Myths About Nutrition & Diet for Cancer with Dr. Nandita

Dr. Nandita Shah, a well-known specialist in nutrition and lifestyle medicine, debunks widespread misconceptions regarding diet and cancer in a world full of contradicting dietary recommendations. She dispels long-held myths with gripping tales and scientific revelations, encouraging us to re-establish a connection with our innate eating inclinations.

Instinctive Eating: What Nature Teaches Us

"I think that today nobody knows about diet actually. Every animal is born with instinct. If you had a lion, you would feed him meat; if you had a cow, you would feed him grass. Why? Because they know what they must eat."

Dr. Shah presents a startling discovery from her trip to Africa. Lion cubs wandered through grasslands, yet they never ate grass since they knew instinctively that meat was their sustenance. She contends that although social indoctrination overrides our innate tendencies, humans are no less instinctual.

"We are taught to eat by our parents, society, culture, and advertisements. We never listen to our instincts."

What Is Truly Our Food?

To test our instincts, Dr. Shah asks, "Imagine you’re on a farm with fruits hanging from trees. Would you pluck and eat them? Of course! But if a live chicken or goat walked by, would your mouth water? No unless it’s cooked and you’re accustomed to eating it."

According to her, people have an innate desire for fruits and vegetables rather than meat or milk from other animals, although dogs may drool when they see a chicken, which is their natural prey.

The Milk Myth: A Dangerous Misconception

"Milk is the biggest enemy of all because we think it’s the best food for humans, but it’s not, unless it comes from our own mother."

Dr. Shah highlights how no animal in nature drinks another species’ milk or consumes milk beyond infancy. Yet, humans force dairy consumption, even when children instinctively reject it. "Mothers add sugar or chocolate to milk and push it down their throats, but kids know they’re not cows!"

Dairy products Milk, cheese, butter, paneer, and ice cream are high in protein and fat but lack fibre, contributing to chronic diseases, including cancer.

The Real Cancer-Preventive Diet

Both vegetarians and non-vegetarians suffer similar diseases because "milk and meat have the same problem: high protein, high fat, and no fibre."

The solution? "A whole carbohydrate, whole fruit, whole vegetable, high-fiber diet." Such a diet not only reverses diabetes and hypertension but also has a "massive effect on preventing and even reversing cancer."

The observations of Dr. Nandita Shah serve as a reminder to challenge conventional dietary guidelines and get back to our natural, plant-based diet. We can safeguard our health and possibly fight against deadly illnesses like cancer by doing this.