# Cancer diet sites? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 5, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-diet-sites/475838 "2008-12-05T12:50:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-diet-sites/475838/1 "2008-12-05T12:50:24Z")
Can someone recommend a cancer diet site please? Just your basic healthy eating for someone going from eating junk to something more healthy. Not looking for quack sites recommending ant foreskins or anything like that. Something along the lines that broccoli is better than carrots, and why type thing. Why whole grains are better than processed food? My wife’s sister was diagnosed with breast cancer about 1 month ago. 10 days ago her left breast and lymph nodes around the area and armpit were removed. The biopsy shows that about 1/3 of the removed lymph nodes were cancerous. Chemo starts next week. another question: is there any science behind the belief that legumes contain “female growth hormones” and would contribute to cancer risk? My sister in law has gone vegetarian because of growth hormones fed to livestock. However, she’s “supposed” to avoid legumes because of “female growth hormones” [keep in mind that in China science is slowly prevailing over old wives tales, traditional Chinese medicine versus Western medicine, etc. While the rationale science process is underway, there are an awful lot of “facts” that get convoluted along the way.] PS. This is a duplicate post for the “ask the cancer patient” thread so I hope it’s not breaking any rules to do that. Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-diet-sites/475838/2 "2008-12-05T13:22:57Z")
Wait, why is broccoli better than carrots? I missed that memo. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-diet-sites/475838/3 "2008-12-05T14:02:20Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Wait, why is broccoli better than carrots? I missed that memo. That was a tounge in cheek example that I just made up. Is there any such thing as one vegetable being better than another one in preventing cancer or helping someone like my sister in law? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-diet-sites/475838/4 "2008-12-05T14:05:29Z")
Ah, sorry. I just thought it was accepted since you also used an example of whole grains being better than processed foods. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancer-diet-sites/475838/5 "2008-12-05T14:20:18Z")
Cornell University has some data on [Diet and Lifestyle and Survival from Breast Cancer](http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/FactSheet/Diet/fs44.survival.cfm), with this warning. > [@](#): > > More studies are needed before recommendations for diets for breast cancer survivors can be made. It is important to recognize that these studies are only reporting associations. The aspects of the diet that had a positive or a negative influence on survival may have had their effect by acting alone. Or, the foods may be representative of the women’s lifestyle in general. Nevertheless, some of the suggested foods certainly wouldn’t hurt. M D Anderson Cancer Center has a Department of [Complementary/Integrative Medicine](http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/CIMER/). > [@](#): > > Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) are therapies of proven or unproven efficacy that have been used to promote wellness, to manage symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment or to treat cancer. When properly combined with standard cancer treatments, some complementary therapies can enhance wellness and quality of life, but others may be harmful during or after treatment for cancer. Most, but not all, are natural products. The page includes a link to Clinical Nutrition–with information on food/drug interaction. Your sister in law’s doctors probably already know this, but it might be worth a look.