Grains,egetables,fruits and legumes ensure plenty of fiber,but chicken breasts,beef,pork,eggs,cheese,and all other animal products contain no fiber at all.
Fortunately. the foods we eat can help protect our bodie. Antioxidants, including vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene. In a recent research review, cancer experts found sinnificant evidence suggesting that carotenoids help proted against esophageal, lung, and mouth cancers.
It should come as no surprise that vegetarians have stronger immune systems than meat-eaters. Studies of whit blood cell samples from vegetarians have shown them to have more than double the cancer cell-destroying ability of their non vegetarian counterparts.
By Neal D. Barnard, MD
This is my friend Kathy' letter:
I』d like to share a little of my experience with you because we all are affected by breast cancer and face the possibility of having it ourselves in the future.
I received the diagnosis of stage 3 breast cancer on April 1, 2016, just 2 months to the day when I started a new career as director of Adult Education at age 63. My mother had died a year before due to complications from breast cancer treatments so this was a double blow. The fear I felt was gripping.
These last few months have been emotional but educational to say the least. Although I was strongly encouraged to start chemotherapy, surgery & radiation as soon as possible, I didn』t feel that was the right choice for me. I was very confused and felt pressured to follow the doctors』 advice. I had begun changing my eating habits a year earlier but at this time I switched to a plant based diet, which supports tumor shrinkage. I went to the City of Hope for a second opinion and saw one of the leading breast cancer doctors. When I told her that I felt I had no choice but to start chemo, she stood up and strongly announced, 「You have every choice!」 She talked to me about an alternative medication I could take which blocks hormone production and, for my type of cancer, research has shown to be just as successful as chemo in shrinking tumors. Of course I was taking a chance with my health because chemo is the standard course of treatment but I felt there were as many health risks with its side effects.
So, to make a long story short, I started the medication in June and continued with my plant-based diet (and prayer) and my last tests show that the tumors have shrunk markedly (at least 50 %, some more)!
There is still a long road ahead of me which may include surgery but I can honestly say that I』m not afraid. That is the biggest miracle. I also learned that I can make choices to support my health which include diet and exercise as well as medical decisions.