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Diet and cancer: What changes have you made?
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Thanks for sharing. It helps to know that over time and with patience and consistency our food preferences actually change so that we crave the foods that are healthy. In other words it becomes easier over time. It is easy to become overwhelmed when trying to change a habit. Sometimes it helps to make one important improvement at a time, eg, just cut out Soda pop or reduce coffee—or add in an extra vegetable—whatever you choose—until you have made that adjustment and not worry too much about the other changes that you might like to make until you’ve comfortable with where you are with the new habit.
I found that going to the gym made me crave healthier foods. It’s very much geared to the individual so no single approach will work for everyone.
It’s a work in progress.
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@gisellef: I agree with your "take it gradually" approach, have used that approach in other areas of my life, and have suggested that approach when others have talked about wanting to change their diet. When I changed my diet in 2019, though, I was finally ready for a wholesale change, so that's how I proceeded. And, as you note, everyone must find their own way.
With regard to cravings, I 100% doubted that I could make this particular change. I'd watch PBS programs about eating well for health and I'd think, "I *believe* what you-the-expert are saying, but that won't happen for me -- I'm never going to stop craving x, y, and z."
But I did. On the one hand, it amazes me to have witnessed a change that once seemed impossible; on the other, this change seems completely reasonable because our bodies evolved to eat what grew, or moved around, in Nature.
Also, if I sounded didactic, apologies; I do feel strongly, though, that lab-made chemicals are doing terrible things to us (and to the flora and fauna we depend on, and that have a right to live free from this type of interference). Best wishes.