My mom just got diagnosed with advanced Ovarian Cancer, She is starting treatment soon. Any food suggestions?
I've heard that there are some foods or remedies that may be of help. Anyone have any ideas? I heard Green tea is good & so is apple cider vinegar. Any good food & helpful remedies appreciated. Thank you.
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Any food that she wants to eat would be appropriate. She may be weak after chemo and needs to keep her protein intake up which helps with healing. Soon, nothing will sound or taste good to her.
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BEST WISHES FOR YOU AND YOU MOM! HOPE THIS HELPS Potent chemicals found in tea can help fight ovarian and breast cancers, new research suggests. Broccoli and kale are also rich sources of cancer-fighting flavonoids, says Margaret Gates, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard School of Public Health who has been studying their link to ovarian cancer. Flavonoids are believed to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. Her research suggests that women who increase their consumption of kaempferol, a type of flavonoid, can lower their risk of ovarian cancer by nearly 40%. A second study shows that women who consume a diet rich in other types of flavonoids - specifically, flavones, flavan-3-ols, and lignans -- can reduce their chance of developing breast cancer by 26% to 39%. If you can't keep all those scientific names straight, no worries: It basically comes down to the same thing, the researchers tell WebMD. For lowering ovarian cancer risk, "tea in particular may be important," Gates says. For breast cancer protection, "tea again is the predominant contributor," Brian Fink, MPH, a doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Both new studies were presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. Kaempferol Fights Ovarian Cancer Gates analyzed data on 66,384 participants of the Nurses' Health Study, none of whom had ovarian cancer at the start of the study. Every few years, beginning in 1984, the women filled out detailed questionnaires that asked about their consumption of more than 120 foods. Using the data, the researchers calculated each participant's intake of five different flavonoids -- myricetin, kaempferol, quercetin, luteolin, apigenin -- and of total flavonoids. Between 1984 and 2002, 344 of the women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Gates says there was no link between total flavonoid consumption and ovarian cancer. Nor did myricetin, quercetin, luteolin, or apigenin significantly affect risk. But the greater the consumption of kaempferol -- which the nurses got mostly from tea, broccoli, and kale -- the lower their chance of developing ovarian cancer. So just how much kaempferol is enough? Gates says 10 milligrams to 12 milligrams a day, the amount found in four cups of tea or two cups of broccoli daily, appears to be protective. Both green tea and black tea will do the trick, she adds. Gates says she'd like to see further research in this area. "If confirmed, flavonoid consumption would provide an important target for ovarian cancer protection," she says. To look at the flavonoid-breast cancer link, Fink studied data from a large study of breast cancer rates and risk factors conducted among women living on Long Island, N.Y., in the mid-1990s. In 1996 and 1997, nearly 3,000 participants were interviewed at home about their lifestyle habits and given questionnaires that asked what they ate and how much they ate.
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If you want your mother to get better, then ignore everything you've ever read or heard suggesting that you can "treat" cancer with certain foods, because it is all bogus nonsense designed to sell books. Green tea is a rich natural source of fluoride, which most of the people telling you cancer can be treated with food will tell you is a poison. Apple cider vinegar won't do you any harm, but again its "popularity" was created by someone trying to sell a book. Your mother needs either surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or a combination thereof...she should take advice from an oncologist, not a "natural remedies" quack. You would not DREAM (I hope!) of trying to treat a broken leg with Green tea, apple cider vinegar, or magic Egyptian beans....why would it even cross your mind that you could effectively treat cancer with anything other than actual medicine? Best wishes to your Mom, she'll be fine if she follows her doctor(s)' advice!
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Stay away from the tea. It's promoted for its antioxidants, but it contains caffeine which promotes dehydration. Why is this so important? Let me ask a question here - how much water does your mom drink? People consume soft drinks, coffee, tea sports and energy drinks and even alcohol, thinking that the water they contain is giving them their daily requirement. But they're actually doing just the opposite - they all contribute to dehydration. (Again with the dehydration?) If your car ran out of gas, would you fill the tank with sand? (...of course not!) Then when the body is crying out for water, why do people reach for a medication that does almost nothing but cause the symptoms to subside for awhile? Why are people given prescriptions that last for weeks, months or years? If the medication is so good, why doesn't it resolve the health issue within the first few doses? Look at the TV ads - when medications are advertised, warnings are given of possible side effects. This is not what the body needs or wants. The body is calling out for water and salt. Between the drinks listed above and the loss of water through normal body functions like respiration and kidney function, an awful lot of water is being lost that is not being replaced. If people don't drink water or aren't drinking enough water, serious problems could develop. The body is composed of a 75% water and salt solution in a critical balance to maintain proper health. Water and salt are the two most important elements in the body - they distribute nutrients and deliver signals to the cells so that they behave properly. When dehydration happens, the cells malfunction and tissue damage can result. Some of the so-called "incurable" diseases include hypertension, asthma and cancer to name just a few. All of these conditions are dehydration related and can be reversed or even cured by simply drinking more water (there is more - using salt, and taking vitamin and mineral supplements). There's an old adage that says, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink". Thanks to the constant bombardment from the drug companies convincing people that drugs are the best way to go, there are some horses you can't even lead to water. You can learn a lot more by clicking on the link below - everything you need to know is free (there is some supplemental material that I would recommend, although it isn't necessary to fully benefit for the information on the site). This is not my website and I do not profit from it in any way. I support the site because it is an excellent resource that promotes the concept of reversing and curing health problems. I do not advocate anyone quitting any medications they may be taking. Any action done as a result of this comment should be done slowly and under a doctor's care. You are encouraged to copy this and discuss it with your doctor.
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