f1jim wrote:I too am sorry to hear of your diagnosis. Cancer is always an ugly thing to deal with.
Does this mean that FODMAPS is still the revelation you found it to be or are you once again searching for a new answer? It seems that virtually all the data I have seen in regards to cancer prevention/tumor growth all shows the plant based diet to be head and shoulders above a high meat/protein diet. Every hormone tied to acceleration of tumor growth seems enhanced by the consumption of animal products and dairy. There seems little reason for confusion if looking at peer reviewed literature. I am not sure what literature would point someone to anything else but I'd love to see it.
f1jim
Hi, Jim. I was doing very well, digestion-wise, with FODMAPS. When I got the cancer diagnosis, I got scared and started searching for answers. Of course, the weight of evidence seems to be on the side of vegan, so I went to plant-based. And, of course, my stomach problems began anew. (Don't talk to my husband...he'd just say "I told you so".) So then, of course, I was left adrift, confused and scared.
In my search for answers, I
did find that there is one antioxidant that has been proven to shrink tumors and is found only in meat - carnosine. I say that not to be provocative, but just to show that this is a very deep, unknown and confusing subject.
I don't know why I'm back here. Maybe, as fulen said, it's because McDougall feels like a "warm and secure" place.
I guess all this is to say that I'm not "searching anew", but searching still. And I'd like to think that my friends here are also trying to find the best way to health.
ETA: There are studies showing that ketogenic diets can shrink tumors. When you actually have cancer, that's not something to be sneezed at.
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