Healthy Eating and Cancer
Its always good to have a healthy balanced diet and this is increasing important following a cancer diagnosis. This section will give you some advice and directs you to Macmillan booklets along with videos from their professional dieticians.
For many, a diagnosis of cancer and subsequent treatment can affect appetite in a variety of ways. During treatment nutrition is important to:
• To keep your body well nourished to cope with the treatments you may need
• To minimise weight loss
• To reduce muscle wasting
• To help battle fatigue
• To boost psychological wellbeing
• To reduce the risk of infection
The video below is a short introduction to the service offered to people with a cancer diagnosis by the Debbie Taylor of the Diet and Nutrition Team at Ipswich Hospital.
If you wish to contact the Diet and Nutrition Team at Ipswich Hospital directly, tel: 01473 704000.
For a general introduction, you will find below a recording of a workshop run by Debbie Taylor on diet and nutrition for people with a cancer diagnosis.
Click the image below to download a copy of the “Nutrition and Cancer Matters” booklet produced by the Nutrition and Dietetic Services Team:
Videos and booklets provided by Macmillan Cancer Support
The booklets below are available from Macmillan directly or from the Ipswich Cancer Wellbeing and Information Centre. Click each image to be redirected to a page on the Macmillan website where you be able to download a pdf file of each booklet. Unfortunately Macmillan no longer prints copies of the booklet “recipes for people affected by cancer”: an electronic version can be downloaded by clicking this link.
Additionally, many charities dedicated to specific cancers publish guidance on nutrition and diet applicable before, during and after treatment, for example: