Fight Colon Cancer With These Super Foods
Improve your diet with Colon Cancer Real Talk. Discover superfoods that can help you manage your late-stage colon cancer that can be easily found at your local grocery stores.
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Juice/Drink Recipe
Here’s what you will need to make my favorite superfood drink:
Almond milk (1 cup)
almond milk ice cubes (5)
Blueberries (1 cup)
Kale, Chard, etc. (3-4 large leaves)
Apple (1/2 medium)
Lemon zest (1tbs)
Cucumber (1/2)
Chia seeds (1 tbs)
Flax seeds (2 tbs)
Ginger (Chop fine, ½ tsp)
turmeric (powder 1 tsp powder or equivalent chopped)
Matcha tea (1 tsp)
Cinnamon (1/2 tsp)
Protein powder (1 scoop)
‘Green Vibrance’ powder or equivalent (1 scoop)
Carrots (4 mini carrots)
Blend all of these in a high-power blender to liquefy (we have great success with ‘Vitamix’, as it completely liquefies all solids).
For circumstances after chemo where appetites will not allow a full glass with pulp, a slow-rotation juicer is ideal. This worked well for me during my first year of chemo. These juicers separate the liquid from the solids to make a concentrated, supercharged, easy-to-drink concentrate of approximately 2–3 oz.
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Food I Enjoy
I encourage you to find certain food that you will enjoy on your journey. On that note, here is the food that I enjoyed during my chemo treatments:
Stir-fry veggies: broccoli, spinach, tomatoes, bok-choy, carrots, mushrooms, and garlic
Vegetarian black bean chili with garlic
Lentil dishes and lentil soups:
Berries/fruit salad: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and pomegranate seeds
Foods to Avoid
Foods with high glycemic load:
White Rice
Noodles
Candy
Sugar (added sugars are a big no for me because sugars spike our bodies’ blood sugar.
The substance our body uses to lower high blood sugar also feeds cancer cells)
Red Meat (limit to a few ounces per week)
Processed Food
White and Wheat Bread
Alcohol (keep alcohol intake low or cut it out completely)
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Healthier Alternatives
There are substitute sweeteners to replace sugar, including Stevia and Monk Fruit. On the other hand, substitutes for regular pasta include:
Spinach
Chickpea
Red lentil
Zucchini noodles
Veggie and black bean burgers can replace red meat, while sprouted bread and pumpernickel are great bread alternatives.
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