by Solis Cancer Community | May 8, 2020 | Diet and Anti-Cancer Foods, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health
The day I was diagnosed with breast cancer was the most stressful day of my life, as I’m sure you can imagine. I was 28, alone at the appointment, and felt completely sideswiped. I was shocked. I was scared. My brain went into autopilot. Thinking back on it now, I am...
by Solis Cancer Community | Apr 24, 2020 | Diet and Anti-Cancer Foods
I have always been a little bit of a picky eater. It’s more of a texture thing for me than anything else; things that are slimy or stringy I have a really hard time with, like cooked greens, squash, or okra. So, you can imagine my initial response to kombucha, with...
by Solis Cancer Community | Apr 11, 2020 | Alternative Treatments and Therapies, My Story
I think it’s pretty clear to everyone that we are in unprecedented times, for us. The world has faced something similar before, true, with epidemics like the Spanish Flu and the Bubonic Plague, but no one, or very few, alive right now remembers the last time a virus...
by Solis Cancer Community | Jul 10, 2019 | Diet and Anti-Cancer Foods
We all know that sugar isn’t great for us. There are the common reasons that everyone is aware of – the impact on our teeth, weight gain, and energy crashes – but there are a few reasons why sugar is particularly important to avoid if you have cancer, are...
by Solis Cancer Community | Jun 6, 2019 | Diet and Anti-Cancer Foods
One of the biggest changes I made after my diagnosis was my diet, and it wasn’t easy! Cutting out everything delicious sucked. No alcohol, no sugar, no processed wheat or carbs like pasta and bread, limited dairy; basically, everything I loved in the before-times 🤦♀️...