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There's something that all cancer patients should hear from their oncologist when they're diagnosed with their cancer. They should be informed that by making certain dietary changes, they could increase their chances of recovery dramatically, no matter how much treatment they are pursuing.
Cancer patients should be informed that nutrition is their first and best defence to cure cancer. They should be given information on how to switch to an alkaline diet, mainly made up of vegetables, with a small amount of fruit, cereals and protein. This diet resembles the ketogenic diet, which is the subject of a wide debate in oncology press reviews, with a further reduction in total consumption of proteins, cereals, fats and processed sugars, to help reduce inflammation in the body.
Instead, food information is provided to cancer patients after the event, and surprisingly, it is usually foods and meal preparation techniques that are known to promote cancer progression. Clearly, there is a gap between the well-documented information on diet and cancer progression and those who communicate most often with cancer patients, oncology teams.
The modern way of life, especially in rapidly changing Western countries, is hardly suitable for alkaline food. Prepared dishes, microwave-prepared meals, prepackaged snacks and fast food dominate the daily menu of many people. So it should come as no surprise that these foods are not optimal if you are fighting cancer.
But what should a patient who has just been diagnosed, right now, do to help him prepare for future treatments and increase his or her chances of recovery?
These are the six most important dietary changes that every cancer patient should make. Although they seem discouraging at first, what the cancer patient really needs to do is to eat fresh, seasonal, simply prepared food.
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