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Diet Chart For breast cancer

Last Updated: Nov 20, 2024

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Healthy lifestyle along with healthy diet is rewarding and should not be comprised. Some of the key factors of a healthy lifestyle include maintaining a healthy weight, taking a healthy diet, doing physical activities, quit smoking and limit alcohol intake. Same is the case with breast cancer diet. Taking a healthy path may lower the risk of recurrence and improve the survival. It is observed that breast cancer is less common in the countries where a normal diet consists of plant-based food and low in total fat. Some of the studies suggest that girls who eat a high-fat diet during puberty have a higher risk of developing breast cancer later in life. High-fat diets make people overweight or obese which is one of the breast cancer risk factors. Extra fat cells in overweight women make estrogen which can be the reason to cause extra breast cell growth. This extra cell growth may increase the risk of breast cancer. Women tend to re-evaluate their health practices after the diagnosis of breast cancer. Most of the women wonder what may have caused it what changes should be made in their lifestyle. Almost all women believe that making changes in their diet will ensure good results following the treatment of breast cancer. Hence they do make certain changes and go on a breast cancer diet.

Diet Chart

Sunday
Breakfast (8:00-8:30AM)Paneer stuffed moongdal chilla-2+2 tsp coconut chutney+1 glass milk
Mid-Meal (11:00-11:30AM)1 glass almond milk
Lunch (2:00-2:30PM)1 cup pulao+2 roti+1 cup (150gm) chicken curry+1/2 cup aloo carrot sabji+1/2 cup packed curd
Evening (4:00-4:30PM)1 cup vegetable soup(tomato/mushroom/sweet corn)
Dinner (8:00-8:30PM)1.5 cup rice+1/2 cup rasam+1/2 cup snake gourd sabji
Monday
Breakfast (8:00-8:30AM)Mushroom paratha-2+2 tsp methi chutney+1 glass milk
Mid-Meal (11:00-11:30AM)Avocado(75gms)/ nuts (almonds- 4, raisins-6 walnuts-3) milkshake, {Milk-150ml}
Lunch (2:00-2:30PM)4 multigrain((ragi,wheat,bajra,jowar)roti+1/2 cup methi dal+1/2 cup bhindi sabji+1/2 cup packed curd
Evening (4:00-4:30PM)Boiled bengalgram sprouts-1 cup+1 glass milk/ cup tea
Dinner (8:00-8:30PM)4 multigrain(ragi,wheat,bajra,jowar)roti+1/2 cup egg bhurji+1/2 cup beet root sabji
Tuesday
Breakfast (8:00-8:30AM)Idly-4+1/2 cup sambhar+2 tsp groundnut chutney+ 1 glass milk
Mid-Meal (11:00-11:30AM)1 glass banana milkshake
Lunch (2:00-2:30PM)1 cup rice+2 multigrain((ragi,wheat,bajra,jowar)roti+1/2 cup rajmah curry+1/2 cup bitter gourd sabji+1/2 cup packed curd
Evening (4:00-4:30PM)1 fist of roasted (peanuts,almonds,cashews)nuts+1 glass milk/1 cup tea
Dinner (8:00-8:30PM)1.5 cup rice+1/2 cup methi butter milk+1/2 cup lauki sabji
Wednesday
Breakfast (8:00-8:30AM)Broken wheat khichdi-1.5 cup with vegetables+2 tsp coconut chutney+1 glass milk
Mid-Meal (11:00-11:30AM)2boiled egg+1 glass milk
Lunch (2:00-2:30PM)4 multigrain(ragi,wheat,bajra,jowar)roti+1/2 cup tomato dal+1/2 cup green peas and mushroom curry+1/2 cup packed curd
Evening (4:00-4:30PM)1 glass date milkshake(7dates+150ml milk)
Dinner (8:00-8:30PM)4 multigrain(ragi,wheat,bajra,jowar)roti+1/2 cup ridge gourd sabji+1/2 cup soya chunk and aloo curry
Thursday
Breakfast (8:00-8:30AM)Dosa-4+1/2 cup sambhar+2 tsp pudina chutney+1 glass milk
Mid-Meal (11:00-11:30AM)Roasted blackgram laddu-1+1 glass milk/1 cup tea
Lunch (2:00-2:30PM)1 cup rice+2 multigrain(ragi,wheat,bajra,jowar) roti+1/2 cup sambhar+1/2 cup methi paneer sabji+ 1/2 cup packed curd
Evening (4:00-4:30PM)Boiled Chana chaat-1 cup+1 glass milk/1 cup tea
Dinner (8:00-8:30PM)1.5 cup rice+1/2 cup rasam+1/2 cup tinda sabji
Friday
Breakfast (8:00-8:30AM)Grilled whole wheat bread(4 slices)+omelette-2+1 glass milk
Mid-Meal (11:00-11:30AM)Boiled green gram sprouts-1 cup
Lunch (2:00-2:30PM)1.5 cup rice+100gm fish(sardine/salmon/mackerel/tuna) curry+1/2 cup yam sabjii
Evening (4:00-4:30PM)1 cup poha+1 glass milk/1 cup tea
Dinner (8:00-8:30PM)4 multigrain(ragi,wheat,bajra,jowar)roti+1/2 cup raw banana curry+1/2 cup cluster beans sabji
Saturday
Breakfast (8:00-8:30AM)Chicken keema Paratha 2+2 tsp tomato chutney+ 1 glass milk.
Mid-Meal (11:00-11:30AM)1 glass of dry fruit(raisins,cashew,pistachio,almonds-each 5 in no.) milkshake
Lunch (2:00-2:30PM)1 cup rice+2 multigrain(ragi,wheat,bajra,jowar)roti+1/2 cup egg curry+1/2 cup colocasia(arbi) sabji+1/2 cup packed curd
Evening (4:00-4:30PM)4 multigrain biscuits+1 glass milk
Dinner (8:00-8:30PM)1.5 cup rice+1/2 cup methi buttermilk+1/2 cup ivy gourd sabji

