Hi teach 4261 I was given a diet to follow when I was first diagnosed and that along with some supplements and other alternative treatments have returned me to good health. I don't mean to be insulting to traditional doctors but honestly they do not have much knowledge regarding nutrition. Not their fault. It is just not part of their education. Sugar does feed cancer and it is a no no for sure. As for the protein, I think it is the source that one should be careful of not the protein per se. I am going to attach the Regimen (diet etc.) here for you to check out. I have done so before and for some reason it usually becomes distorted and hard to follow when it appears on the board. It should appear with each paragraph separated etc. You can always contact me privately if it is not clear to you.
Best regards Shemay
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A REGIMEN FOR REGENERATION AND DETOXIFICATION
1st thing in morning ESSIAC tea-----one hour later 6 to 8 oz carrot juice
before lunch----- 6 to 8 oz concord grape juice
before dinner---- 6 to 8 oz carrot juice
2 hrs after dinner---- 6 to 8 oz concord juice
Last thing at night--- ESSIAC tea-------VERY IMPORTANT
ALSO VERY IMPORTANT......Take 2 x 1,000mg natural source Vitamin C with each meal and before bedtime.
All juices should be consumed on an empty stomach and should be organic if possible.
If you are not familiar with ESSIAC tea I shall send you the recipe for homemade.
FOODS TO INCLUDE IN DIET
Beverages Herbal teas (green especially good), soya, sesame or nut milks Dandelion coffee
Bread Only whole grains, free of all preseratives. (I personally use only Ezekiel Bread 4:9.......completely flourless)
Cereals Millet, oatmeal,brown and wild rice, buck-wheat groats, barley, cornmeal and 7 grains. Freshly ground only.
Cheese None....NO DAIRY PRODUCTS (except for Budwig diet recommendation...see *****below))
use Tofu (soya cheese)
Desserts Fresh whole fruits, fruit cocktails, stewed fruits, natural fruit gelatin,
whole tapioca. Sweeten with honey or STEVIA.
Eggs NONE-----FORBIDDEN
Fat Most cold-pressed unsaturated oils such as canola, safflower,
sesame, walnut, corn, soya, avocados.
Nut butters, walnut butter, almond butter, sesame seed butter.
Fish Fresh water and sea fish, (very fresh)
Broiled, baked or poached.
Fruits Organically grown whenever possible. Use citrus sparingly except
for the Peelings of oranges not the pulp.
Fresh fruits, apples, apricots, bananas, cherries, currants, grapes,
guava, mangoes, berries, melon, nectarines, papaya, peaches,
pineapple, pears, plums,persimmons,tangerines.
Meats Chicken, small amounts of lean beef
FOODS TO AVOID
Alcohol, cocoa, coffee, milk, soft drinks.
Any baked products made out of WHITE FLOUR
Processed cereals which are flaked, puffed etc.
NO WHITE RICE
Canned or frozen fruits
.
All pastires, Jello, custards, sauces, ice cream, candy except those
made with suggested health ingredients.
Butter, shortening, margerine, saturated oils and fats, cottonseed oil.
Rancid and continuously-heated oils
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Smoked and salted fish. Fish preserved in antibiotics.
NO SHELL FISH.
NO PORK.
Sprayed and sulfured fruit or canned and frozen
Eat ALL foods, as much as possible in their natural, uncooked or undercooked state.
Eat only foods that will rot, but eat them in the most fresh state available
.*****Budwig diet recommendation.... Before breakfast 2 Tablespoons organic cottage cheese mixed with 1 Tablespoon organic flax seed oil
(may also add in organic fruits or spices to make it more palatable)
VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!
Have BTA testing done by a Naturopath to ascertain what supplements etc. are needed to bring your system into balance.
Also very important do deep breathing exercises along with meditation and visualization several times a day.
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On 11/25/2007 teach4261 wrote:
I have been reading the many posts on this website and find all of them very informative. I am however confused about sugar and protein in a cancer patients diet. My mother has just started chemo and the doctors have told her to eat whatever she wants at this point. From what I am reading she should absolutely stay away from sugar and protein as it encourages the cancer cells to grow. Is this true? What would you tell her to eat? Should she also stay away from fruit because of the sugar content? Please help, this is so new to all of us and we just want to do what is best for her.