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  1. Happy July!🍉 Everyone is welcome!
  2. Friday - Breakfast - Watercress with mixed greens, microgreens, and flowers. Breakfast bowl with cassoulet beans, 10 grain cereal, barberries, elderberries, chokeberries, goji berries, goldenberries, mulberries, blueberries, blackberries, mango, dragon fruit, pomegranate, kiwi, banana, fig, apricot, orange and lemon zest, walnuts, flax, chia, hemp, sunflower & pumpkin seeds, soy milk. Lunch - Big salad with mixed greens, seaweed, red onion, cucumber, English peas, green beans, butternut squash, tomato, radishes, edamame, quinoa, turnips. Whipped up a quick dressing from leftover cashew tartar sauce mixed with Bayou BBQ seasoning from Local Spicery. A mandarin and apple slices. Dinner - Homemade Thai pizza with peanut/garlic/ginger sauce, crispy tofu, scallions, carrot matchsticks, and shredded kale.
  3. I'm sorry about your friend. My FIL had bile duct cancer. He died just a few months after diagnosis, but he was elderly and in poor health (with advanced dementia, among other things) when the cancer was discovered. I hope your friend does well with her treatment.
  4. Thursday - Breakfast - Watercress with mixed greens, microgreens, and flowers. Breakfast bowl with beluga lentils, oats, spelt, barley, mandarin, kiwi, banana, dragon fruit, passion fruit, blueberries, blackberries, fig, sour cherries, pluot, apricot kernels, pomegranate, mango, goldenberries, goji berries, mulberries, lemon and orange zest, walnuts, flax, chia, hemp, sunflower & pumpkin seeds, soy milk. Lunch - Big salad with mixed greens, seaweed, edamame, tomato, radishes, turnips, chives, raw mixed nuts, sesame seeds, nigella, WFPB Thousand Island. Apple slices and longans. Dinner - Leftover tofu filets and coleslaw from last night, plus I saw Monkey & Me’s Buffalo Ranch Rice recipe on Facebook and decided to give it a try. Turned out great. I’m not a huge fan of buffalo flavor, but it is pretty subtle in this recipe.
  5. My dream job from the time I was a tiny kid was to have my own animal sanctuary, and I’ve lived that dream for the past 33 years. At last count, we’ve had upwards of 50 rescue dogs, plus many horses, cats, and assorted other creatures in need of a home. It has been years of hard labor and long hours (dh and I haven’t been on vacation in many years), but it is a wonderful way to use my life. To pay the bills for the above, I also had another, not-so-dreamy job as a business owner for 30 years.
  6. Adorable! Did the vet show you how to use a warm washcloth to stimulate her to poop?
  7. It was in the 180s here last time I looked earlier today. It hasn't been bothering me at all, but two of my horses are having eye problems from it.
  8. I'm glad you have such great support. It's so important to have people in your corner who respect your healthy choices and cheer you on! The amount of peer pressure to eat crap in this society is ridiculous. The same people who would never urge a reformed alcoholic to lighten up and have a beer, or a reformed smoker to have a cigarette, think nothing of pressuring someone who's kicked the unhealthy food addiction. It's considered radical to cut out foods that have just as much of a negative impact on health as booze or cigarettes. I don't know if you're ever on Dr. Fuhrman's site, but in the Nutritarian Network section, there's a woman named Emily Boller who posts regularly. She has such wise words about addictive foods and how to handle slip-ups to avoid the downward spiral. She's awesome, and I thought of her when I read your post because she has often talked about the addictive nature of baked goods. She also wrote a book called Starved to Obesity that is a great read.
