Non Dairy Cheese

Facts

1 - likewise small guy

2 - my diet is balanced thus includes red meat and dairy

3 - Still here 11 + years after diagnosis. Now 7 + years off PCa treatment.

4 - If I remove red meat from diet energy levels fall to zero and I soon feel rough. No substitute has worked.

Summary: if diet makes a survival difference then a balanced diet works for me.

Ray

thanks,if i do eat some so called dodgy stuff i always add some good stuff with it like lyn says,good to know there is 1or 2 similiar to me,i find a lot of healthy food tastes crap unless you are a chef,also once a week i like to go for a drink,and it will be even better when york races start next month,i see my oncologist in june after my last visit a year ago,and i will have been on zoladex for 2yrs 4months of my 3yrs,this time they are checking my testerone and u&e.lfts  and of course psa,i am going to ask to come off zoladex before i disappear with bone and tissue loss, i will soon be moving to unknown territory cheers.

I said I'd report back on my "Sheese" experience and here it is. Palatable and slightly better that the Tesco "Free From" alternative.

I'm not going to bother with any more trials of non-dairy cheese products and instead look for alternatives to cheese.

Looking through M&S food store yesterday I found little pots of taramasalata, flavoured houmous and various non meat pates which will now become my savoury cracker/toast toppings.

As a by-product of my increased effort into diet awareness I have lost almost a stone in weight over the last 6 weeks and my blood sugar level has dropped from 7.9 to 6.4 which will please my Diabetes Nurse no end.

I've asked myself the question, has my determination to improve my already healthy diet which I adopted 10 years ago when I first started on my "prostate road" anything to do with my finally getting a positive PCa diagnosis late last year? To damned right it has!

I am certain that my previously very high intake of dairy produce ( 2-3 glasses of milk a day - lots of cheese etc) may have assisted PCa . I also relied on ham for easy lunches whilst at work. I completed a survey for the Uni of Manchester's Onco dept about 18 months ago on PCa. It went into every detail about my daily life including diet. I was horrified by the amount of processed ham I ate. I no longer indulge ! I have cut out as much processed food as possible.

However there are some benefits from having a varied diet but it takes time to find the alternatives that I actually enjoy.

I too will continue the 36 months I shall have endured for HT until 08/17 . If it's recommended that it's continued after that then I shall accept that as well.

Keep well and enjoy eating ( whatever it is ).

John

thanks ray think i will carry on if onco suggests in june.