and has not got a very good long term prognosis. My GP has told me the same advice as ladies have suggested above - healthy weight, calorie control/smaller meals, lots of veggies, no sugar restrict alcohol to a minimum, diet or supplement rich in antioxidants and all this is together with my treatment and almost as important as good diet is exercise, think every specialist I have seen so far has said how important exercise is. Good luck
Most of us have been given advice from well-meaning friends about how to prevent or treat cancer with this or that diet, superfood, etc (see Mountain Lions post). If it was that easy... The truth is as @primek has said - these things range from hopeful to exploitative. Try them by all means if your onc approves but do remember that they aren't evidence-based. The recommendations for reducing alcohol, healthy range weight, and exercise are evidence-based but do remember that even these are only helpful, not cures, and we're talking stats not individuals.
I researched this after a similar question in 2017. My response:
Testimonials are not clinical research. Gerson therapy was trialled over 60 years ago and found to be unhelpful and unsustainable ..if it was a cure we would all be prescribed it.
You will have lots of people tell you about alkaline diets, juice diets and all sorts of fallacies on breast cancer treatment.
This link gives some good advice based on clinical research.
The only other recommendations are to keep alcohol consumption down to a couple of glasses a week. Try to keep weight in healthy bmi if possible. Even if over weight losing and keeping off 5% reduces recurrence. And regular exercise, to aim for 30 minutes at least per day.
I've sadly cared for ladies who declined conventional treatment and used coffee enemas etc without any success.
Australia has fantastic stats on 5 year survival of 90%. These were the stats from bcna conference 2017. These improvements are due to earlier detection and tested effective treatment.
