"I will never forget what the experience has taught me....who I am, who I want to be, who I can never be again. It was a hard time but I'd rather have the really hard stuff than to never know what I know now." -- Sheryl Crow, Letter from the Road.Sheryl Crow has returned to performing after her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment last spring, and she keeps an online diary. In the latest post Letter from the Road: The C, The Food, A Star, she shares some of her thoughts about being a cancer survivor and tips from her nutritionist. A few of the tips I already knew, some came as a surprise. Here is a sampling of what Sheryl said her nutritionist Rachel Bellar taught her:
- Don't drink water from a bottle that has been sitting in your car. Heated plastic will bleed toxic substances that can be carcinogenic.
- Do NOT cook in olive oil at high heat. This too is carcinogenic. It is fine to saute in olive oil but if you are browning or frying, use canola oil.
- Spices that are cancer preventative, particularly prostate and colon cancer, are cinnamon and tumeric.
- A high omega 6 diet consisting of fish, colorful vegetables, high fiber foods have proven to be cancer preventative. In Asian and Eskimo cultures, the rate of breast cancer is shockingly lower. Whenever you have a choice, go with color -- brown rice instead of white -- sweet potato instead of regular potato.
1. Dear sheryl, I saw you on Lary King and you discribed everything I felt when I was 40 in 1985. I went thru the identical treatment and all was great because it was a very tiny cancer and not in the lymph nodes. As of this last June I got it in the same breast and in the same spot. It CAN return. Please tell people that Cancer is NOT 100% as I do.I waited 21 years to get it again. I got it early due to my annual mammograms. Thee is no such thing as "My dr. says I won't get it again"I am a surviver 3 times. Be sure you tell people to ALWAYS get thier check up's even if they are told not to worry about the future. I hope you do well, but keep an eye on it. I am a Jazz singer that shouts about my experiances. I hope this message gets to you. God Bless. My Best Judy Branch.
Posted at 10:55PM on Aug 26th 2006 by judy branch