Odile Fernández, a family doctor and survivor of metastatic cancer, was recently at the La Morea shopping center explaining how she overcame her illness by radically changing her diet and lifestyle. She is the writer of three books on anti-cancer diet, and we sat down with her to talk about her experience as a doctor and as a patient.

“As a result of my illness, I began to look for information about what could help me apart from the official treatment and I read different articles based on vegetables, legumes, fruit, seeds, nuts that could have a positive effect on my health.”. He got to work and made a 360-degree change in his diet overnight: “I started to consume everything organic, whenever possible, also fresh and local foods and the improvement was notable.”. He improved so much that he felt more and more energetic and vital, even though she was receiving chemotherapy. “I was supposed to be more down, but it was the other way around and it partly had to do with basing my diet on organic products.”.

As a result of her own process and her positive experience, Odile wanted to share her “secret” with all people, since he discovered that, without neglecting the usual medical treatments, you can take an active role thanks to an adequate diet and a healthy lifestyle in which organic foods are of great importance. “The future is towards the ecological, it has to be because otherwise this system will be unsustainable economically as well as environmentally.", highlights.

She opts for a balanced menu where vegetables predominate and more fish than meat is consumed. “Opt for the ecological, and be able to make the most of the properties that nature offers us”. All local, fresh and seasonal. When asked about one of her healthy recipes for this season, she recommends gazpacho, “ideal, healthy and fresh”.

Although many people still find it difficult to change their eating habits, Odile believes that society is becoming more aware and it is also more accessible to consume organic food for everyone. That is also one of the reasons why he gave the talk in La Morea, to be able to reach all people. “One of the first changes that I propose for daily life is to eliminate sugar, especially hidden sugar. Eliminate all sugary drinks, pastries and industrial pastries. Also change white flour for whole wheat, consume pasta and brown rice and reduce red meat and sausages.”.

Because a healthy and ecological diet benefits us all.

Fuente: Organic Navarra