ADT & Diet: What are others generally eating in a day?
Hi everyone! Wife here again looking for advice.
Short summary: Husband (60) had radical prostatectomy 2024, PSA bumped up again so just completed ERBT radiation and is now on Orgovyx, Abiterone, Prednisone. Very aggressive cancer. Treatments under a Center of Excellence. Rough road we are on but doing our best to stay positive.
I am struggling with breakfast. Yes, I stress over feeding him correctly!
Lunch & Dinner is no problem to get in a variety of veggies & healthy protein sources. But what are you eating for breakfast?
I’ve been rotating various egg & veggie combos and what I call loaded oatmeal- oats, a bit of almond butter, a scoop of plant protein, flax, nuts, seeds, raisins, dried apricots etc. Smoothies don’t keep him full for long which doesn’t work with his med schedule. Trying to keep him (us!) as healthy as possible and fill him with needed protein, iron, calcium etc.
Would love to hear what others are generally eating in a day. Thanks in advance for any yummy food suggestions!
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@dpayton we are currently using unsweetened almond milk but minimal protein. I would agree IF you can find unsweetened soy with no added junk it’s probably best for the protein.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005YWOTGU
Edensoy unsweetened organic soy milk has two ingredients - organic soybeans and purified water. I drink it daily in carpaccios and oatmeal.
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3 Reactions@dpayton they do have organic non gmo unsweetened soy, however my oncologist nutritionist at Mayo says not to over consume soy products he didn’t say stop eating but keep moderate, he also said that about nut milk, and any milk it only should contain nut milk and maybe a little salt. What I do is rotate my milk, from soy to pistachios, I also cut in half like half one and the other, not every day either I’m moving to water on breakfast. Just my 2 cents
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1 ReactionThanks SO much everyone! This is the best site, I love it. Everyone is so active and quick to help out.
As @zzote said, his doctor told him not to over consume and milk product. I eat cereal every morning, and now I'm wondering if I do keep that schedule, do you rotate between soy and almond, or even pistachios. Maybe it's time to think about other things for breakfast. hhhmmmmmm
@dpayton ok since you ask 😂, rotating foods it’s ala good idea unfortunately I don’t rotate my breakfast and if I skip breakfast for some reason I will eat for lunch or dinner
Here is my breakfast and has been for years
Some cooked oatmeal
1 scoop of protein powder
3 tablespoons of hemp seeds
1 scoop of fiber powder
1 scoop of Sacha inche
1/2 tsp of cinnamon
1/2 tsp of powder mushrooms
2 tbs of nutritional yeast
1 scoop of fermented beet powder
Some nuts, handful of blueberries water or nut milk or a mix of water and nut milk yummy 😋
@zzotte
"Statistical data shows that Asian and Pacific Islander men have the lowest documented incidence and diagnosis rates of prostate cancer compared to other major racial and ethnic groups globally and in the United States. Data from the National Institutes of Health (.gov) and Stanford University indicate an average rate of roughly 59.3 per 100,000 men, which is significantly lower than rates seen in Caucasian, Hispanic, and Black populations."
The belief is that it is because of soy consumption (milk, tofu, soy sauce, etc).
Over-consumption of anything can cause problems, even consuming too much water. lol
So yeah, normal amount of dietary soy is OK - eating tons of it (or anything else ) is not . ; )
Soy contains high levels of phytoestrogens, which are plant compounds called isoflavones that structurally mimic human estrogen. Now that we have PATCH study showing that estrogen patch works as well as ADT for prostate cancer suppression , I do not see how any doctor can put soy in "questionable" category ???
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1 Reaction@surftohealth88 moderation is key
@zzotte
Well, of course, BUT there is NO amount of soy that can even come close to estrogen patch amount of estrogen , I think not even a 100 pounds a day LMAO
@surftohealth88 I took his advice as drink a variety of nut milks