Eating Through Cancer

Jennifer writes the blog Eating Through Cancer. 

Jennifer is a mother of three, who recently completed treatment for stage 3 breast cancer. She learned much about the ability of food to support your DNA and your liver while undergoing treatments. And she managed to stay quite healthy and energetic throughout her treatments, and continues to feel very healthy. Her dream is to share what she learned with as many people as possible and to get this information to people who have not been diagnosed with cancer, so that they may make a few changes to their current lifestyles and never receive the shock that she received two years ago.

I was diagnosed with stage 3, triple positive breast cancer in June 2009. My treatment included eight rounds of chemotherapy over five months, followed by a mastectomy and five weeks of radiation. I chose to have reconstructive surgery which was completed in February 2011.

After I was diagnosed, as so many women have done before me, I began researching. I wanted to know how I could support my body while I underwent a long and toxic treatment. I met an excellent nutritionist who helped me make some important changes to my diet. I gathered all the reasonable advice and theories I could find and started practicing them. I discovered that exercise, a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and healthy proteins as well as natural remedies made a difference in how I felt. I remained healthy and energetic throughout the treatment and continue to feel healthy. The changes I made have become new habits; habits that I believe will help prevent a recurrence in the future.

I am currently working through my emotional reaction to the ordeal through strategies I am learning from a program called the Healing Journey. The strategies, I believe, will help me make some important changes to the way I manage or perceive stressful situations. I think this will also help prevent a recurrence in the future as cancer seems to thrive in an acidic environment, and stress creates an acidic internal environment. Of course, this is all very difficult to prove, but it feels good, so I will continue on this path.

I started writing a blog at the suggestion of a friend who saw how encouraged I was by the impact these changes had on me. I have tried to present in as organized a way as possible all that I have learned and am still learning since my diagnosis. I hope it helps others who have to go through this, and I truly hope that it finds it's way into the hands of those who have not been diagnosed with cancer, so they can make some gradual changes that may prevent this disease altogether.

Be well.

Jennifer


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