ADT & Diet: What are others generally eating in a day?

Nutrition and diet are very important for cancer patients in many ways. I tend to believe that plant based diet is the best since most studies show that and our surgeon strongly suggested we stick with it and avoid any animal products. Luckily for us we both love veggies, fruits, grains , legumes, nuts etc etc.

My husband is not a breakfast person so I actually have to remind him to "eat something", although I tend to skip breakfast too. Our breakfast can be something as simple as banana lol , but most often it is oatmeal with plant based milk , some flax seed or hemp seed, dried strawberries, or other fresh or dried fruit, half tea spoon of coconut oil, some spices like cinnamon or allspice etc. etc. Some days it is whole wheat multigrain bread with vegetable based spreads or egg-less mayo and tomato slices, cucumber, pickled (anything) on top , or avocado spread etc etc. He also likes to drink tomato juice with his breakfast. My husband has no problem following his doctor's advice and actually our breakfast did not change much since PC diagnosis, we were never eating substantial breakfasts.

Lunch and dinner are also vegetable based - stews, salads with grilled fish or small portion of skinless chicken , we try to have meatless meals at least twice a week and honestly we do enjoy our veggie based food immensely. My husband is full of energy , works 3 jobs and is in top shape and actually never complains of "hunger", just too busy to feel it lol, I guess.

However , he is not on ADT but as much as I understood so far about ADT and muscle mass the most important thing for maintaining it is exercise ! Extra protein without exercise will not make a difference : (. If my husband is ever on ADT and was in a need of extra protein I would buy him organic plant based protein or organic grass fed whey with no artificial colors or artificial taste.

Hope this was of some help and wishing you and your husband all the best : )))

I eat high protein cereal for breakfast. Put soy milk in it. Slice up a whole banana in it.

The cereal is

Post Premier Protein Mixed Berry Almond cereal, high protein cereal, protein rich breakfast or snack made with real berries and almonds, I add 1 shot glass full of bran bits to it. Recommended at PCRI by Dr. Moyad because it makes you regular, seems to work.

@surftohealth88 Thanks so much! high veggie eaters here too so appreciate the ideas!

@jeffmarc Thank you! I will definitely check that out - a nice cereal would be easy 😊

@anything4him
I get it at Amazon and I’m on a regular subscription for it.

I usually skip breakfast but occasionally after a hard workout or longer run, I'll have a bowl of noatmeal. I modify the linked recipe below with coconut milk, 2 tbsp flax meal, and add blueberries or blackberries and almond butter.
https://emilykriner.com/blog/noatmeal
P.S. it's also a good snack or quick lunch!

@psychometric Great - thanks so much for the link!

I’ve lived most of my life on a plant based diet. When I started Orgovyx, it was stressed repeatedly to have a low fiber, high protein diet with regular exercise. I’ve done that, and still managed to gain 4” around my waist and 25 pounds after the radiation treatments were done. I now have 8 months of Orgovyx left to take. I don’t care for red meat, and after finishing my treatment, I’m going right back to healthier (in my book) eating. I tried my regular diet early on and ended up with a minimum of 4 hours of stomach cramps daily, sometimes so severe I couldn’t move. The relief came with less roughage, pepto bismol every morning, 250mg of simethicone before every meal, and dicyclomine HCL up to 4 times a day as needed. But then again, I seem to be the poster child for side effects.

@dogrocketp
Female version of "poster child here" - so I know exactly what you are talking about : ((( I can not take even OTC meds like NSAID-s , also no eye drops with any preservative, no cortisone or steroid of any kind , not even local use (like nose spray or eye drops) etc etc.

Do you think that perhaps radiation had more effect on your guts than ADT itself ? Or you think that main culprit is ADT : ( in your case ?

@dogrocketp Oh sorry to hear you’re the poster child for side effects! He’s doing well on fiber by slowly increasing the vegetable intake to our before radiation levels so pretty much back to our normal diet. I understand the weight gain issues with ADT so keeping an eye on portion sizes.