Hello I am new here and have a diet question

Hi, Cale254, I think the advice is to avoid highly processed food particularly with preservatives , ie sausages, bacon etc. I get the impression that the simpler the better xx

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-guidelines-and-food-labels/red-meat-and-the-risk-of-bowel-cancer/

Hi Cale254

I have linked in the NHS guidelines. Sometimes the whole food aspects confuses me . I added more veg then questioned the pesticides so I added more fish and the plastic aspect came up . The other factor around meat was charcoal which I think is more applicable to countries where the BBQ for several months . Certainly here in Scotland the one or two a year is not too big an issue but if you were doing it every week ! 
The information link is quite good as it gives you amounts and substitutes.

Hope your second chemo goes smoothly . My mum was picked up on a bowel screen too.

Take care ,

Court 

Hi Gemmary thanks for the reply. I think you are correct best to avoid the highly processed food.

• Hi Court, thanks for the link it's very informative. I had no symptoms so without the bowel screening it would not have been picked up until much later.

Hi Cale54,

Since my diagnosis I have changed my diet alot to mostly vegan products, and have really reduced my meat intake, and when i do eat meat i choose white meat chicken, turkey, fish. 

Hi Lauren87 Thanks for the reply. I am trying to reduce my meat intake, although to be honest didnt really eat that much to begin with.

Hi Cale254,

I was the same not a massive meat eater, or so I thought.

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If you didnt mind Lauren87 that would be great.

Thanks

Hi Cale254,

No problems - so before I had my bowel resection surgery I started doing research into products that help you recover, but that are not full of artificial, processed ingredients and the one that kept being brought up was Juice Plus. 

The benefits I have seen by using their products is incredible, post surgery I discussed the products with my consultants and he agreed that they are all naturally based, plant based products. So what I have done is completely changed my lifestyle and way of living. I have a shake for breakfast, overnights oats for lunch and then either anther shake or white meat meal for dinner. 

My stomach feel so much better, my scars are healing and the consultants and nurses can believe how well I have recovered.

x 

Thanks Lauren87