Cancer and Nutrition: What Foods to Eat and What to Avoid

Cancer and Nutrition: What Foods to Eat and What to Avoid

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesCancer and Nutrition: What Foods to Eat and What to Avoid

Eating the nutritious foods you need can help ease your treatment and recovery and it will also give your soul a boost.

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Cancer-Fighting Foods

Joyce Hendley has been writing about food and health for nearly three decades. Her recipes and writing are based on healthy eating principles and celebrate the nourishing wisdom of home cooks around the world.

Cancer affects many people in the United States and around the world. Nearly 2 million new cases are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2024. Fortunately there has been significant progress over the years. From 2009 to 2019 cancer deaths decreased by 15% thanks to advances in early detection.

When patients newly diagnosed with cancer come to Hannah Dalpiaz RD LDN CNCS they have a lot on their minds. “They’re trying to figure out ‘Do I need to change everything?’” says Dalpiaz a senior clinical nutritionist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.