Healthy Eating After Breast Cancer

1. Passionate nutrition Healthy Eating After Breast Cancer Revitalize Your Life Jennifer Adler M.S., C.N.

2. Diseases are a Multifactoral Condition • It is important to create an internal environment that is nourishing on all levels • Positive mental attitude- attitude, stress, personality and emotional state • Health promoting lifestyle • Nutrient rich diet www.PassionateNutrition.com

3. Healing Power of Food • No one can predict exactly who will recover and there is no guaranteed cure but it is possible to increase your odds of survival, help prevent recurrence and have a higher quality of life by taking advantage of the healing power of food. www.PassionateNutrition.com

4. Yes, FOOD • Yes I do mean food. For example a compound called ellagic acid is one of the most potent cancer fighters in nature. If you have cancer cells anywhere in your body ellagic acid helps your immune system destroy them and shuts off their ability to multiply. • There’s just one thing. Ellagic acid cannot be absorbed by the bloodstream very well so it does little good to take it in a pill form. You have to eat the foods that have it, such as strawberries and raspberries. www.PassionateNutrition.com

5. Diet & Cancer • Poor diet is a major cause of cancer in the US • It lacks nutrients the body needs to maintain healthy cells & tissues • A poor diet means the immune system doesn’t have what it needs to defend itself against invaders that can trigger the onset of cancer www.PassionateNutrition.com

6. Optimal Nutrition • The importance of optimum nutrition when dealing with cancer and to help prevent recurrence cannot be emphasized enough. • Cancer patients who have higher nutritional status are more likely to fight off infection, recover from cancer & help prevent recurrence. www.PassionateNutrition.com

7. Immune System • The immune system is one of your body’s most important defenses against cancer • Cells of the immune system circulate throughout the body, alert for the presence of anything abnormal. www.PassionateNutrition.com

8. Duties • If abnormal cells are detected immune cells signal one another to eliminate it from the body. • The presence of cancer can be a sign that the immune system is doing the best it can but is not functioning well and hasn’t been able to fully perform its duties. www.PassionateNutrition.com

9. Enhance Immune Function • One of the key principles in the natural prevention and treatment of cancer is to enhance immune function by: • Reducing free-radical formation in the body • Limit exposure to dietary and environmental sources of free radicals • Increase your intake of antioxidant nutrients and other substances that support immune function. www.PassionateNutrition.com

10. Critical Nutrients for Immune System • Selenium Why take expensive supplements? Enjoy just one Brazil nut each day and ensure your selenium levels remain OK • Germanium broccoli, celery, garlic, shiitake mushrooms, milk, onions, rhubarb, sauerkraut, tomato juice, chlorella, all chlorophyll rich foods • Trace minerals • Antioxidant vitamins A, C and E www.PassionateNutrition.com

11. Nourish & Strengthen the Immune System • Beets • Carrots • Garlic • Green tea • Wild mushrooms • Seaweed • Dark leafy greens • Stinging nettle www.PassionateNutrition.com

12. Protein • Protein is essential for recovery • Maintains muscle mass • Nourishes the lining of the GI • Boosts blood counts • Heals tissue • Boosts the immune system • Conventional therapy can increases protein needs by up to 50% www.PassionateNutrition.com

13. How do fruits & vegetables help prevent cancer? • Concentrated amounts of antioioxidants, carotenes, folates, selenium, indol-3 carbinol, and other anti-cancer phytochemicals and nutrients in a synergistic combination impossible to duplicate in a pill. www.PassionateNutrition.com

14. Eat a Rainbow Everyday • Eat some from each category, daily • Raw, ones rich in the antioxidant vitamin C • Oily, such as avocado for vitamin E • Green, yellow & orange for antioxidant carotenes, which become vitamin A in the liver • Dark leafy Greens such as chard, kale, mustard greens, collard greens & spinach for folate • Garlic for selenium the mineral that lowers breast cancer • Cabbage family for indol-3 carbinol, to reduce estrogen related and age-related breast cancer www.PassionateNutrition.com

15. Beans • Legumes can decrease breast cancer risk. • They contain enzymes which reduce the production of estradiol and plant hormones which help keep estradiol out of breast cells. • The more estradiol in your body the greater your benefit from eating legumes, especially if you are premenopausal or taking estrogen replacement hormones. www.PassionateNutrition.com

16. Red Meat • Women who eat red meat at lest 1x a day have 2 x the likelyhood of developing breast cancer as women who eat fish, poultry and dairy products daily. • However with a calorie balanced diet (where intake balances requirements) there is a lower risk of breast cancer whether they include meat or not. www.PassionateNutrition.com

17. Fiber • A Canadian study found that women whose diets were high in fiber had 30% less breast cancer than those with fiber-poor diets. • Whole grains, beans, fruits & vegetables supply fiber. www.PassionateNutrition.com

18. Eat a Rainbow Everyday • A diet rich in fruits and vegetables is your best bet for preventing cancer • Strong evidence to support this • Choose different colored vegetables & fruits: red, orange, yellow, green, blue & purple- the full spectrum of cancer fighting compounds as well as nutrients needed for optimal function and protection from disease www.PassionateNutrition.com

19. SAD • If French fries, potato chips and the lettuce and tomatoes from hamburgers are taken out of the equation, less than half of all Americans actually consume even a single serving of a vegetable or fruit in a day! www.PassionateNutrition.com

