One of the beliefs the ABLCS was founded on is that knowledge is life saving when dealing with bladder cancer. Trust worthy information is vital in order to make informed decisions right for you situations. In a perfect world it would be straightforward, a list handed to each cancer patient simply outlining the best ten choices, and of course they would be numbered in order of effectiveness. Unfortunately there are no simplistic answers. If as most of us you do not come from a scientific background doing an internet search can give more stress than answers. Just trying to get up to speed on terminology while trying to sort out the sites that offer trusted information is a lifetime study rather than a few days or a few weeks of research for the common person. Let alone trying to understand if it applies to your particular diagnosis. The best advise anyone can give to someone newly diagnosed is this, use what you learn in order to form questions for your medical team.
After a cancer diagnosis we all feel as if something has happened that is very out of our control. Because of that most of us myself included need to find ways that make us feel in control of the situation. In many ways that is a good thing it helps us find the right doctors, change our lifestyles to a healthier one perhaps, or quit smoking. Through diet we can strengthen our immune systems and help rebuild ourself following treatment, as an example protein plays a big part in our treatment during chemotherapy. We can perhaps reduce our risk of other cancers or future recurrences through positive changes. Any doctor will tell you that in order to possibly reduce your cancer risk that a primary plant based diet, exercise, weight control and stress reduction is the place to start. But once cancer has occurred no one of these things have scientific data backing them as alternative therapies, however they all can be with your medical teams input be complimentary therapies.
Asking your doctor for a referral to a nutritionist is an important first step. Nutritionalists seem to feel that juicing is fine only after you meet your daily intake of fresh fruit and vegetables. Depending on how much fruit you used people can gain weight and have adverse impact on blood sugar. As it is filling you may not be consuming the nutrients and fiber that you need holistically. They also feel that smoothies using whole fruit may a option as many of the nutrients and fiber is found in the skin that is left behind in juicing. Also some nutrients in large quantities can have adverse effects on the kidneys or interfere with the effectiveness of some medications. Gastrointestinal problems from a large amount of juice can in some instances result in people losing nutrients. Non pasteurized juice if not properly handles can cause health problems also. So juicing is not a bad thing but can be if you are not someone fully conversant on these issues and how to avoid them.
I read a lot of research on cancer but after your posts on juicing I spent a few hours today researching it in particular. I found sites making clams of complete cures with no scientific citations, but selling various things. I found sites with personal opinion and stories but again no scientific citations. I found testimonials but no stories of people it had failed. I could find no studies from trusted sources or even untrustworthy ones showing that juicing could cure, slow or prohibit cancer growth. If you have any citations from noncommercial sites showing research on juicing would you please post the links to the information here please?
Below are some links to information about nutrition and cancer I thought might be of interest.
Article on bladder cancer and nutrition studies from nih.gov
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4910759/
From the American Cancer Society acs guidelines activity and nutrition
www.cancer.org/healthy/eat-healthy-get-active/acs-guidelines-nutrition-physical-activity-cancer-prevention.html
From MD Anderson on juicing
www.mdanderson.org/publications/focused-on-health/april-2014/juicing-cancer.html
From NCI about alternative cancer treatment
nccih.nih.gov/health/cancer/complementary-integrative-research
From The American Cancer Society on Alternative and Complimentary treatments
www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/complementary-and-alternative-medicine/complementary-and-alternative-methods-and-cancer.html
Harvard on Juicing pros and cons
www.health.harvard.edu/healthy-eating/juicing-fad-or-fab
Oncology Nutrition on juicing and cancer
www.oncologynutrition.org/erfc/hot-topics/should-i-be-juicing/