What to Eat When You Have Cancer

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Top 10 Cookbooks About Eating Well

Cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation are harsh on the body. Getting enough nutrition is critical to maintaining health. It can be difficult to know what to serve or how to prepare a good meal - and equally difficult to find something to tempt a cancer patient's flagging appetite - but these books will help by giving you recipes and suggestions.

If you are undergoing cancer treatment, or you know someone who is, one of these books would make an excellent gift.

For other gift suggestions for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment, please visit my lens Best Gifts for Chemo Patients. For my own basic recipes, try Cooking for Chemo, Cooking for Chemo II and Cooking for Chemo III.

Greeting Cards for Cancer Patients

When "Get Well" Isn't Quite Enough

It's not always practical to pay a visit, so one of the best ways you can show your support is by sending greeting cards. Artist Corrie Kuipers and Nene Adams have teamed up to create a range of cards especially for cancer patients (including pediatric patients). The images are upbeat and colorful; the messages positive and heartwarming.
Greeting Cards for Cancer Patients of All Ages
     
     

1. Eating Well Through Cancer

"Designed for cancer patients and their family, these easy-to-follow recipes focus on foods best tolerated and those to ease the symptoms during treatment. With an oncologist's chapter introduction, doctor's notes, menu planning, tips, nutritional analysis, diabetic exchanges, the book serves as a guide for nutrition before, during, and after cancer treatment."
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2. The Cancer Fighting Kitchen

"Think of this book as a toolbox, full of great ideas that can entice you to eat with a minimum of stress in the kitchen for whoever is cooking."
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3. What to Eat During Cancer Treatment

"Gold Recipient, Mom's Choice Awards 2010, Adult Books: Cooking, Food & Wine"
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4. Betty Crocker's Living with Cancer Cookbook

"Good nutrition is vital to people undergoing cancer treatment, yet treatment side effects can make eating seem unappealing. Now Betty Crocker, two oncologists, and a nutritionist bring back the joy of eating topeople undergoing cancer treatment with delicious recipes that are nutritious and easy to make. A thoughtful, practical gift for patients and families coping with cancer."
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5. The Cancer Survival Cookbook

"Eating well and maintaining weight are crucial factors in cancer recovery. But when you have cancer, you often don't feel like eating...(this book) offers nourishing recipes and practical suggestions to help in your recovery."
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Sweetly Positive Messages

of Support and Encouragement

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6. One Bite at a Time (Revised)

"Chef Rebecca Katz shares delicious, nourishing recipes for cancer patients, who often experience culinary ups and downs because of sudden dietary restrictions and poor appetite due to damaged taste buds from harsh treatments. Revised and updated with 10 new recipes, this second edition provides caretakers with a tangible way to nurture loved ones through easy-to-digest meals that offer maximum flavor while boosting the immune system."
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7. The Cancer Lifeline Cookbook

"After 30 years of providing counseling and support for people living with cancer, the Cancer Lifeline organization knows that one of the main areas of interest for patients and their families is food and nutrition. What foods have been shown to help prevent the spread of cancer? What are the nutritional "rules" for people with cancer? In answer, this new edition of the organization's cookbook presents up-to-date nutritional information (including the Top Ten Super Foods that may protect and fight against cancer) along with practical strategies for making healthy eating a daily practice and suggestions for reducing the side effects of treatment."
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8. The Taste of Living Cookbook

"Part of the outreach efforts of CaP CURE, Michael Milken's not-for-profit group dedicated to fighting prostate cancer, "The Taste for Living" offers a guide to identifying the foods known to help fight cancer, presenting ways to eat more of them--without sacrificing taste. 70+ recipes."
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9. The New American Plate Cookbook

"An excellent resource by the American Institute for Cancer Research."
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10. Jean Marie's Easy Recipes

"247 Easy Proven Recipes and Cooking Hints for Appetizers, Breads,Cakes, Desserts, Italian, Meats, Oriental, Pastries,Pies, Potatoes, Poultry, Salads and Dressings, Seafood, Soups, Vegetables."
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Other Gifts to Help Ease the Pain and Stress

of Chemotherapy for Cancer Patients

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