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Fighting Cancer with Food

May 19, 2009 on 4:07 pm | In Breast Cancer, Food, Nutrition | No Comments

Here’s a fascinating article on the role of food and nutrition in cancer treatment. Much of the advice is straighforward and intuitive:

“Patients who are well-nourished as they’re going through treatment have shorter hospital stays, are better able to tolerate treatment,” not to mention have better quality of life, says Colleen Doyle, nutrition chief at the society, which offers nutrition advice through its hot line at 1-800-ACS-2345.

At Open Hand, we offer prepared meals and groceries for clients living with breast cancer and we have sought to build our programs around the notion that proper nutrition in the form of tasty food is a vital part of treatment. Our grocery program has been particularly successful because it allows clients to choose from an array of healthy options while leaving the final preparation up to the client. We offer lean proteins like fresh and frozen fish, organic tofu and chicken breast. And we always have a rainbow of produce offerings like sweet potatoes, organic kale and chard and whole grains such as quinoa, brown rice and oats are in abundance.

Take a moment to read the rest of the article, it is a useful reminder of the importance of food to health and well-being.

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