The diet was developed by Diana Grant Dyer.
Dietitian Diana Grant Dyer twice had to hear the diagnosis of breast cancer. The first time she was treated by the method of chemotherapy, and the second she decided to help his body cope with tumor, resorting to an anti-cancer diet. She read a lot of scientific literature, talked to different researchers, and on the basis of the obtained data has gradually developed a special diet that on myself and also tested. Diana Dyer managed to recover, after which she released the book “the History of cancer, told by a nutritionist”.
Since 1999, the U.S. released five editions of this book. Proceeds from its sales go into a special Fund created by Diane at the research Institute of cancer in Washington. These funds are spent on nutrition research for cancer patients.
“If you know about serious illness, do not despair. You can do a lot for themselves. My work on anti-cancer diet was the way to fight for your health, it’s helped me keep hope for recovery. Exactly the same can do you, if creative would react to my recommendations. I suggest you follow your own path, based on these guidelines. Go to the new food gradually, step by step, watching his health. Start with what is easier for you,” advises Diana.
From 3 to 6 meals of whole grains
I started with that threw out all its stocks of refined grains and began to eat different types of whole grains. Not polished white rice and brown; not wheat, and wheat. Buy cakes, bread, crackers only whole grains. This increases the proportion of fiber in my diet, which helps to eliminate toxins and harmful substances from the body, and therefore helps to actively fight with cancer.
Before I switched to this diet, amount of fiber I was normal for Americans — about 12 grams per day. Today, thanks to the whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes and nuts into my body naturally goes 25-35 grams of fiber required.
A serving of legumes and nuts
To get more fiber, I add legumes in the different dishes — from soups and salads to pizza. Love to cook bean soup (sometimes I use canned beans), pasta with chickpeas. Try to keep legumes in one form or another have been in my diet daily. Several times a week eat a handful of nuts, which are a source of the same fiber and monounsaturated fats.
Dish of soybeans
About soy in the modern diet debate. Some scientists believe that the hormone-dependent forms of cancer, it is contraindicated because it contains phytoestrogens. I closely follow the debate, but these arguments do not convince me. I know that soy contains large amounts of anti-carcinogenic substances, including saponins, phytates, protease inhibitors and isoflavone (weak estrogen compounds). So I regularly eat 1-2 serves of soy — tofu or soy milk, which ensure my body is 25-50 mg isoflavones.
9 servings of fruits and vegetables a day
Fruits and vegetables rich in bioflavonoids, amino acids, vitamins and minerals that help the body fight cancer cells. The figure “9,” I called not by chance — it came after much thought and calculations. I tend 3 times a day to eat 3 kinds of vegetables or fruits.
Every day my menu is one of the types of cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, or Brussels sprouts, or cabbage, or cauliflower), red fruit rich in antioxidant lycopene (tomatoes or red grapefruit, or watermelon), vegetables rich in beta-carotene (carrot or pumpkin), leafy greens (spinach, lettuce). Constantly eating citrus fruits — oranges, grapefruits; berries — raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blueberries. Of course, all these vegetables and fruits must meet environmental requirements.
To increase the amount of plant food in your diet, I have completely eliminated it from meat and poultry. If you still can’t say goodbye to these products, can afford a very small piece of very lean tenderloin.
Garlic, herbs and spices
Eat in abundance of any herbs and spices, they contain many biologically active substances that help to fight cancer. Moreover they give exquisite flavor, low in fat.
Spoon of flax seed
Flaxseed is a source of many substances that can enhance the body to fight cancer. Especially valuable among them vitamin L, enzymes and unsaturated fatty acids, the content of which reaches almost 50%. These are the fats omega 3, the benefits of which is spoken by all nutritionists. Flaxseed they are present in plant form. Every day I add to different dishes 1-2 teaspoon of ground flax seed.
4 to 6 cups of green tea
Green tea is good in any form — hot or cold. It is necessary to drink as much as possible because it contains a substance called, epigallo-catechin Galan, with anticancerogenic action. I brew in a day or two-liter jug of green tea and drink it cold.
A serving of dairy products
Milk discovered the highest concentration of linoleic acid, have anti-cancer effects. So every day I drink 1-2 cups of nonfat milk (fat — less than 1%).
Fatty fish 2-3 times a week
Fats omega-3 contained in fish such as salmon, mackerel, white tuna, sardines and herring, can provide substantial assistance in the fight against cancer. I cook meals from such fish 2-3 times a week.
Olive oil
For cooking I use olive oil that contains monounsaturated fats that can protect the body from the growth of cancer cells. I try to buy only oil from the first pressing. Anyway, I never eat foods in the preparation of which the fats were reused, as this increases the risk of cancer.
A diet low in fat, in addition, allows you to keep a normal weight, which in itself is one of the ways of dealing with cancer.
Low alcohol
About alcohol scientists have not yet unified opinion. One thing is clear: people suffering from cancer or at-risk, alcoholic beverages should be excluded.
I reduced alcohol consumption to a minimum — only allow myself a little red wine or dark beer (these drinks contain more herbal antioxidants than white wine and light beer), and then only on special occasions.
On the advice of doctors I tried to enter in your diet and a small amount of vitamin-mineral complexes, but came to the conclusion that my vegetarian diet provides much more benefit than artificially synthesized substitutes.
Daily motion
A prerequisite for beneficial effects of the diet are systematic, regular physical exercises that help to strengthen the immune system. Previously, I worked from case to case, now regularly walk 3-5 miles, if not every day five times a week. When it’s bad weather, I use the stationary bike and step machine. But the air will still try to visit every day — sometimes only to feed the birds, feel the sun, wind or rain drops on your face. It is uplifting, gives strength.
Supersocial
In conclusion, I will bring the recipe for your amazing cocktail. It is equivalent to 1 serving of vegetables, 2 servings fruit, 1 serving of soy, 1 serving ground Flaxseed, and 1 serving of whole grains (or a mixture of bran and wheat germ). In addition, it contains one-third daily value of fiber. Finally, it is very tasty!
Take 70 g of tofu (about 1/3 Cup), grated carrots, any fruit or berries (about ¾ Cup), 1 tablespoon wheat bran, 1 table spoon sprouted wheat grains, 1 table spoon of ground flax seed ¾ Cup soy milk calcined, calcined ¾ Cup of orange juice.
Put all the ingredients in a mixer and mix them for 1 -3 minutes (start with low speed, then increase it). The resulting amounts are for three servings. The energy value of one portion is 313 kcal. The ratio in this cocktail of proteins, carbohydrates, fat, fiber, calcium, and sodium equivalent to what is typical traditional food of Japanese women who are known breast cancer get sick much less often than the residents of other countries. Based on this consideration, the diet is focused on Japanese food tradition.
