Dealing with a cancer diagnosis is one of the most stressful health experiences a person can go through.
There can be fear, anxiety, uncertainty, confusion, feeling alone, and often more questions than answers. Life, as you knew it, is no longer the same.
If you are dealing with a cancer diagnosis and have not been able to find satisfactory answers to your questions, I invite you to register for my free video series on this topic.
I use a Map of Healing to guide the customized treatment and support provided to clients.
By following the Map, we can work together to turn what feels like uncertainty and confusion into a clear path toward healing.
Cancer FAQs
Is it a good idea to do a cleanse when dealing with cancer?
A cleanse is a short-term alteration of what a person eats and drinks, usually focused on cleansing the digestive tract.
While cleanses have their place, it’s better to start with ensuring detoxification processes in the body are working well before doing a cleanse. If you skip this step, it’s possible for a cleanse to start releasing a lot of toxins and potentially overload the channels of elimination in the body.
I generally do not recommend a cleanse to a client until we have worked together for a while and they are detoxifying well.
Is fasting a good idea when dealing with cancer?
Fasting from food is something to consider only when a person has extra resources available and are not in a state of being overwhelmed with life. As well, diet & lifestyle habits should already be in pretty good shape and are supporting their health.
If a person is dealing with an active disease process, it may not be the optimal time to do a fast.
A few other considerations for fasting:
- A fast can be hard on a person’s adrenal glands, so depending on the current health of their adrenals, a fast may not be appropriate.
- Fasting gives the body a break from food, which at times, can be beneficial. However, if you restrict food, you also restrict nutrient intake. Since detoxification requires nutrients to be carried out, a fast from food may not be appropriate.
Similar to the question on doing a cleanse, I prefer to focus on ensuring a client is detoxifying well before considering either a cleanse or a fast.
What kind of diet is best for a person who is dealing with cancer?
That depends on how much a person’s current diet is supporting their health. Does their diet look more like the photo on the left or the right?
If it looks more like the diet on the right, then the first step would be for them to start eating more natural food and less processed man-made food.
If it looks more like the diet on the left, then I would start working with understanding a client’s unique typologies, macronutrient requirements, and whether they have any food intolerances that are causing problems, and make dietary adjustments from there.
Is it ok to drink coffee when trying to heal from cancer?
People vary widely in their ability to process and detoxify the caffeine in drinks like coffee.
If a person is okay with caffeine and it does not affect their ability to relax or sleep, an occasional coffee is probably okay for them.
If a person is at all sensitive to caffeine (they get jittery or have difficulty relaxing or sleeping), I generally recommend that they stop drinking any caffeinated drinks, including coffee.
Caffeine acts as a drug, and like any drug in the body, will need to be detoxified. The more detoxification a body needs to carry out, the greater the demand for nutrients. As well, caffeine is a diuretic, which detracts from the body being properly hydrated.
How can your Map of Healing help someone with cancer?
The Map guides where I need to go to optimize a client’s ability to heal from the disease. I don’t use standard protocols for the simple fact that each of us is unique. A specific type of treatment that is urgently needed by one client may not be at all appropriate or helpful for another. By respecting and honouring the uniqueness of an individual client, I am able to offer personalized health care that gets results.
