Recovering from breast cancer

The programme at Bristol involves nutritional therapy, relaxation, meditation and visualisation, psychoneuroimmunology (the practice of positive thinking, which is believed to affect your immune system), massage as well as creative therapies such as art, music and dance.

A healthy diet
Nutritional therapists at Bristol believe that a dairy-free, plant- and vegetable-based diet helps the body heal itself. Neither sugar, salt, refined or processed food nor any animal or dairy products are used in the centre's nutritional programme. However, although much research has been done on the relationship between diet and cancer, there's no strong evidence to show a direct correlation between a healthy diet and cancer prevention or recurrence. 'There's nothing conclusive to say that once you've got cancer you can improve the prognosis by eating healthily,' confirms Janine Drennan, an information nurse from the Cancer Research Campaign, a leading UK fundraising and research organisation. But a healthy diet that's high in fibre, low in fat and includes a variety of fruits and vegetables, does improve your overall health, which could in turn help boost your body's ability to recover.