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Cancer And Obesity - The Food Connection

When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1992, I began to search everywhere to see how this might have happened to me. I researched any way I could to get information that could possibly help me. The internet was not developed at that time, so I began to read and ask questions.

I was in the 85% of women who develop breast cancer when there is no known family history of the disease. I was 37 years old, so I had not had a baseline mammogram yet. For the first three months, the doctors were sure I would not live. I was sure that I would.

One area of my research brought me to thinking about the role of diet and weight as related to breast cancer. I read about women who are obese and end up with a high level of estrogen in the body. The estrogen formed tumors that ended up being cancerous.

I have always been a milk drinker. The estrogen

Veagn And Raw Food Diets

Eating a vegan diet as opposed to a vegetarian diet means that you consume no animal products at all. There are even those who prefer a completely raw food diet, which is supposed to be the healthiest of all ways of eating. You can lose unwanted weight while eating more food than ever before.

Before switching over to one of these extreme diets, make sure you have done your research and know what will work for you and your lifestyle. Here are some things to think about it you are considering going vegetarian or vegan.

• Read as much as you can before beginning to eat this way. There are many books written on the subject, including The China Study, written by T. Colin Campbell. This book has changed the way many westerners will eat forever, particularly if they are suffering from any of a host of illnesses and diseases, including cancer, diabetes, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, or heart disease.
• Visit health food grocery stores to get some ideas oh what foods to eat and how to prepare them. One of the reasons people go back to their old ways of eating have to with not being able to easily prepare meals using the new foods they are choosing to eat. There are also many

Losing Weight And Dieting When You Do Not Feel Well

If you are sick, you should not try to stay on a diet and exercise schedule. When your body needs to rest just give yourself a break. It may be the best thing to get you started on your healthy lifestyle program again once you are feeling better. Here are some ways to take care of yourself when you are sick so that your diet and weight loss program will not suffer during this time.

• Drink lots of water. You should do this anyway, but when you are not feeling well it will clean out your system and fill you up so you are not quite as hungry.
• Don’t eat too many fruits and vegetables. Eat just a small percentage of what you would eat when you feel well. This will keep you from having diarrhea and becoming dehydrated.
• Avoid sweets of any kind. You may have a craving for sugar to give you some quick energy while you are recuperating. Resist this urge and you will find that you get better much sooner than you would if you gave in and ate these types of foods.
• Suspend your exercise program until you are completely well again. Even light to moderate exercise can make you have a relapse and put you back where you were previously.
• Don’t try to make up for lost time once you are well. Take your time getting back to your routine and you will be able to start losing weight and feeling great very soon.

Cleansing the body to lose weight quickly is also a way to get started after you have been ill.