Hi CRC veterans
I have a rectal tumor and am about to start 6 weeks of chemo radiation. Can anyone point me to anecdotes or evidence that eating meat during this whole process helps?
I'm in my 40s and have been vegetarian since my teens. My wife was always kind-of bothered by my not eating meat. Now that I have cancer she's become really really really adamant that if I don't start eating meat, then I'm not giving a 100% effort to get healed.
I have seen many discussions here about people making radical diet changes after their diagnoses, but it's usually towards cutting out meat. Are there advocates for the other way around? All the doctors we've asked say it doesn't matter; just avoid a certain list of foods and eat healthy. I've been a competitive swimmer and bike race and triathlete at various times over the 25 years, and went through periods of weight lifting. I believe I know how to get enough protein and nutrition under normal circumstances. But maybe chemo and recovering from surgery and fighting cancer needs more?
Thanks for any advice.