So i figured a good thing to bring up...is how i eat. I think one important aspect of living with cancer is how you take care of yourself....and i want to stress the living part, because just because you've been diagnosed with cc...doesnt mean you have to give up the things you used to like....most of the time anyways hahah.
Ill admit... i LOVE junk food. Pizzas, wings, burgers, fries...you name it....if its bad for you....i love it! well scratch that i dont really have a sweet tooth, but nonetheless I realized that these things and cc just dont go hand in hand. So my wife and I have pretty much made it our goal to not let cc affect our quality of life....and if that means going out of our way to find recipes that are healthier...we'll do it. Maybe one day my wife can write about some desserts shes changed to not have processed sugar in it but todays post is about DINNER.
So here are some things ive replaced, changed up, or just added to my meals.
Since I don't drink sodas anymore (they have TONS of sugar and lots of crap your body doesn't need) I have substituted my fizzy cravings with soda water...something ive always thought was posh to drink but never really liked....well never say never because i love it now.
Then comes the salad. for anyone with cc i really want you to know that you HAVE to eat greens. My mom gave me lots of vegetables growing up and they were most of the time raw so its not that difficult for me to eat but if you have any kind of cc, find a way to eat vegetables everyday and stick to the ones that have more chlorophyl( so the greener the better) because it fights off disease. Just go look at the research and this info is there.
And finally for dinner tonight is the thing that is really bad for you... if you get it from outside. WINGS. Most of the time they're fried and have a lot of sugar ( if i havent said so before, sugar feeds cc cells so treat it like poison because thats what it is.....except the sugars in fruits....thats ok.....and agave...we'll talk about sugar later) anyway so I quickly pan seared the wings with some salt and cayenne pepper ( cayenne pepper has been shown to kill cc cells) then put them in the oven at 425 F for approx 30 mins. And thats how you can make nice, healthy chicken wings that you can eat with whatever sauce you want....my sauces never have sugar in them.
man those wings were 'delish'... homemade always tastes better... and you don't have that narly feeling afterwards when you eat junk food...
eat healthy...
peace
p.s. tonight.. homemade sushi with tuna, carrots and avocado!!!
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