AFTER she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, Ellen Martini was hearing all kinds of information about what she could and could not eat. It made her upset. She had already given up her left breast in surgery.

Following the operation, there was a lot of information about food, Ellen told Tempo on Tuesday last week. I was told to avoid this or that food."

It all came to Ellen via word of mouth, without clear sources of reference. Some of it con