Guest guest Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 beans and high in protein as well as iron, so that's anything from chick peas to soybeans dark leafy greens have iron, as does, of all things, watermelon CKG Oct 12, 2008 5:35 PM Iron/Protein I need some easy to fix foods that provide the following: iron and protein. Any ideas? May have to start chemo. Cyn you're bored in retirement cuz your energies drained away, your money had no answer, you just still want more! your life was never different then the guy next door! all your neighbors are competitors, where'd you all go wrong? there never was a mountain to climb. potential friends are now your enemies, where'd you all go wrong? there never was a mountain to climb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Thanks very much. Facing chemo, needed the information – oncologist’s group is a big meat, dairy, poultry pusher. CKG On Behalf Of fraggle Monday, October 13, 2008 4:34 PM Re: Iron/Protein beans and high in protein as well as iron, so that's anything from chick peas to soybeans dark leafy greens have iron, as does, of all things, watermelon a CK Oct 12, 2008 5:35 PM Iron/Protein I need some easy to fix foods that provide the following: iron and protein. Any ideas? May have to start chemo. Cyn you're bored in retirement cuz your energies drained away, your money had no answer, you just still want more! your life was never different then the guy next door!all your neighbors are competitors, where'd you all go wrong? there never was a mountain to climb. potential friends are now your enemies, where'd you all go wrong? there never was a mountain to climb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 wishing you well what sort of things do you normally enjoy to eat? foods, styles, etc? CKG Oct 13, 2008 6:04 PM RE: Iron/Protein Thanks very much. Facing chemo, needed the information – oncologist’s group is a big meat, dairy, poultry pusher. CKG On Behalf Of fraggleMonday, October 13, 2008 4:34 PM Subject: Re: Iron/Protein beans and high in protein as well as iron, so that's anything from chick peas to soybeans dark leafy greens have iron, as does, of all things, watermelon aCKOct 12, 2008 5:35 PM Iron/Protein I need some easy to fix foods that provide the following: iron and protein. Any ideas? May have to start chemo. Cyn you're bored in retirement cuz your energies drained away, your money had no answer, you just still want more! your life was never different then the guy next door!all your neighbors are competitors, where'd you all go wrong? there never was a mountain to climb. potential friends are now your enemies, where'd you all go wrong? there never was a mountain to climb. Fascism, like socialism, is rooted in a market society that refused to function. A financial system always devolves, without heavy government control, into a Mafia capitalism -- and a Mafia political system. A self-regulating market turns human beings and the natural environment into commodities, a situation that ensures the destruction of both society and the natural environment. Karl Polanyi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 CKG Oct 13, 2008 6:04 PM RE: Iron/Protein Thanks very much. Facing chemo, needed the information - oncologist's group is a big meat, dairy, poultry pusher. CKG >> Iron: http://www.vegansociety.com/food/nutrition/iron.php http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/iron.htm Diet and breast cancer: http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2006nl/dec/fav5.htm Low-fat, Plant-food Diet Slows Breast Cancer Dietary fat, fiber, vegetable, and micronutrients are associated with overall survival in postmenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer by Archana Jaiswal McEligot in the second issue of the journal Nutrition and Cancer concluded, "These results suggest that in postmenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer, reduced dietary fat and increased fiber, vegetable, fruit, and other nutrient intakes associated with a plant-based, high-fiber diet improves overall survival after breast cancer diagnosis."1 Women with breast cancer consuming the highest fat diet had three times the risk of dying compared to those with the lowest fat intake. All kinds of fat including saturated fat, monounsaturated fats, and polyunsaturated (vegetable) fats were found to reduce survival. Monounsaturated fat-from margarine, doughnuts, cookies, cakes, biscuits, muffins, cheeses, and cheese spreads-was associated with three to four times the risk of dying. Markers of higher fruit and vegetable intake like vitamin C, folic acid, carotenoids, and lutein were associated with better survival. Note: Nutrients from food, rather than from supplements (pills) meant better survival. There was no association with alcohol intake and overall survival in women with a diagnosis of breast cancer. Comments: In 1984 the first study showing the benefits of a low-fat, plant-food based diet for women who already had breast cancer was published in a medical journal.2 I was the author of that study. Since my report there have been 17 more studies published on the effect of diet on breast cancer survival. Common sense dictates, "You should not pour gasoline on a fire." Since most scientists and doctors believe the Western diet has a major causative role in this disease, then a fundamental therapy recommended to all women must be a healthy diet. Yet, in real life few women are ever told of this connection and to improve their diet. The course of breast cancer is highly variable with some women dying quickly and some living 35 and more years with their disease. The outcome is determined by the aggressiveness of the cancer pitted against the resistance of the person. The patient's ability to fend off the cancer is determined largely by her diet. Without any doubt, better nutrition will improve the quality of a woman's life and the evidence says her years will also be extended. Could five years expected survival time be lengthened to ten or fifteen by improving the vitality of her immune system and the powers of her other cancer-fighting defenses? I believe so-and this is one more study that supports my beliefs. Recommending that women with breast cancer eat healthier should be easy for doctors. After all, this therapy does not cause nausea, vomiting, or any loss of hair. This is not like chemotherapy costing thousands of dollars. Plus, a healthy diet will also reduce the risk of most diseases from heart attacks to gallbladder disease. Weight loss follows the adoption of a low-fat diet, offering another survival edge. Trim women with breast cancer are known to live much longer than overweight women. Another cost-free, side-effect-free habit, exercise, has been shown to reduce the absolute risk of death for women with breast cancer by 6% over 10 years.3 Thus, the survival benefits achieved from a healthy diet and an exercise program exceed those of all other commonly prescribed therapies: surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But, how many patients know that? 1) Jaiswal McEligot A, Largent J, Ziogas A, Peel D, Anton-Culver H. Dietary fat, fiber, vegetable, and micronutrients are associated with overall survival in postmenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer. Nutr Cancer. 2006;55(2):132-40. 2) McDougall J. Preliminary study of diet as an adjunct therapy for breast cancer. Breast 10:18, 1984. 3) Holmes M, Chen W, Feskanich D, Kroenke C, Colditz G. Physical Activity and Survival After Breast Cancer Diagnosis. JAMA. 2005;293:2479-2486. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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