20. Tips for Eating a Rainbow • With each meal and snack include at least 3 different colored foods • Buy different kinds of vegetables and fruits so you have a selection • Keep frozen vegetables and fruits on hand • Use vegetables and fruits that go bad easily first and save hardier varieties for later in the week www.PassionateNutrition.com

21. More Tips • Keep vegetables and fruits where you can see them • Keep a bowl of cut up vegetables on the top shelf of the refrigerator • Keep a fruit bowl on your kitchen counter • Always carry cut up vegetables & fruit in your purse or briefcase • Buy washed & cut vegetables that are ready to eat or cook www.PassionateNutrition.com

22. Fat is Controversial • Although women in most countries where fat intake is high do have a greater incidence of breast cancer, women in countries where the diet is high-fat but even-caloried, meaning the total calories do not exceed needs and a healthy weight is easily maintained, have very low rated of breast cancer. • For example women of Crete get 60% of their calories from fat, yet have the lowest incidence of breast cancer in the world. www.PassionateNutrition.com

23. Fat • Olive oil & butter from organic sources can reduce the risk of breast cancer. • They contain phytochemicals that stop the initiation and promotion of breast cancer. www.PassionateNutrition.com

24. Low fat = Low protein • Typically restricts protein foods from animal sources because of saturated fats • Protein deficiency can lead to symptoms like weakness, fatigue, dry & brittle hair & nails, slow wound healing, chronic infections, sugar handling issues, difficulty losing weight & poor muscle tone www.PassionateNutrition.com

25. Problem Fats • Linoleic acid found in nuts, corn oil and most margarines speeds up both te rate of growth of breast cancers and the and the rate of metastases in mice when fed levels ranging from 8-50 % of total daily fat. • It’s all about balance www.PassionateNutrition.com

26. Fats • Use organic fats, especially olive oil, butter and goats milk cheese. • Health benefits of switching from a low fat to a healthy fat diet are numerous. www.PassionateNutrition.com

27. Water • Low water consumption increases the risk for cancers of the breast, colon and urinary tract • Water is essential for life • The average amount of water in our body is 10 gallons. • We need to drink at least 48 oz per day to replace the water lost through urination, sweat and breathing www.PassionateNutrition.com

28. Dehydration • Even mild dehydration impairs our body’s functions and performance • Many nutrients need water to be dissolved • Numerous metabolic processes need to take place in water • Water is needed to eliminate toxins from our body especially if undergoing chemotherapy www.PassionateNutrition.com

29. Reduce Exposure to Pesticides • In the US more than 1.2 billion pounds of pesticides and herbicides are sprayed or added to food crops each year. • This equals about 5 pounds of pesticides for each person in the US. www.PassionateNutrition.com

30. Avoiding Pesticides • Buy high quality foods that concentrate pesticides such as animal fat, meat, eggs, and dairy products • Buy organic produce, which is grown without synthetic pesticides and fertilizers • Buy local produce, in season • Peel off the skin or remove the outer leaves to reduce pesticide levels www.PassionateNutrition.com

31. Pesticides • The possible presence of pesticides in fruits and vegetables should not be a deter you from eating a diet high in these foods. The concentrations in fruits and vegetables are much lower than levels found in animal foods. Also the antioxidants, vitamins and minerals are necessary to help your body deal with pesticides. www.PassionateNutrition.com

32. Good News • An abundance of (5 servings a day) of cooked, canned, frozen, dried and raw fruits & vegetables in the diet can lower breast cancer risk by 46%! • Members of the cabbage family- including broccoli, kale, turnips, radishes, cabbage and cauliflower do even more. www.PassionateNutrition.com

33. Detoxification • Many fresh vegetables & fruits contain glutathione, an important antioxidant found in all tissues in the body • Glutathione is an important anticancer agent that helps detoxify and eliminate toxins such as heavy metals, pesticides and solvents • Our body absorbs glutathione from foods, but absorbs very little when taken as a supplement. www.PassionateNutrition.com

34. Glutathione • The combination of detoxification and free-radical protection makes it one of the most important cancer fighters in our cells. • The greater your exposure to toxins, the faster your body uses up its supply of glutathione • Without the protection of glutothione cells die at a faster rate, accelerating aging and increasing risk of toxin induced diseases including cancer www.PassionateNutrition.com

35. Promoting Elimination • There is a strong correlation between breast & colon cancer and chronic constipation • A bowel transit time of greater than 48 hours can lead to carcinogens produced by bacteria and toxic buildup • The intestines contain 70-80% of our immune cells www.PassionateNutrition.com

36. Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence • Foods that help prevent cancer help prevent recurrence too. • Apples • Burdock • Carrots • Dark green leafy vegetables • Dried beans • Garlic • Kelp • Sweet potatoes • Wild mushrooms • Turmeric www.PassionateNutrition.com

37. 90% • It isn’t necessary to have a perfect diet to get cancer fighting benefits. • Choose healthy foods 90% of the time and you will still benefit without feeling deprived. • Even small changes improve your health and resistance to illness. • Focus on including more healthy choices. www.PassionateNutrition.com

38. Rewards • Making wise choices will not only reduce your cancer risk, it will improve your overall health. • The increased sense of energy and well-being that comes from a healthy diet and lifestyle become an equally great reward. www.PassionateNutrition.com