Cancer treatment

Amal Allam wrote Tuesday, February 06, 2024 07:06 PM

The British newspaper “Daily Mail” said that King Charles was famous for his love of the outdoors, and he would eat flax seeds rich in fiber with fruit for breakfast, and the king continued this habit even after he was diagnosed with cancer to remain King Charles In the best possible position to fight the disease.

The newspaper explained that a healthy lifestyle helps King Charles be in the best possible position to fight cancer, and in addition to healthy breakfasts, the king said that he abstains from eating meat, fish, and dairy products on certain days of the week.

A lover of fresh produce, he launched his own food brand, Duchy Originals, in 1990, which is now operated as Waitrose Duchy Organic.

Meanwhile, a list of facts about Charles on the royal family’s website confirms that, due to his busy schedule, he “doesn’t eat lunch.”

His former press secretary Julian Payne also said: “The King doesn’t lunch; So, an early lesson I learned when I was on the road with him was to eat a big breakfast or bring a few snack bars with me to keep me going. The workday is pretty relentless, starting with radio news headlines and a breakfast of seasonal fruit salad and seeds. With tea.

He emphasized that his only break from his harsh schedule is around one in the afternoon, “not to eat but to go out for a walk.”

“The King hates being indoors for long periods of time and always has the windows wide open,” Payne said, and his love of the outdoors – including hiking and camping – is believed to have been fostered during his time at Gordonstoun School.

Experts agree that maintaining a healthy lifestyle is important in cancer prevention and during cancer treatment, evidence suggests that it can help manage stress and fatigue caused by cancer and its treatment, with the only exceptions being some types of cancer, such as bone cancer.

Studies have also found that people who exercise during treatment not only cope better with side effects, but may also live longer. International guidelines recommend patients stay active and return to their normal activities as soon as possible.

Charles has a good reputation and is healthy for his 75 years, and has remained active in hill walking and gardening. He rarely required hospital treatment, except for relatively minor illnesses, treatment for his recent prostate enlargement and accidents resulting from his active lifestyle, such as Polo and skiing.

The Daily Mail said, it is believed that repeated falls during the many years he spent playing polo are responsible for the back pain that has bothered him for decades.

A tartan cushion is often a companion on royal tours, while its red velvet equivalent is always placed on the king’s chair during state banquets at Buckingham Palace. During his engagement at a Sikh temple in Southall, west London, in 2003, he told the congregation that he would need Little care when sitting on hard ground.

“I don’t think I’ve ever needed an orthopedist as much as I do today,” he said. “My back isn’t quite ready for sitting on the floor, so I might need some help on my way out.”

That same year, he underwent a hernia operation at the private King Edward VII Hospital in London, a favorite hospital of the royal family, and, in typical fashion, he took it seriously, even joking: “Hernia today, it will go tomorrow” to the waiting media after his release from… Hospital the next day.

His love of gardening and walking outdoors

Five years later, in 2008, he underwent a simple, routine operation to remove a non-cancerous tumor from the bridge of his nose. More recently, in March 2020, he was tested for the coronavirus and was positive for the virus but showed only mild symptoms.

The King reported losing his sense of taste and smell for some time, and later spoke of the “strange, frustrating and often sad experience” of being without friends and relatives during lockdown. He contracted coronavirus a second time in February 2022, but by this time had been vaccinated three times. .

Charles has been an advocate of alternative and complementary medicines, and was also a patron of the regulatory body the General Osteopathic Council, and this has led him to urge health ministers to adopt a more holistic approach to tackling health problems – an approach he is now likely to take himself alongside what is described as an “agenda of therapeutics”. “regular.”