Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During & After Treatment [Paperback]

Holly Clegg (Author), Gerald Miletello (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0961088885 | ISBN-13: 978-0961088880 | Publication Date: September 30, 2006

Designed for cancer patients and their family, these easy-to-follow recipes focus on foods best tolerated and those to ease the symptoms during treatment. With an oncologist's chapter introduction, doctor's notes, menu planning, tips, nutritional analysis, diabetic exchanges, the book serves as a guide for nutrition before, during, and after cancer treatment.

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Designed for cancer patients and their family, these easy-to-follow recipes focus on foods best tolerated and those to ease the symptoms during treatment. With an oncologist's chapter introduction, doctor's notes, menu planning, tips, nutritional analysis, diabetic exchanges, Eating Well Through Cancer serves as a guide for nutrition before, during, and after cancer treatment.

From the Author

Holly B. Clegg, author of the successful “Trim & Terrific” cookbook series, uses her expertise in recipe development to recommend food that is essential to a healthy lifestyle and is best tolerated during and after cancer treatment. She has created the perfect book of nutritious and delicious recipes that aid in the prevention of cancer and ease the symptoms during treatment. Holly’s common sense approach to cooking with easy, everyday recipes has become her trademark for healthy cooking in today’s hectic world.

As a Medical Oncologist, Dr. Gerald P. Miletello has been taking care of people with cancer for over twenty years. In his practice, he exhibits a strong desire to help individuals adjust to a cancer diagnosis and to continue to live normal, healthy lives. Dr. Miletello recognizes the importance of diet and nutrition before, during and after treatment and offers this book to provide extensive, useable information. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Holly Clegg (September 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0961088885
• ISBN-13: 978-0961088880
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Holly Clegg, author of the best selling trim&TERRIFIC® cookbook series including trim&TERRIFIC® Diabetic Cooking with the ADA and Eating Well Through Cancer, has sold 1 million copies. Holly has promoted her healthy lifestyle recipes on national shows including Fox & Friends, NBC Weekend Today, and The 700 Club. Recently, she has partnered with Walmart to help them develop healthful and affordable meal solutions with cooking videos using their Great Value brand. She understands the demands of the busy person and with her user friendly, pantry friendly, and time friendly cookbooks, she has garnered a national reputation as the healthy "Queen of Quick!" For more information, visit www.hollyclegg.com or http://thehealthycookingblog.com Look for her new woman's lifestyle cookbook, Too Hot in the Kitchen: Secret To Sizzle at Any Age coming out soon.

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63 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo! Fills a unique need perfectly., October 6, 2002

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During and After Treatment (Paperback)

A durable hardcover book with spiral binding completely inside so there is no problem with food getting inside the spirals or the book not lying flat, "Eating Well Through Cancer" is a top level cookbook. When someone goes through chemotherapy many changes take place within their body. For many they become nauseous after treatment, experience lowered white blood cell counts, diarrhea, constipation or other side effects. The recipes in this book are specifically designed to help with these and other problems.

Recipes are organized by symptom (diarrhea, sore mouth, etc.) and by treatment stage (day of treatment, post treatment). Each one that I tried was easy to prepare and absolutely delicious. There is definitely no sacrifice of taste for the sake of nutrition in these recipes.

The author answers questions such as "What should I eat prior to treatment?", or "Is there a certain time of day that is better for eating?" and similar concerns of the cancer patient. The final chapters include changing eating habits to a healthier style post treatment or prior to having problems.

Whether you are undergoing treatment or just want to eat healthier as a preventative measure, this book has it all. With cancer being as prevalent as it is today, even if you don't know someone with cancer sooner or later you will. When they return home after a treatment and you want to help by taking something over for dinner you will be glad you have this book. It belongs on the bookshelf of everyone who loves to cook for others.

87 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Be careful with this approach, September 1, 2004

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Concerned Spouse (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During and After Treatment (Paperback)

If you subscribe to the view that cancer diets should focus on low fat, low sugar, and food that maintains low blood glucose levels this is a book to avoid. Receipes frequently used all purpose flour, refined sugar, powdered sugar, white potatoes, and margarine. People who have read and accept the principles in "What To Eat If You Have Cancer" will find this cookbook difficult to use without careful receipe selection and ingredient substitution.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for everyone, April 4, 2001

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Ayn "badbaker" (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During and After Treatment (Paperback)

I originally bought this book because my father had cancer. However, the food was so good and the recipes so easy that I use it for my entire family. I am not a very good cook but with this book my kids actually are eating my dinners. This is a great book; you can't go wrong. It really is for everyone and I use it for everyday cooking.