That includes all of us, not just cancer survivors.
The following resources will help you meet your nutritional needs to be strong during, and healthy after, cancer.
That includes all of us, not just cancer survivors.
The following resources will help you meet your nutritional needs to be strong during, and healthy after, cancer.
Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During & After Treatment, by Holly Clegg and noted oncologist Gerald Miletello, MD, is designed specifically for people undergoing cancer treatment. This unique book is divided into chapters that include recipes, suggestions, and tips, plus meals that ease the side effects during treatment. The book is designed to help cancer patients better tolerate treatment and maintain a healthy lifestyle after treatment. For more information, visit hollyclegg.com.
Quick and Healthy by Brenda J. Ponichtera, a registered dietician, is a book for people who say they don’t have time to cook healthy meals. Learn more here.
Anti-Cancer: A New Way Of Life by Dr. David Servan-Schreiber talks about both conventional and alternative ways to slow and prevent cancer. Read more about this book.
The American Cancer Society has many nutrition information books and cookbooks available. Discover more at cancer.org.
American Institute for Cancer Research provides nutrition information and healthy recipes along with a free newsletter. Explore their website now.
Cancer Nutrition Consortium is a group of six leading national cancer centers whose mission is to combine resources in the health and culinary industries to focus on the issue of food, taste, and nutrition as it relates to cancer treatment in an effort to improve the quality of life of patients. To see recipes created by The Culinary Institute of America specifically for the nutritional needs/desires of those currently in cancer treatment, visit their website.
Cook For Your Life helps people eat healthy after being touched by cancer. This website offers cooking videos, a nutritionist to answer questions, and a search engine that organizes recipes based on treatment, side effect, and dietary needs. Learn more today.
36 Foods That May Reduce Your Cancer Risk is basically a handy grocery list from the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas. Check it out here.
By Wyatt Myers
The nutrients in fruits and vegetables can often be categorized by their colors. Here are the vitamins and minerals you can expect to find in each:
By Stanford University Cancer Center
Eating well before cancer treatment begins may help to increase your energy and improve your sleeping patterns. If you have lost weight before starting treatment due to your cancer, you may be encouraged to follow a high-protein, high-calorie diet. To prepare yourself and your home for your nutritional needs during cancer therapy, consider the following suggestions:
Stock the refrigerator with plenty of your favorite foods so that you will not have to shop as often. Make sure these are foods you can eat when you are not feeling well.
Cook large portions of your favorite dishes in advance and freeze them in meal-sized portions.
Save your energy and buy foods that are easy to prepare, such as peanut butter, pudding, frozen dinners, soup, canned fish or chicken, cheese, and eggs.
Ask family and friends to help you cook and shop.
Talk to a registered dietitian about meal planning, grocery shopping, and reducing side effects of treatment, such as nausea and diarrhea.
Talk to your physician or registered dietitian about whether you should take a multivitamin.
By planning ahead, you will have foods on hand that you like to eat, which will be beneficial to you later. You will have good things to choose from in your kitchen even if you do not feel well enough to prepare an elaborate meal. You may also come to think differently about your weight. If you have been concerned in the past about weight gain, your focus will likely change to eating enough to keep your weight constant.
Before treatment begins, a cancer tumor itself can cause problems that may result in eating problems or weight loss. It is not uncommon to have lactose intolerance (intolerance to milk sugar), nausea, vomiting, poor digestion, or a feeling of early fullness, sleepiness, and forgetfulness even before treatment for cancer.
By Colleen Doyle, MS, RD, Director of Nutrition and Physical Activity; Copyright 2013 © American Cancer Society
It’s easy to stop for fast-food burgers or fries, or grab a bag of chips or candy for a snack, lunch, or while traveling. But with just a little bit of forethought at the grocery store, you can pick up healthy and delicious eats you and the kids will love. And what’s more: regularly choosing foods that help you maintain a healthy weight can lower your risk of several cancers, including breast, colon, and pancreatic cancers.
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Nutrition for Cancer Survivors is an educational group that provides information on eating or optimal health. Class meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 5:30-6:30 at the ThedaCare Regional Cancer Care-Appleton. Contact Karen Junek, RD, (920) 364-3807.
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