The Cancer Wellness Cookbook: Smart Nutrition and Delicious Recipes for People Living with Cancer

The Cancer Wellness Cookbook: Smart Nutrition and Delicious Recipes for People Living with Cancer

The Cancer Wellness Cookbook: Smart Nutrition and Delicious Recipes for People Living with Cancer

The Cancer Wellness Cookbook: Smart Nutrition and Delicious Recipes for People Living with Cancer

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Overview

Whether you are a cancer patient undergoing treatment, a caregiver, or a survivor, you’ll find this cookbook and nutritional guide essential—it includes the latest scientific research on improving the lives of people living with cancer. Created by Seattle’s Cancer Lifeline, The Cancer Wellness Cookbook features nutritional plans and 100 recipes focusing on the foods that have been shown to prevent and forestall the spread of cancer. With super healthy and delicious ingredients like berries, mushrooms, beans, tomatoes, and fish, these dishes taste great and are filled with the nutrients that aid a person undergoing chemotherapy and other cancer treatments.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781570619182
Publisher: Blue Star Press
Publication date: 05/13/2014
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 1,034,704
Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

KIMBERLY MATHAI, MS, RD, CDE, earned a master’s degree in integrative nutrition from Bastyr University and completed her clinical training at Tulane University. Kimberly is a national presenter on the topic of nutrition and cancer. She lives in Seattle.

CANCER LIFELINE was founded in 1973 by a cancer survivor and a group of her close friends who began a 24-hour telephone “Lifeline.” . For forty years, Cancer Lifeline has been enriching the lives of those impacted by cancer. A nonprofit organization, Cancer Lifeline provides cancer patients and their family members, caregivers, friends, and coworkers with the education, resources, and emotional support to live with cancer.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

About Cancer Lifeline 3

What to Eat and Do Now 5

The Top 10 "Super Foods" 9

Nutrients That Promote Good Health 27

Creating a Healthier Diet 39

Coping with Possible Side Effects 47

Getting the Help You Need 61

Getting Organized 65

Making Favorite Recipes Healthier 79

Breakfast 85

Salads and Appetizers 101

Soups 121

Vegetables and Sides 137

Entrées 169

Desserts 211

References 227

Glossary 234

Index 239

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