Christina T. Loguidice - Cancer Nutrition and Recipes for Dummies

Cancer Nutrition & Recipes For Dummies

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Introduction

Almost no words generate more fear than You have cancer. Suddenly, the future feels uncertain, and youre flooded with all kinds of overwhelming emotions from shock, to fear, to anger, to sadness. This is a normal part of coming to terms with your diagnosis. During this time, you may think about how other family members or friends went through their cancer diagnoses. Some may have been cured, providing you with a sense of hope; others may have ultimately succumbed to their illness, leaving you filled with dread.

But a cancer diagnosis today doesnt mean the same thing it meant even five years ago. The medical communitys understanding of cancer is growing by leaps and bounds, enabling us to provide better treatments than ever before, and theyll only continue to improve. Today we also know that everyones cancer is different, so even if youre told your prognosis is poor, remember that youre not marked with an expiration date.

After you come to terms with your diagnosis, you may wonder what you can do to improve your outcomes. Depending on what type of cancer you have, you may not have much choice when it comes to your treatments, leaving you feeling like a crash-test dummy strapped in for a wild ride. But you do have control over what you eat, which can give you a sense of empowerment and stability. Optimizing what you eat and your nutrient intake during and after your cancer journey can play an integral role in

Combating the side effects of treatment

Preventing infections when your immune system is compromised

Giving your body the reserves it needs to fight the cancer and prevent a secondary cancer, a recurrence, or another chronic illness like heart disease or diabetes

Plus, itll help you feel better and more energetic.

And thats what this book is meant to do: help empower you through nutrition. Depending on where you are on your cancer journey, your nutritional needs vary. You may also be struggling with side effects that make eating a challenge, such as loss of appetite. This can be overwhelming, leaving you wondering what you can and should eat to get you through these times. But this book is here to help. Think of it as a friend, guiding and supporting you through your changing needs, from diagnosis, through treatment, through recovery.

About This Book

To ensure that you eat properly during your cancer journey, you need to understand how cancer and its treatments affect nutritional demands. You also need a basic understanding of nutrients and how to monitor your nutrient intake. This book provides all this information in simple, easy-to-understand terms. And to help you put the information into practice, we provide more than 80 tasty and nutrient-packed recipes for meals, snacks, and desserts. Although these recipes appear in a cancer nutrition book, they can be enjoyed by anyone.

In this book, we also provide guidance on tools you can consider purchasing to simplify meal preparation, review cooking methods that help foods retain their nutrients, and examine ways to organize your kitchen to help you optimize nutrition and food safety, while being friendly for those times when youre dealing with side effects. If you want to adopt a healthy lifestyle beyond your eating, we offer some lifestyle recommendations to decrease cancer risk as well.

In the recipes, we use the following conventions, unless otherwise stated:

All butter is unsalted.

All eggs are large.

All onions are yellow.

All broths and stocks are low fat and low sodium.

All milk and dairy products are low fat.