Thanks to @starko @merpreb for your suggestions and links. @colleenyoung What I learned from the dietician was a plant-based diet is the most healthy. Can eating healthy avoid cancer? As @merpreb wrote, we don't know yet. I also have LDL levels and lipids that are climbing up so I want to eat healthy for that reason. I wasn't paying attention to portion size and the type of proteins (fish, chicken, turkey - I don't eat much red meat, now I've eliminated red meat from my diet) I placed on my plate. For instance, I was eating turkey or chicken deli meat not thinking about how deli meat as processed. Organic deli meat from my local co-op? Still processed meat. So, no more deli meat for me. A turkey sandwich must have slices of whole turkey. Same with chicken. I have also been trying for a long time to eliminate added sugar from my diet. I love, love, breads, cakes, muffins - all not good. Yup, knew that too but when I buy those items in a bakery, of course, with no labels, I didn't have to think about the contents of those items. Mindlessness on my part. Anything wheat (pasta, bread) must be whole wheat, not just wheat. So, what I learned is to pay attention to the restaurants where I eat, eat at home more often, and go for food that is minimally or not processed, lots of plant-based food and....maple syrup is still sugar. I love maple syrup so if I use that as my sweetener in my steel cut oatmeal, I use about a teaspoon. Stevia seems to be OK but I don't like stevia all that much anyway. My 1-2 cups of coffee with milk is OK and the current thinking is that caffeine is good for us. No alcohol. The new advice is none. I had an occasional glass of wine or a beer. I will decrease alcohol also. Bottom line is plant-based diet, variety, pick lots of colors on your plate, and no more hamburgers or french fries (which I ate on occasion with my life partner, but not anymore).
Healthy Diet is beyond my reach. With extreme dry mouth & no saliva, and taste buds shot as well, I have difficulty eating most foods. Rare hamburger works. Eggs work. No chicken or Pork. Some fish OK. Sashimi is great but hard to find good Sashimi here in Florida. Allergic to nuts. Most fruit too tough to swallow.& tasteless. Carbs go down smoothly. Bread is out but soft cakes work. Ensure Max is my friend. I am 2/12 years post Chemo & Radiation for Throat Cancer.