07. Diet setelah selesai pengobatan kanker payudara

Meski pengobatan telah selesai, pasien kanker biasanya masih harus kontrol rutin tiap bulan sekali selama 1 tahun, kemudian 3 bulan, 6 bulan, 1 tahun ... selama 5 tahun, untuk pemantauan kondisi sel-sel kanker.
Selama masa pemantauan ini, pasien disarankan tetap berhati-hati mengkonsumsi makanan sehari-hari.
Dibawah ini ... saran diet dari : http://www.healthcastle.com/candiettx_09.shtml

Most side-effects disappear shortly after cancer treatment has finished. If you still experience some side effects from cancer treatment, read Nutrition During Cancer Treatment. You can then gradually resume a normal diet. However, if you continue to have eating problems, be sure to let your dietitian or doctor know.

If all side effects subside and a healthy body weight is maintained, you may start looking into adopting a healthy eating habit (if you haven't done so). If you've lost weight during cancer treatments and need to gain weight, read Cancer and Unintentional Weight Loss
General Nutrition Guidelines after Cancer Treatment and Healthy Eating

* Guidelines for Healthy Eating
o Enjoy a variety of Foods
o Emphasize cereals, breads, other grain products, vegetables and fruits
o Choose lower fat dairy products, leaner meats, and foods prepared with little or no fat
o Achieve and maintain a healthy body weight by enjoying regular physical activity and healthy Eating
o Limit
+ Salt
+ Alcohol
+ Caffeine
* Vitamin Guide
* Mineral Guide

06. Jangan takut sama sinar matahari.

Tiap Jum'at pagi jam 7 ... seperti umumnya pegawai kantoran, kita memulai hari dengan senam pagi bersama. Biasanya nih ... teman2 pada cepet-cepetan milih tempat yang teduh (di bawah rimbunnya pepohonan). Dulu ... sayapun berkelakuan seperti itu ... sengaja datang pagi bukannya supaya dapat tempat di depan, tapi supaya dapat lokasi yang adem.
Tapi setelah nemu beberapa artikel mengenai manfaat sinar matahari yang sangat bermanfaat untuk menjaga kesehatan (bahkan katanya sampai mencegah kanker) dan membuat awet muda, sekarang saat senam saya pasti milih tempat yg terkena sinar matahari secara langsung.
Nih, baca sendiri salah satu artikelnya. Yang ini dari : http://mercola.com

New Research on How Sunshine Decreases Infections
A study of more than 2,000 women has found those with higher vitamin D levels showed fewer aging-related changes in their DNA, as well as lowered inflammatory responses.

A second study, examining almost 1,000 patients in West Africa, showed that low vitamin D levels are common among tuberculosis (TB) patients. Lack of vitamin D has been linked in previous studies to multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, and other diseases.

Cells have built-in DNA clocks, known as telomeres. Measuring the length of these strands of DNA is one way of examining the aging process at a cellular level.

Women with higher levels of vitamin D are more likely to have longer telomeres, and vice versa. This means that people with higher levels of vitamin D may actually age more slowly than people with lower levels of vitamin D.

No wonder vitamin D has a protective effect on so many diseases, ranging from MS and TB, to heart disease and cancer -- it keeps your body young!