welcome viewers i am heidi one old and i'm a nature of a doctor and sedate you are watching as the nature of october is breast cancer awareness month so i thought it would be an appropriate time to introduce an excellent facility to our viewing audience it's called cancer treatment centers of america c t ca and poison integrative approach to treating cancer using the newest and modern technologies as well as natural modalities i am so honored to introduce my guests dr mina keats the director of nature of medicine a cancer treatment centers of america as well as new when the director of nutrition at c t c in philadelphia welcome thank you thank you dr keats would you explain to our viewing audience the unique approach to treating cancer a cancer that separates cancer treatment centers of america from other cancer hospitals sure work a cancer treatment centers of america we have a unique approach to cancer care medicine enter grade of approach as you mentioned so patients are receiving all the conventional care for example chemotherapy radiation and surgery but they're also receiving care from nature passing doctors dietitians like new and we have a pastoral care department there's acupuncture there modalities to help to to support the whole patient ok can people travel to c t ca or for a second opinion sure and that actually happens very often is typically a three day that you ation where patients get to meet with their medical oncologist and other health care providers and receive information from all of the different departments and they can either stay for treatment or they don't have to they're not obligated to do that but they can access absolutely come for a second opinion ok so that that's good to know so that people can actually they can if they're satisfied with their current oncologist and their current conventional treatments that they could go to cancer treatment centers of america specifically to get advice whether it is for nutrition or for furniture apathic medicine desk that's correct ok that's correct can you expand a little bit more because a lot of the viewers in this area they may be hesitant to make the trip to philadelphia because they believe that we have some of the best university hospitals in the world here in pittsburgh but yet when i visited cancer treatment centers and philadelphia and also the one in illinois i was so impressed with how accommodating c t c is with their out of town guests could you expand a little bit about some of these considerations sure we have patien travel every day from other states and we are very accommodating to our to our patients so in terms of places to stay we do have quarters at the hospital we also have places for patients  very close to the hospital we have transportation that can take the patients to and from the hospital as well as other places like places to eat or any other kinds of things that patients need ok is it a good thing to do that we also have schedulers who is really helping patient care giver from point a to point b making a range men as well and we also have financial advisors to help patients you know point is it is cancer treatment centers of america is it covered by insurance does most insurance cover c d c i i would say there is a one eight hundred numbers that patients can cough and before the patients that impressed people just expound on it you know people are picked up in a limo and they're taken to the facility in the rooms are absolutely gorgeous hardwood floors it looks more like it a room in your home than it does and typical for patients to make sure we outlined above and beyond and make sure that you know patients feel comfortable as much as possible away from now home ok because we do understand that you know traveling is stressful and challenging and being away from one can be difficult when they because they are they're tired they're going through treatment and is it so important to have an advocate there with you in the hospital and in helping you through that through this time it makes a huge difference suit you can i ask you well definitely eating healthfully will be important throughout treatments because a healthy diet can help patients fight cancer and it's also help that's that's a really good good point what would do you recommend for patients undergoing conventional cancer treatment to maintain a healthy weight that's a perfectly rational and when  supplement that can help presents via fax meeting the nutritional needs meeting with the nutritionist because every patient needs are so different there's nothing there that will be one regimen for one patients ok so i mean a doctor key i wanted to ask many oncologists will discourage their patients from taking nutritional supplements or herbs during conventional care how can you explain how nature pasig medicine is used at c t c a during conventional treatment sure we're we're very very cautious about drug and urban to action that's actually our most important responsibility of the hospital so we're recommending supplements that are safe to do with the chemotherapy and radiation that patients are receiving so whenever a patient comes in we carefully evaluate any natural things are they're taking often have to discontinue supplements because they're not safe and then we make our recommendations cancer awareness month what can women do to help prevent breast cancer the number one thing that comes to my mind when i think of breast cancer is green tea ok i love to recommend green tea especially for breast cancer and populations where they train lots of green tea they're lower rates of breast cancer so how much green tea should should somebody take i would recommend for prevention at least two to four cups a day ok and you want to get a good quality arizona green tea i would prefer that the green tea bags especially when