Getting the Right Nutrition
“If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people.”
– Jim Eason
If you’re undergoing chemo, radiation or surgery, your body needs all the help it can get to repair itself. What foods and nutrients will help the most before, after and during metastatic treatments? What’s the latest on sugar, if it should be avoided and why? How can you prevent weight gain from fluid overload and prevent weight loss from nausea and lack of appetite? There are many books and experts out there. The authors listed below have suggestions you should know. If eating is a problem, ask your nurse or doctor for a nutritionist at your cancer center. And keep asking and reading until you find what works best for you.
Articles:
- “Nutrition During Treatment,” Sweeney-Cordes, OncoLink
- “Nutrition in Cancer,” National Cancer Institute
- “Fight Symptoms with Better Nutrition,” University of Virginia Health System
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