Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

Before I talk about food, a quick: Vitiligo Update It still pisses me off that the hyperactive immune system that attacks my own pigment cells just let cancer sail right on through. Enough rant. Since my cancer diagnosis, my vitiligo has just exploded. It's spread from knees and elbows to legs, face and neck. It bothers me more now. Picture from 2009 Hands now  2016           The growing spread of vitiligo Treatments Topical steroids weren't working and while Latisse (the eyelash drug) worked on one spot above one eye, it does not seem to be helping with the other spot above the other eye. There is a pulsed light treatment I have yet to try, but before I go that route, I want to try the food route. Food as Medicine I've blogged previously as viewing Food as Fuel , the next step is to view food as medicine with the potential to heal some ailments. I've read a couple of books, It Starts with Food and The Paleo Appr...

***I am  not a doctor. This is NOT medical advice. This is NOT a definitive statement on how cancer works  *** There is much being written now about the link between diet and cancer. I recently read, "Foods to Fight Cancer" by  Dr. Richard Beliveau and Dr. Denis Gringras (cancer researchers - see my book review). According to the authors, one of the risk factors for cancer is poor diet (up to 30%), that is, about one-third of all cancers may be linked to diet. They talk about what research exists that shows eating certain foods help fight cancer. (I've included my interpreted summary in a table below). The bottom line is to eat a healthy diet that is rich in fruits and vegetables. It is interesting to note that newer cancer drugs target one of the two ways cancer works, and mimic the effects of fruit and vegetables. How cancer works: But first a quick overview of these two basic ideas (as explained by the authors): 1. Apoptosis. Cancer cells don't "commi...