{"id":3626,"date":"2023-03-20T01:15:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T06:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2023-03-20T09:18:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T14:18:26","slug":"good-nutrition-increases-quality-of-life-during-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/20\/good-nutrition-increases-quality-of-life-during-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Nutrition Increases Quality of Life During Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting the right vitamins and minerals from the food you eat is so important as a cancer patient. However, many people don\u2019t realize that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.org\/treatment\/survivorship-during-and-after-treatment\/staying-active\/nutrition\/nutrition-during-treatment\/cancer-affects-nutrition.html\">nutrition<\/a> is seriously affected by both cancer and the treatments used for it. Here at <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/\">Issels<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/\">\u00ae<\/a>, we care about more than just treating cancer. Our focus is on improving your quality of life during your treatments. It is our hope that these nutrition tips for cancer patients will be helpful for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nutrition Tips for Cancer Patients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prior to cancer, you may have been fairly healthy. Most people are familiar with what they need to do to eat a healthy diet. You probably focused on eating:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plenty of whole grain foods<\/li>\n<li>Less red meat<\/li>\n<li>Lots of vegetables<\/li>\n<li>Lots of fruits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you know, when you have cancer your desire for food changes. You may need to make some changes in your diet too. Don\u2019t be afraid to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eat foods that are higher in fat to keep your weight up<\/li>\n<li>Eat high calorie foods<\/li>\n<li>Drink plenty of milk if it tastes good to you<\/li>\n<li>Eat ice cream because it may be soothing to a dry or sore throat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why is Getting Adequate Nutrition So Hard for Cancer Patients? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have cancer, your body is going through a lot of changes internally. You have probably noticed that your throat is often dry. You may not have much of an appetite, or you could have sore teeth or gums. A number of problems can affect your appetite.<\/p>\n<p>At Issels\u00ae, we can help you cope with these and other issues you may be facing. <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/contact-us.html\">Contact us<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting the right vitamins and minerals from the food you eat is so important as a cancer patient. However, many people don\u2019t realize that nutrition is seriously affected by both cancer and the treatments used for it. Here at Issels\u00ae, we care about more than just treating cancer. Our focus is on improving your quality &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/20\/good-nutrition-increases-quality-of-life-during-treatment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Good Nutrition Increases Quality of Life During Treatment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204,1],"tags":[487,577,224],"class_list":["post-3626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-living-with-cancer","category-uncategorized","tag-cancer-care-tips","tag-cancer-nutrition","tag-cancer-treatment"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3628,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions\/3628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}