Nutrition for Cancer Patients
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Good nutrition is especially important if you have cancer because both the illness and its treatment can
affect your appetite. Cancer and cancer treatments can also affect your body's ability to tolerate certain
foods and use nutrients. The linked website can help you learn about your nutrition needs and cope with
treatment side effects that may affect how well you can eat.
Cancer survivors often have questions about food choices, physical activity, and dietary supplement use to
help improve their quality of life and survival. The questions and answers listed in the linked website
address some of the most common concerns that cancer survivors have about these issues.
The above link includes details of:
Nutrition for the person with cancer |
Nutrition during treatment: online classes |
Low fibre foods |
Nutrition after treatment: online classes |
Answers to common questions |
Nutrition and physical activity after treatment: online classes |
Lifestyle changes that make a difference |