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Post by suze on May 29, 2010 8:58:50 GMT
I have written myself a weekly diet plan outline which other people might find useful. It's good cos it is adapted from a diet designed for good bowel health and includes lots of the stuff we should be eating on an anti-cancer diet. Not only that is balances out certain food groups over the week, it is very low GI and high on anti-cancer ingredients like soft fruit and cabbage! I have used a version of this diet for nearly four years, and who is to say that it hasn't actually been a great help to me, although I got secondaries, perhaps they were less in mumber, perhaps they were kept smaller? Any rate, we've got to eat, so we might as well do it with an eye on good health. The plan is good for all sort of health reasons, not just anti-cancer. I have revised it to include turmeric recipes every day, and added a few other pointers from Dr S-S's book .. I've put it on here as an attachement so you can download it and adapt it yourself if you want to. It is certainly only an outline to me and B, we ring the changes of the exact content of the meals, but we DO by and large stick to the overall shape of the plan. I lost 5 stones on this, but she didn't because she ate more of some things and continued to drink alcohol, so it is possible to either maintain or lose weight with this eating plan, depending on how strict you are, and what portion sizes you serve. When we do it very strictly we feel great, and the foods really are a pleasure to eat, but can be a bit time consuming, shopping for very fresh stuff and lots of chopping .. I think you have to see that as a meditation, to be calm and relaxed in the kitchen, working slowly and with love over the food you are treating yourselves to. I hope this helps Attachments:
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Post by suze on May 29, 2010 9:09:49 GMT
PS I notice there are a few ads when you use the attachment service, just ignore them!
Your computer security will probably block it too, so it's up to you to trust me that I am not attaching any vile viruses to your pc!
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jan
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Post by jan on May 29, 2010 18:33:37 GMT
have downloaded this..thanks
I am desperate to try and regain my healthy eating, but time restrainsts seem against me,
but you have given me an incentive
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Post by suze on May 29, 2010 19:33:27 GMT
Well it is a fairly tough diet for an ileo ... but see how you go with it ..
you probably need to cook veg where they say more salads. It should work with your gluten intolerant person cos there is very little wheat in it at all! But no meat either! LOL
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Post by anne on Jun 1, 2010 8:52:55 GMT
Thank you suze - that's a good plan ... would you do this just one cycle every couple of months and eating fairly normally inbetween, or do you see it as a more or less permanent diet?
A question about tumeric - does it work just as well if it isn't cooked first, for example mixed into a salad dressing? I use it about 2/3 times a week but mostly fried off in oil first.
During the winter especially I like to sprout seeds - puy lentils in particular - and eat them in salads. Lots of goodies in there.
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Post by suze on Jun 1, 2010 15:49:56 GMT
I eat this diet pretty much as is most of the time ... except for the last few months, but the three years b4 that .. we just get into the habit .. this has to be normal, really if it is going to work . the idea is to keep up a steady drip of the foods that are known to be anti-cancer (and avoid the sort known to provoke) it's like non-stop chemo without the shitty side effects.
As far as I know about turmeric it's usually cooked . . . .that's what Indian recipes usually call for and there rate of cancers per 100,000 is a fraction of those in the west ... what you MUST do is add black pepper with it, it activates the turmeric powers! they do say in the books add to salad dressings, dunno if they mean fried first or not, though, sorry!
I'm trying to eat it daily, which IS new for me .. so that is one of the ways I've tweaked the basic diet I had from the superfoods book, to take account of the new stuff I've learnt in the two anti-cancer books. Turmeric is very powerful and it makes sense to try and get it in everyday .. if you can!
We just had a carrot soup made with turmeric for lunch and it was nice .. going to check if it's a recipe I've already posted.
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Post by anne on Jun 1, 2010 21:17:22 GMT
Well I put a heaped teaspoonful of tumeric in our spaghetti sauce mix tonight!
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Post by suze on Jun 2, 2010 9:13:24 GMT
Well I put a heaped teaspoonful of tumeric in our spaghetti sauce mix tonight! did it taste ok?
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Post by anne on Jun 2, 2010 18:51:24 GMT
It was very nice thankyou!
do you ever use linseeds themselves? Do they need to be soaked?
I notice your diet doesn't include wheat in any form - are you avoiding bread nowadays? I would find it very hard to cope without bread.
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Post by suze on Jun 3, 2010 7:52:56 GMT
Linseeds whoel ususally go through you pretty undigested unless you chew very carefully, so most books recommend squashing them to open the hard little husks on them .. soaked and added to cereal is a popular way.
I'm not eating much bread cos of the High GI thing. In fact there is bread on there twice, I think, cant remeber which days. We had a delightful walnut whole grain loaf this week it was really delicious, and I appreciate it very much when it is more of a treat!
I find eating something other than a sandwich takes longer at lunch and thereore feels more satisfying, and breakfats are built around fruit, mainly, and oats sometimes. Esp try to eat oats on days we plan to cycle a fair bit, or you get too hungry. Also I need to eat a cracker or a bit of bread if we're out on a long ride .. plus bananas obviously, every cyclists fave quick-food-fix!
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Post by suze on Jun 10, 2010 6:43:11 GMT
I am going to record my weight loss in here, anyone elso who is doing weight control is welcome to post their stats in here ... you dont have to put your start weight in, but I will cos, well, cos!
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Post by suze on Jun 10, 2010 6:45:03 GMT
I usually weigh at the weekend
Last week I weighed 13st 8lbs - goal weight 12 stones -- aim to lose 22lbs
This weekend I weighed 13st 4lbs
loss so far: 4lbs down 18lbs to go!
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Post by anne on Jun 10, 2010 8:19:21 GMT
Good idea, I'll join you! (the daft idea of photographing the bathroom scales against various backgrounds has occurred to me ... not )
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Post by suze on Jun 10, 2010 10:17:00 GMT
Good idea, I'll join you! (the daft idea of photographing the bathroom scales against various backgrounds has occurred to me ... not ) well it takes a certain courage to post your weight in public, but it works for me a bit like classes .. knowing a.n.other person is looking at your stats! I'm set on it now .. really set! you will shoot off with all your steps, anne! so you're not going to get nakkid in public pales to photo your scales (you cannot weigh self in clothes, after all, we all know that! )
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Post by liz on Jun 10, 2010 11:01:14 GMT
It is a great idea to post your weight and talk about what you are doing.... why be shy about it? So mnay of us struggle to get to/maintain a healthy weight - me included! I will weight and post my weight after my birthday weekend cos I know I am creeping up and I want to get control again!
It is a great idea to have goals. 5% and 10% are good ones..... The health benefits start to be measurable at 5% (diabetes/heart disease/blood pressure/joints/asthma....)
10% is the next big goal - really significant at that point in terms of heart health and all that, fora lot of people it also brings them close to their long term goal.
The BMI gives an idea of what healthy weights are - but a lot of people think they are set very low and it is quite poss to be heathy at a higher weight. They do give an indication though. I am just inside my 25 percentile at the moment and I have to work to stay there!
The diet plan looks very healthy and balanced. For me I would have to add a few more treats and variety in. I do love a bit of intense choc (every day!) and I do drink..... but the basic things of eating loads of fruit and veg and eating a rainbow are just such good principles. Everything I have ever read says loads of fresh food, with wholegrain carbs and small amounts of lean protein is ideal.
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