Dr Proesmans Practice

Essential Nutrition for Cancer

This diet has a preventive effect, but can also be used by cancer patients who are undergoing treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery).

The basic guidelines:

  • don't eat meat and fish, go vegetarian-vegan
  • maximum 4 eggs per week
  • cottage cheese, soy yogurt, goat cheese, sheep cheese.
  • legumes (beans, lentils, peas, soy) as much as you like.
  • minimum 400 g vegetables (raw, steamed) (all types of cabbage, broccoli, beetroot, young spinach, watercress, purslane).
  • fruit: kiwi, pink grapefruit, berries, pineapple, lemon, melon. Banana is allowed (but not too ripe, without brown spots). No grapes (too much sugar).
  • drink a smoothie daily that contains some of the recommended fruits and vegetables.
  • Eat a handful of nuts (not peanuts) daily.
  • olive oil (2 tablespoons per day) + linseed oil (2 tablespoons per day).
  • whole wheat products: whole wheat bread, whole wheat pasta, quinoa, oatmeal, millet, buckwheat, brown rice.
  • absolutely no refined carbohydrates (sugars); honey in moderation, stevia, erythritol.
  • no light products
  • Be moderate with salt; season abundantly with garden herbs and Provençal herbs.
  • Use lots of turmeric and ginger.
  • Drink plenty of green tea: 4-5 cups per day. Maximum 2 cups of coffee
  • Start the day with a freshly squeezed lemon in a glass of water (+ ginger); Lemon stimulates digestion and contains the cancer-inhibiting substance limonene.
  • Use sprouts daily (broccoli, alfalfa, leek, radish, etc.)