Eating Well, Staying Well: During and After Cancer - Softcover

Eating well is especially important for people with cancer. Eating well during and after cancer can help people feel better, keep up their strength and energy, maintain their weight and their body's store of nutrients, tolerate treatment-related side effects, decrease risk of infection, and heal and recover quickly. Readers will learn about: potential effects of supplements, vitamins and minerals, and herbs; coping with digestion- and eating-related side effects of treatment; "special" diets, including those promoted as cures for cancer; dozens of easy, healthy, delicious recipes, practical tips for food safety, grocery shopping, and dining out; and first hand suggestions from real people who've undergone cancer treatment.

Abby Bloch, PhD, RD, is a nutrition consultant in private practice in New York and an associate professor at New York University graduate school and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Barrie R. Cassileth, PhD is chief of Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, a comprehensive cancer center in New York City. Michelle D. Holmes, MD, DrPH, is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital's Channing Laboratory in Boston. Cynthia A. Thomson, PhD, RD, is an assistant professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Arizona.