  9. Wednesday - Breakfast - Kale with pea shoots (this is our bottom of the barrel day before greens delivery). Breakfast bowl with soybeans, 10 grain cereal, yacon, nectarine, apricot, banana, kiwi, guava, fig, elderberries, chokeberries, barberries, blueberries, blackberries, goji berries, goldenberries, mulberries, longans, dragon fruit, passion fruit, mango, lemon and orange zest, walnuts, flax, chia, hemp, sunflower & pumpkin seeds, soy milk. Lunch - Chickpea salad wrap, apple slices, a mandarin. Dinner - We had an old favorite tonight, tofu “fish filets”. I realized that we’ve been having these for 30+ years - I can remember making them as a newlywed in our first little kitchen. I think the recipe came from Vegetarian Times magazine sometime around 1990. Back then, I used Mori Nu silken tofu, which was the only kind available, and I had to get it via mail order! Times have changed for the better, at least as far as tofu is concerned. 🙂 It is super easy, tofu slices dipped in aquafaba and then coated in seasoned bread crumbs and baked. I also made cashew tartar sauce with fresh dill from the garden, and I tried Monkey & Me’s latest coleslaw recipe, which is a copycat KFC recipe (WFPB style). Whether it actually tastes like KFC or not, I have no clue, but it was good. Dessert - Dragon fruit banana nice cream.
  10. Here’s how it went: OP posted asking for help relating to diet and cancer. I posted a video from an expert in the field that I thought would help her, especially since I know she already eats WFPB and is interested in evidence-based science. I actually thought of OP and her dh right away when I saw it, based on conversations I’ve had with her in the past. I specifically said I do not have personal experience with cancer treatment (although I have been through it with parents and in laws). I said I was only repeating what the doctor said about weight loss, and that I found it interesting. You then set out to prove the doctor is wrong and a quack. At no point have I said or implied that anyone on this thread is wrong about anything, other than that you are grossly mischaracterizing the doctor in the video. You have a history of following me around on threads and disparaging or attacking scientific information that I post. Since you’re obviously uncomfortable with that information, go ahead and block me.
  11. Her presentation was about all kinds of cancer, and she works with all kinds of cancer patients in her support groups, so it is not clear if her comment is specific only to breast cancer or to cancer patients in general. I just wanted to clarify because you seemed to be eager to trash her, when she is someone who is actually trying to do good in this world and help people. She's not out there selling supplements or trying to drum up more business for her practice. She is trying to prevent cancer, and prevent recurrences in people who've already had it. She's giving people information (for free) they might not be hearing anywhere else, so that they (hopefully) don't ever have to be a patient of hers. This world needs more people like that, so it is discouraging when the impulse of others is to tear them down. Here is her description from the show notes: Passionate about the treatment of cancer, and focusing on breast, gynecological and head and neck cancers, Dr. Pittier is affiliated with Tacoma Valley Radiation Centers in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Pittier earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Occidental College, medical degree at the Trinity College followed by completing two residencies first in internal medicine then radiation oncology both at the University of Washington Medical Center. She has worked in Tacoma, WA since starting in private practice in 2009. Currently, she is the co-Chair of Franciscan Breast Center of Excellence, sits on the Cancer Committee for Virginia Mason/Franciscan Health Services, and serves as the tumor board director for multidisciplinary clinics. She implemented a survivorship clinic for cancer survivors, and remains active in community outreach programs specifically geared at preventing cancer.
  12. Here's the actual quote from Dr. Pittier after the host asks her about people losing weight during cancer treatment: Dr. Pittier: You know, not as much as you'd think. It's not the battle days of cancer treatment. The average breast cancer patient who goes through chemo actually comes out 20 pounds heavier. We now have excellent medications to combat nausea. They get a lot of steroids. There's a lot of care to treat the side effects of the therapy. So actually it's not like it used to be where people got cancer and all of a sudden they lost 50 pounds. You still see it on occasion, but it's much rarer.
