{"id":2352,"date":"2016-05-05T03:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2016-05-02T14:30:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T19:30:48","slug":"eating-tips-for-all-phases-of-cancer-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/05\/eating-tips-for-all-phases-of-cancer-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating Tips for All Phases of Cancer Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2178\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2178\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MP9001779581-250x150.jpg\" alt=\"Eating Tips for Cancer Patience\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MP9001779581-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MP9001779581.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eating Tips for Cancer Patience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Proper nutrition is the foundation of good health, and it becomes even more important if you have received a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/newissels\/\">diagnosis of cancer<\/a>. Unfortunately, side effects of the disease and its treatment interfere with your eating plan at a time when you need it the most.<\/p>\n<p>How can you overcome the challenges of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/publications\/patient-education\/eatinghints.pdf\">eating well during cancer care<\/a>? Here are some tips to guide you through each phase.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk to your doctor or a nutritionist about <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/24\/cancer-treatments-may-affect-nutrition-what-to-know\/\">recommended foods<\/a> and dietary supplements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Start following a healthy diet immediately to boost your strength and reduce chances of infection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Stock your kitchen with easy-to-prepare foods, including items like soup and broth that you can eat even when you&#8217;re not feeling well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>During treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consume as much as you can during times when you have the greatest appetite. This will help sustain you during the periods when you don&#8217;t feel like eating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Include <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/01\/strategies-to-improve-nutrition-during-cancer-treatment\/\">protein-rich foods<\/a> to maintain strength and rebuild tissues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Enlist help if you don&#8217;t feel up to cooking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>After treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduce a variety of foods back into your diet as much as possible for well-rounded nutrition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cook large batches of meals and freeze the extras for future use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce or eliminate your consumption of processed foods. Use low-fat preparation methods such as broiling, steaming and roasting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At Issels\u00ae, we take your lifestyle and other individual factors into consideration when developing our personalized immuno-oncology cancer care programs. <a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/questionnaire\/request-issels-info.aspx\">Contact us<\/a> for more information about genomic testing, cancer vaccines and other elements of our non-toxic immunotherapy treatments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proper nutrition is the foundation of good health, and it becomes even more important if you have received a diagnosis of cancer. Unfortunately, side effects of the disease and its treatment interfere with your eating plan at a time when you need it the most. How can you overcome the challenges of eating well during &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/05\/eating-tips-for-all-phases-of-cancer-care\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eating Tips for All Phases of Cancer Care<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202,201,204],"tags":[521,259,220],"class_list":["post-2352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-care-tips","category-living-with-cancer","tag-eating-tips-for-cancer-patients","tag-fighting-cancer","tag-living-with-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2353,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions\/2353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}