It has been 4 years since I wrote about trying to beat stage 4 colon cancer by changing my lifestyle and eating habits. I just reread my 2013 blog and there are some very good links to informative sites.
I have adapted my diet slightly over the years and I have been asked to share some examples of what I eat. The biggest change is that I am no longer as concerned about the alkalinity of what I eat. I have also stopped taking supplements. It has been 2 years and my blood work is still perfect without them. I am still trying to stay under 50g of carbs a day. My weight has remained in the 165 area. All of my scans and blood work have been clean, so obviously something is working.
It is sometimes easier to list what you should not eat, so here is a list of foods to avoid.
Everything with processed sugar or artificial sweetener
Everything high in natural sugars (read the labels)
Processed anything
All soda
Bread
Pasta
Rice
Grains
Beans
Potatoes
Nuts and seeds (some Keto diets include these. I think they
are too high in carbs. 100g fits in the palm of your hand.)
Milk
Cottage cheese (again some diets recommend this)
Yogurt (read the label. Massive amounts of sugar)
Fruit (with the exception of avocados. A good source of
healthy fat.)
If you have cancer, you
want to avoid all kinds of sugar.
Wine
Mixed drinks
Most beer
This is a link to the a list of the foods I eat. If it does not open for you, I would be happy to send you an e-mail with the spreadsheet. dament2@frontier.com
My meal plan.
For breakfast I drink coffee. I try to only eat within an 8 hour period every day. Fasting for the other 16 hours is actually part of the program. When your body starts burning fats instead of carbs, you will find that you will not get hungry or have cravings. Once a week I have bacon and a cheese omelet for brunch. Eggs are good for more than breakfast food.
I pretty much eat the same thing for lunch every day. On the weekend I make a large batch of cabbage salad using a whole head of green cabbage, a head of celery less the leafy part, 1/2 of a sweet onion, all finely chopped, I add hot pepper flakes, ground black pepper, granulated garlic, olive oil and apple cider vinegar. I mix it up and store it in an airtight container in the fridge. Every morning I mix the salad with either wild caught salmon (from a can) (fresh is also good) or shredded baked chicken or pork. I also add mayo on the day. I take this to work every day and still look forward to eating it. Sometimes for something different, I will roll sliced meat, cheese and spinach together and dip them in mustard. It is better to slice your own roasted meat if you can. Luncheon meat is suspect. Have you ever seen a chicken big enough to have created the size of the white meat loaf at the deli?
For dinner I usually have some form of meat or fish with a spinach salad or vegetable. On Fridays I sometimes make an omelet pizza. I fry enough mozzarella to cover the bottom and sides of a non-stick pan. Let it cool and then transfer it to a cast iron skillet to use as the crust. Add 6-8 scrambled eggs, cheese and whatever pizza toppings are handy and bake it on the grill or in the oven. Tomato sauce has too much sugar so just go with tomato slices (yellow tomatoes do not have sugar)
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/alcohol
To wrap this up I would like to point out that this is a healthy diet even if you do not have cancer. You need to feed your body what your cells need to keep them healthy, so they can keep you healthy. Sugar is really bad for you on so many levels.
Stay Happy and enjoy your friends and family while you can.
Best wishes.
Doug Mackenzie
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