  13. Tuesday - Breakfast - Watercress with mixed greens and microgreens. Breakfast bowl with Domingo de Rojo beans, oats, barley, spelt, mango, banana, longans, rambutans, blueberries, blackberries, goldenberries, goji berries, mulberries, kiwi, pomegranate, guava, sour cherries, apricot & apricot kernels, lemon and orange zest, walnuts, flax, chia, hemp, sunflower & pumpkin seeds, soy milk. Lunch - Big salad with shredded Brussels sprouts, chives, sauerkraut, turnips, beets, sweet potato, mushrooms, tomato, carrots, edamame, French lentils, quinoa, pistachios, sesame seeds, nigella, WFPB Thousand Island. A mandarin and a walnut chocolate chip WellBean bar. Dinner - We finished up the last of the split pea soup and I also had a wrap with chickpea salad (mashed chickpeas with red onion, pickles, garlic, fresh dill, tahini, mustard, apple cider vinegar, and a splash of soy milk).
  14. Experiences will of course vary from person to person, but a quick google search shows that she is correct about weight gain being common during treatment, and that the 20 pound weight gain she mentioned is correct as well.
  15. Well, her presentation is chock full of the most up to date scientific studies on all kinds of cancer, so she certainly seems to have done her research. The video seems exactly like the kind of evidence-based information that OP is asking for, which is why I posted it.
  16. She mentioned anti-nausea drugs, but there may have been more to the explanation as well - I can’t remember. She seems extremely knowledgeable and works with cancer patients day in and day out as her life’s work, so ignorant isn’t a word that came to mind when listening to her.🤷‍♀️
  17. In the video I posted above with the oncologist, she is asked about weight loss during cancer treatment. She said that with the anti-nausea drugs that are available now, most patients don't lose weight during cancer treatment - in fact, women gain an average of 20 pounds during treatment for breast cancer. I have absolutely no experience with this myself and am just repeating what she said, but I found that really interesting. She discusses which foods are beneficial during cancer treatment and which foods can decrease the efficacy of treatment, and she briefly touches on fasting as well.
  18. I’m so sorry! We lost our beloved Boo to bone cancer at age 7. Total heartbreak.💔It is such a horrible disease.
  19. I thought of you and your dh the other day when I watched this interview with a radiation oncologist. Her presentation is all about nutrition for prevention and recurrence of cancer and she has all the science right there to back it up. It is so informative.
  20. Wow, this is mind boggling. It not only contradicts scientific evidence, it also ignores the fact that the healthiest and longest lived people on the planet eat very little or no animal products (the famous Blue Zones, for example). An interesting side note - a poster in one of my plant based groups knows Dr. Wahl personally and has discussed diet with her - and said that Dr. Wahl admitted that it is most likely the vegetables and fruits in her protocol that produced the benefits, not the meat.
  21. Dr. Brooke Goldner's cellular repair protocol has helped MS patients. She suffered terribly from lupus for years, until her dh came up with a nutritional protocol that put her lupus in remission for going on twenty years now. It is mostly veggies with a bit of fruit and lots of omega 3's from flax and chia. She puts all her information out there for free, on her website and social media. She does Q & A's every Wednesday on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube for anyone who has questions.
  22. We eat more than 9 cups a day and keep it pretty simple - huge salads, lots of steamed and roasted veggies, and whole food plant based recipes that are naturally high in veggies. Green smoothies are a great way to get lots of veggies in, too.
  23. Monday - Breakfast - Mixed greens and microgreens. Breakfast bowl with black ayocote beans, 10 grain cereal, passion fruit, banana, kiwi, mango, pomegranate, mandarin, longans, rambutans, goldenberries, blueberries, blackberries, elderberries, barberries, chokeberries, goji berries, mulberries, dragon fruit, lemon and orange zest, walnuts, flax, chia, hemp, sunflower & pumpkin seeds, soy milk. Lunch - A wrap with the last of the collard greens and remnants of cauliflower/pinto bean taco mixture. Half an ear of corn. Apple and pear slices. Dinner - A bowl of leftover split pea soup with homemade oil-free tortilla chips, guacamole, and salsa.
  24. (((history-fan))) I've been thinking of you the past few days and am so sorry to hear this. What a beautiful, sweet girl.
  25. Increased risk of cancer would be a concern as well.
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