Cancer Nutrition Consortium Releases Cookbook
The CNC has created a new cookbook to help provide cancer patients with the best nutrition possible
Food is one of the basic necessities of life.
But for people fighting cancer, food itself can present a struggle as treatments often affect taste, smells, appetite, nausea and digestion. According to a 2015 study, “The Impact of Cancer Treatment on the Diets & Food Preferences of Patients Receiving Outpatient Treatment”, one of the biggest challenges for people undergoing cancer treatment is getting proper nutrition.
“Cooking Through Treatment”, available now, (all purchases are charitable donations) contains 43 convenient, nutritious recipes tailored to meet the various needs of people during cancer treatment and recovery.
Cooking Through Treatment is unique in that many of the recipes were developed by professional chefs, in conjunction with oncology dietitians at the nation’s leading cancer treatment institutions, including the Dana Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, New York University Langone’s Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, and The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Based on the results of the groundbreaking unprecedented multicenter clinical research study conducted by the Cancer Nutrition Center (CNC), each recipe included in Cooking Through Treatment was designed to address issues that cancer patients typically confront, which often interfere with getting enough good nutrition, including difficulty swallowing as well as the need for mild flavors. Using a system of nutrition indicators, each recipe is coded for specific nutritional needs, including heart health, high-protein, and energy boosting.
Cooking Through Treatment is produced and published by the Cancer Nutrition Consortium (CNC), a non-profit that works to promote and better understand the importance of nutrition for positive medical outcomes for patients during cancer treatment and recovery.
The CNC brings a scientific approach to helping maintain good nutrition through each stage of diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Having discovered a paucity of research and science-based information regarding the topic, the CNC was created to develop and share knowledge. In addition to working with physicians and nutrition experts at leading cancer institutions, the CNC also has underwritten 6 scientific research studies of food and nutrition in people undergoing cancer treatment.