Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
MEDICAL SKIPS HAS REALLY
ADVANCED THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT
CANCER THESE DAYS.
THERE ARE NEW APPROACHES TO
DETECTION AND TREATMENTS AND
PATIENTS ARE BETTER EDUCATED AND
PREPARED THAN EVER BEFORE.
ONE AREAS THAT RECEIVED A LOT OF
ATTENTION IS NUTRITION.
ESPECIALLY DURING CANCER
TREATMENT.
DR. CHRISTINA SPEIRS, A
RADIATION ONCOLOGIST JOINS US TO
TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Trini: NUTRITION, WHY IS
THAT IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY
DURING CANCER TREATMENT?
MORE AND MORE, WE'RE AWARE
THAT OUR ENVIRONMENT HAS A HUGE
EFFECT ON HOW WE RESPOND TO
TRUGGERS -- TRIGGERS LIKE STRESS
OR DISEASE.
WE NOW KNOW YOU CAN SUPPLEMENT
YOUR HEALING, SUP M YOUR EFFECTS
FROM AN AN TREATMENT BY GIVING
YOUR BODY GOOD NEW TRIGS.
I HAVE PATIENTS COMING IN AND
OUT OF MY OFFICE ALL THE TIME.
THEY ASK WHAT'S TH THE BEST CANCER
DIET?
THEY'RE TRYING TO PARSE THESE
LISTS.
IT CAN BE VERY CONFUSING.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THE CONFUSION
BUT UNDERSTAND THE WISH TO MAKE
YOUR HEALTH BETTER.
NOT ONLY THROUGH CANCER
TREATMENT BUT HEALING THROUGH
FOOD.
Trini: WHAT IS A GOOD DIET
TO FOLLOW DURING CANCER
TREATMENT?
I THINK IN GENERAL, THE
NORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
EATING MORE PLANTS AND HAVING A
PLANT-BASED DIET.
REDUCING YOUR RED MEAT INTAKING,
INCREASING WATER INTAKING.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
DURING RADIATION TREATMENT IS
KEEP YOUR WEIGHT STABLE.
AS YOU GO THROUGH TREATMENT, NOT
ONLY IS YOUR APPETITE AFFECTED
BY EVEN YOUR ME ME METABOLISM IS
AFFECTED.
Trini: GOOD POINT.
I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHOú♪ HAD
BREAST CANCER.
AND WENT ON A SPECIAL VERY
HEALTHY DIET.
SHE DID LOSE WEIGHT BUT SHE
LOOKED GREAT.
SHE'S YOU THAT SHE'S IN
REMISSION STUCK TO THAT HEALTHY
DIET.
IF IT WEIGHT FOR THAT -- SHE
BECAME A LOT MORE AWARE OF HOW
IT WAS AFFECTING HER BODY.
THERE'S A FEW UP SIDES BUT IT
DOES MAKE YOU AWARE OF YOUR
BODY.
WE SHOULD HONOR OUR BODY.
SOMETIMES PATIENTS WANT TO GO ON
A DIFFERENT DIET.
WHILE I APPLAUD THEIR WISH TO BE
HEALTHY, I DO TELL THEM
MODERATION IS KEY.
DRASTICALLY CHANGING YOUR DIET
CAN MAKE RADIATION TOUGHER.
IT COMES DOWN TO HONORING YOUR
BODY.
Trini: THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER,
YOU'RE ALREADY GOING THROUGH SO
MUCH.
TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE, THAT MAY
NOT BE EASY.
THAT MAY AFFECT YOUR BODY IN AN
ADVERSE WAY.
DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE
CHANGE THEIR DIET?
MOST OFTEN NOT.
WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSS OF WHAT A
HEALTHY DIET IS.
AND I START FROM THERE.
IF A BETTER HAS POOR APPETITE
AND FEW THINGS THAT THEY'RE
EATING ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT
HEALTHY, I WON'T TAKE THAT AWAY
FROM THEM.
IT'S IMPO IMPORTANT TO MAKE PATIENT
PEOPLE IMPORTANT.
I TELL THEM TRY TO KEEP YOUR
WEIGHT AS TABLE AND WE'LL TALK
ABOUT HEALTH AND NUTRITION WHEN
THAT IS APPROPRIATE.
Trini: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
VERY IMPORTANT.
SO MUCH INFORMATION ONLINE BUT
YOU REALLY WAN TO TALK TO YOUR
DOCTOR.
THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION.
THERE IS.
AND WHAT WORKS FOR SOMEONE ELSE
MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU.
Trini: THANK YOU.