I was on a long journey to survive cancer. Read about it here.

Now I'm on a cooking journey to make healthy, quick and delicious food.

Follow my adventures with these Instant Pot recipes and Nuwave oven recipes!

 

The High Omega 3 Low Omega 6 Regimen

What are Omega 3 and Omega 6?
 
Omega 3 and omega 6 are both fats.  Specifically, they are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). 
 
It’s important to be mindful of how much omega 3 and omega 6 we eat and drink, because these fats are incorporated into all the cells of the body, both normal and cancer cells.

How to Approximate Omega 6 from Food Labels

On the Nutrition Facts label, look under “Fats”.

See if it lists the “Polyunsaturated Fats” (PUFA).  Omega 3 and Omega 6 are both polyunsaturated fats.  Most labels will not list out the amount of Omega 6.  Since most foods have higher amounts of Omega 6 compared to Omega 3, I assume the total amount of “Polyunsaturated Fats” is the amount of Omega 6 in that food.

Case Studies of High Omega 3 Low Omega 6 Regimen

Table comparing Patient DH and my high omega 3 low omega 6 regimen

As of Jan 2015 

 

Nutrition Facts for Low Omega 6 Diet and Ketogenic Diet

** UPDATED 5/1/2014 - Peanut butter and Almond butter added under "Nuts"

** UPDATED 4/26/2014 - "Condiments" added.   Various Beans added under "Starches"

To make it easier to identify the pertinent information for each diet:

Cryoblation experience: April 2013 lung cryoablation

I hope the blogging of my experiences will help others understand cryoablation and/or to help prepare them for their cryoablation procedure. For myself, I find that knowing ahead of time what the procedure is like helps calm me for the procedure.

April 2013

Cryoablation: freezing + killing tumor with probes, creating an in-situ cancer vaccine

What is cryoablation?
 
Cryoablation is a physical modality to destroy tumor by freezing tumor with needle probes that are inserted into or immediately adjacent to a tumor.
 
What does the procedure involve?

MD Anderson Cancer Center Travel Tips: Food

MD Anderson Houston restaurantsThese are my favorite places to eat and get food in Houston, Texas when I go to MD Anderson Cancer Center for appointments.
I look for healthy restaurants and food options when I'm at MD Anderson. Cafeterias and cafes at MD Anderson, casual sit-down restaurants, take out places or even supermarkets that don't break the wallet!
I'll be adding to the list as I venture around more!

MD Anderson Cancer Center Travel Tips: Hotels

These hotels near MD Anderson are ones that I've stayed at before.  I've felt comfortable with the cleaniness of the hotel and the safety of the area.

MD Anderson Cancer Center Travel Tips: Car Rental and Transportation

After your flight is booked, you may want to rent a car during your visit to MD Anderson.  There are two different airports that service Houston, so you have to make sure the car rental is from the airport that your flight is arriving into!  The two airports are:

George Bush Intercontinental/ Houston Airport - IAH

William P. Hobby Airport - HOU

Hotel Discounts for Cancer Patients

Traveling to various places for medical appointments or treatments gets quite expensive after a while.  Thankfully there are discounts for cancer patients at certain hotels.

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