{"id":3536,"date":"2022-12-05T15:02:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=3536"},"modified":"2022-12-05T15:02:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:02:32","slug":"steer-clear-of-these-foods-while-in-traditional-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/05\/steer-clear-of-these-foods-while-in-traditional-cancer-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Steer Clear of These Foods While in Traditional Cancer Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Herbs and other supplements can provide an added boost for patients with cancer. In many cases,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/\">alternative cancer therapies<\/a>\u00a0can succeed where standard therapies have failed.<\/p>\n<p>However, in some cases, complementary medicines that are recommended for some patients can actually have\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/health\/complementary-medicines-may-cause-harm-during-cancer-treatment-20141202-11yn7s.html\">adverse effects<\/a>\u00a0on certain other patients. An herb may be excellent for one form of cancer and hazardous for another. In all cases, patients should confirm recommendations with a doctor\u00a0before taking supplements.<\/p>\n<p>These products may not be prescription drugs, but they do have a powerful ability to interact with chemotherapy, radiation treatments, and anti-cancer medicines.<\/p>\n<p>Below are common supplements with anti-cancer properties that may also cause serious problems if taken during other treatments. Consult the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/treatment\/treatmentsandsideeffects\/complementaryandalternativemedicine\/herbsvitaminsandminerals\/index\">American Cancer Society website<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mskcc.org\/cancer-care\/integrative-medicine\/about-herbs-botanicals-other-products\">other trusted sources<\/a>\u00a0for a helpful guide to vitamins, minerals, and herbal medicines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Fish oil:\u00a0<\/strong>May induce bleeding if you have a low platelet count.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Ginger:\u00a0<\/strong>Also may induce bleeding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Turmeric:\u00a0<\/strong>Could decrease the effectiveness of chemotherapy \u2014 or increase the effects, with toxic results.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Coenzyme Q10:<\/strong>\u00a0Antioxidant properties may interfere with chemotherapy and radiation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Milk thistle:\u00a0<\/strong>May affect estrogen levels, which could pose an issue for breast or ovarian cancer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Licorice:\u00a0<\/strong>Also may affect estrogen levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Green tea:<\/strong>\u00a0Negates the benefits of certain anti-cancer drugs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Reishi mushroom:\u00a0<\/strong>May interfere with certain drugs or chemotherapy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Astragalus:\u00a0<\/strong>May interfere with certain immunosuppressants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Acidophilus:<\/strong>\u00a0May cause infections or other problems if taken during chemotherapy.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the risks for some patients, these substances do have successful results for many people.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/treatment-summary\/index.html\">Issels\u00ae Integrative Immuno-Oncology<\/a>\u00a0can always help with information about alternative cancer treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herbs and other supplements can provide an added boost for patients with cancer. In many cases,\u00a0alternative cancer therapies\u00a0can succeed where standard therapies have failed. However, in some cases, complementary medicines that are recommended for some patients can actually have\u00a0adverse effects\u00a0on certain other patients. An herb may be excellent for one form of cancer and hazardous &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/05\/steer-clear-of-these-foods-while-in-traditional-cancer-treatment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Steer Clear of These Foods While in Traditional Cancer Treatment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,473,580],"tags":[209,243,224],"class_list":["post-3536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-breast-cancer","category-cancer-treatment","tag-alternative-cancer-treatment","tag-breast-cancer","tag-cancer-treatment"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3537,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3536\/revisions\/3537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}