From tips for cooking through chemotherapy to busting healthy food myths to easy, pantry-friendly meal ideas — our team of experts covers it here.
Cooking 101
Caring for Yourself When You’re a Caregiver
November is National Family Caregiver’s Month, and we want to remind all our caregivers that it’s vitally important for them to maintain their own health this month and...
Kitchen Dictionary
Beets
This red-purple humble root contains more natural sugar than sweet corn. During the Great Depression, when cane sugar was widely rationed, bakers used boiled beets as a cake...
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Milk
While recent research has shown that milk cannot single-handedly fortify our bones, it is still worth having in your fridge. Milk can be a great snack and a...
Healthy Holidays
Cancer Treatment & the Holidays
Holidays can be difficult when you’re going through cancer treatment. Radiation is practically a daily occurrence with only the weekends off. No matter how important family is to...
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Eating After Whipple Surgery
A Whipple surgery (pancreatoduodenectomy) is usually performed on pancreatic cancer patients to remove tumors at the head of the pancreas. Whipple surgery effectively reorganizes the body’s digestive system.
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Managing Weight Loss During Cancer Treatment
The goal of nutrition in cancer treatment is “to address current cancer- and treatment-related issues, minimize treatment-related side effects, and anticipate and manage acute, delayed, and late-occurring side...
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Grapes & Raisins
Grape Expectations
By Chelsea Fisher
When Hollywood’s Mae West told her maid to “peel me a grape,” she had it all wrong, because the peel is where the action is....
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Parsnips
Parsnips often play second fiddle to other root vegetables, but this powerhouse veggie deserves a starring role in your vegetable line up.
They contain ample folate, which is a...
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Pears
Sweet September Pears
By Fiona Breslin
September is this yummy fruit’s harvesting season, when pears are picked or fall to the ground to ripen, but they are good through autumn and...
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About Almonds
The common almond has a secret life as one of nature’s most unassuming wonder foods. Grandmothers in Southern Italy and Sicily have long prized almonds and almond paste...
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Warming Spices
Warming spices can make any dish feel more seasonal simply with the shake or grind of the spice jar. Nutmeg, allspice, cloves, and (of course) cinnamon are all...
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Top 5 Health Apps for Cancer Patients
Most of us live on our phones these days. While some may bemoan this reliance on technology, there are certainly useful elements, especially when it comes to our...
