If you have cancer, eating well is one of the most important contributions you can make towards your own treatment. This book helps put the flavour back into food when eating may seem like a chore, with meals that will nourish and comfort you. It suggests practical ways to maintain your weight and nutrient intake while battling treatment side effects such as nausea, fatigue, lack of appetite, taste changes, and dry or sore mouth. Other topics include: surgery - preparation and recovery other methods of eating, including nutritional supplement drinks and enteral feeding food safety and avoiding infection questions about red meat, dairy products, 'superfoods' and supplements healthy eating and cancer prevention the latest research, including polyphenols.
- 128 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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How to Eat Well when you have Cancer
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Table of contents
- List of illustrations
- Foreword by Dr Michelle Kohn
- Foreword by Dr Clare Shaw
- Introduction
- 1 Nutrition in cancer
- 2 The impact of cancer and its treatment on the body
- 3 Monitoring your nutritional health in cancer
- 4 Cancer treatments: what to expect and how to prepare
- 5 Preparing for treatment at home: ways to eat well (with recipes)
- 6 Coping with side effects: nausea and vomiting, taste changes and fatigue
- 7 Coping with side effects: others (pre- and post-surgery, constipation, diarrhoea, etc.)
- 8 Food safety and preventing infections
- 9 Common questions
- 10 After treatment: a word on healthy eating and cancer prevention
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Drink and meal supplements
- Useful addresses
- Further reading
- Search terms
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