Food Items To Limit

  1. All raw food items have to be avoided as they have chances of contamination with micro organisms which might compromise the immunity.
  2. Foods that are kept in refrigerator have to be avoided as they too might get contaminated with micro organisms.
  3. All oily and fatty foods, smoked foods, frozen and foods that contain preservatives have to be avoided.
  4. Organ meats, red meats should be avoided as they have high levels of cholesterol and saturated fat.
  5. Sour yoghurt should be avoided as that would have been contaminated.
  6. Untoasted/ Ungrilled bread should be avoided due to chances of contamination.

Do's And Dont's

Do's:

  1. Stay hydrated all the time.
  2. Include nutrient dense (macro and micro) foods in your meal. Fibre has to be included as it plays a major role in gastro intestinal related cancers.
  3. Consume Properly cooked vegetables and other food items.
  4. Consume the fruits then and there after chopping.

Don'ts:

  1. Avoid oily foods, junk foods, foods thaat include cream, mayonnaise, cheese. Avoid salads, half cooked foods, unpasteurised milk/juices.
  2. Avoid fatty/smoked/cured meats and meat products.
  3. Never eat foods that are kept in refrigerator after cooking.

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Food Items You Can Easily Consume

  1. Cereal: Brown rice, whole wheat, oats, jowar, bajra, ragi
  2. Pulses: red gram, green gram, black gram, bengal gram and beans like kidney, navy, pinto, back eyed, broad, cluster, french.
  3. Vegetables: all gourds-bitter gourd, snake gourd, ridge gourd, bottle gourd, ivy gourd, ladies finger, tinda,green leafy vegetables, beet root, carrot.
  4. Fruits: banana, citrus fruits-orange, mousambi, grape fruit, lemon; berries, custard apple, cherries, papaya, pineapple, avocado, guava. Nuts & seeds: chia & flax seeds, almonds, walnuts.
  5. Milk and milk products: low fat milk, low fat curd (packed).
  6. Meat,fish & egg: Skin out chicken, egg white, fish like salmon, sardines, trout, mackerel, tuna.
  7. Oil: 2 tsp (10ml)
  8. Sugar: 2 tsp (10gm)
  9. Other beverages: green tea.

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Written ByDrx Hina FirdousPhD (Pharmacology) Pursuing, M.Pharma (Pharmacology), B.Pharma - Certificate in Nutrition and Child CarePharmacology
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