[TanyaRD]

I don't believe it is necessary to eliminate low fat dairy, peanut products (peanut oil, natural PB, peanuts), avocado, coffee (though not in excess), sesame oil, ginger, sage, saffron (all 3 in cooking not supplement form). The list provided on the website is based on the idea that these are estrogenic foods or may stimuate the growth of breast cancer. However, many of these studies are very limited and are difficult to apply to the population. These foods are not an absolute necessity in the diet so if you feel strongly about avoiding the entire list I wouldn't see any nutritional issue with it. However, there are certain foods in the list I made above that can offer some real benefit in the diet such as calcium from low fat/fat free dairy, monounsaturated fats from avocado and peanuts (products).

Overall, the most important area we know with certainty is for breast cancer survivors to avoid saturated fat and avoid carrying excess weight. At this point, whether one chooses to follow a very low fat, low animal product diet or a more Mediterranean-plant based diet is still up for debate.

Best wishes.