Are YOU what you eat (and drink)?

[AlaskaAngel]

Last night on the TV news the connection between diet and cancer was raised again. I looked on the news forum on this website and found this about it:

http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30899

That link takes you to:

http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-...193057-66.html

(I post both in case one link happens to disappear or change, for those who might be reading this post later on, and to show appreciation for Joe's efforts in providing the news links.)

Also, as noted at the end of the healthcentral link,

"<O</OThe WCRF report can be found at: <A href="http://www.dietandcancerreport.org/" target=_blank>http://www.dietandcancerreport.org/<O</O"

By extension, in considering the questions about diet (and excess weight in particular) that are emphasized in the report on the news last night, I wonder whether more serious consideration by our medical providers should be focused on the question I raised earlier in regard to medications used in support of treatment with chemotherapy:

http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=30746


Again -- although the comments of others with bc who went through treatment and either reduced or avoided the use of these medications altogether while doing chemo are anecdotal only, considering the complexity of the issues involved with weight gain, these anecdotes do offer the possibility for better treatment in the future. If further study is done to find out whether these medications are actually very necessary for different types of chemo regimens, and whether or not at least the dose could be lessened, it might save a lot of money used for the drugs in the first place, the anguish of dealing with excess weight gain, and the risk for further cancer.

Would any of those who are attending SABCS consider raising this question there?