actually brew it and and actually brew it you can drink it hot or you can make an ice tea out of it whichever your preferences but i would say at least two to four cups a day ok another for patients is it more that you know it's naturally occurring soy like soybeans or tofu is that a better version then like say a lot of women are drinking tons of like refined products milk or soya protein powders is that more something that they should stay away from it's definitely safer to go with natural food products ok yes ok and then one other thing what are some commonly used to treat breast cancer melatonin is actually another common one that we use for breast cancer treatment to thank my esteemed colleagues for joining me today and if anyone has questions regarding cancer treatment centers of america they can call the number listed below and thank you again for watching until next time thank you you thank  six hundred and twenty six thousand investors that's how many people s i p c has helped since my nine hundred seventy five hundred five million dollars but half a billion dollars that's how much as i p 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philadelphia you know october is breast cancer awareness month and i just wanted to continue the conversation a little more about what are some new some nutritional advice for women like how can they prevent against breast cancer would reduce the reese research say for the number one thing on the a fourth one there's definitely watch the amount of fat we consume and the type of fat that we consume particularly with saturated fat in animal fat ok can escalate  being used to help prevent and treat actually active active breast cancer sure but what are the dosages that people should be looking for what's the amounts what would form of term record short and well a neutral surgical form or tumor a guy i would recommend about at least three thousand milligrams a day however if patients are receiving after treatment they want to consult with their physicians about their first ok in terms of prevention what i would recommend is that  chocolate in my of course dark chocolate contains probably female similar to green tea which could help to prevent cancer can also help to curb the appetite and helps to right at work and i usually have a couple blocks right after lunch ok another thing that's really important is as women we're very busy very busy lifestyles but we have to get enough sleep adequate sleep is so important studies show that their patients with breast cancer who get less sleep have greater recurrence rates for his patients who receive sleep up to eight hours of more on the sun it's really important to get our sleep in each night as much as we can i mean it's difficult to do but try to get at least seven or eight hours each night you know i also wanted to to mention to the audience because it except heard you speak in the past and you're absolutely wonderful q but you really emphasize though for people that are at home there and they are taking nutritional supplements the one thing the do you recommend is that they do not take them the day before the day and the day after chemotherapy can you explain that all right well certain herbs and  vitamins can potentially interact with chemotherapy and in those instances you want to take it away from chemotherapy treatment not necessarily eliminate it completely so it depends on what the town of color of the vitamin anti oxidant is  usually in those kind of situations i recommend it at least twenty four to forty eight hours away from treatment ok so it would have patient first first comes into cancer treatment centers are they there are they seen by by everybody like they also beat the other ancillary services such as mind body medicine pastoral care think that's every one of they got covered so that patients get a clear idea of what to expect once they start treatment they're ok and the most important part in that because there's you know there are some that that respond better to more a more integrated approach than than others but i can't say that there are certain cancers that respond to the integrative approach better i think that we're very good at treating cancer in general but there are certain definite certain cancers that we see more of like breast colon prostate ok and lung but i think that that where we're very good at treating cancers and general ok surgery and cancer treatment centers yes they do we do yes we do have surgeons surgical oncologist on board as well ok yeah so it really is it's a it's a very comprehensive integrated approach and it's it's really unique to any other hospitals that that i know of really in in the country and in the cure that the cutting edge we treat the whole person and not the cancer itself and see i think that's what it's what people will find so refreshing at home is that you do treat the whole the whole person and not looking at them maintain a healthy weight and you know it's also what you say is is exactly spot on i just spoke to a group of pharmacy students as you can pharmacy school it was interesting because one of the students their father went to a cancer treatment centers for lung cancer and they they said that it definitely that the that the approach that by doing the nutritional considerations and as well as the nature of the modalities and all the difference in their treatment that he had so much energy that he wasn't for t didn't have a down time going through you know his is chemotherapy regiment and it made a huge difference in his quality quality of life so it's it's it's wonderful  well i wanted to thank you again for for being my my guest someone on my show and it was it was wonderful to have you and if anybody has questions regarding cancer treatment centers of america or like more information you can call the number