The Bottom Line
This wonderful cookbook, written as collaboration between two oncologists and a dietician does more than present good recipes. “Living With Cancer Cookbook” is most useful because of the tips it offers for 4 major side effects: nausea, mouth sores, diarrhea, and constipation. Many of the recipes are from cancer survivors, and additional nutritional information accompanies each one.
Pros
- Organized by meal type and treatment side effect
- Recipes are easy to prepare
- Lists of tested advice about appetite and nutrition
- Color photos of the food are very attractive
- Many encouraging tips from survivors
Cons
- You may want to eat only the desserts, because they are so good!
Description
- Advice on eating and cooking during treatment and after
- Help with common side effects
- Recipes may be prepared and frozen in portions
- Balanced nutrition that prepares you for survival
- Sample menus, glossary terms for nutrition and medical terms, and a metric conversion guide
- Authors: Kris Ghosh, M.D., Linda Carson, M.D., Elyse Cohen, M.S., L.N.
Guide Review - Betty Crocker's Living with Cancer Cookbook
Cooking and eating a balanced diet during treatment for breast cancer can not only aid your recovery, but it can provide a good coping skill which can go with you into survival. The “Living with Cancer Cookbook” gives you more than gorgeous food photography and easy recipes; it is packed with advice from survivors who found ways to counteract the side effects of treatment with nutrition, meditation, humor, supportive people, and self-care.
Organized into chapters by meals, snacks, and desserts, the recipes are subdivided by side effect and color-keyed, to give you a quick way to sort through the information. Each recipe is clearly formatted and instructions are written in a step-by-step order, which is easy to follow. Among the recipes are many pages of advice on living and eating: mini-meals, flavor boosters, comfort foods, and positive attitude builders.
The authors have included sample menus, glossary terms for nutrition and medical terms, and a metric conversion guide. Full-color photos of the prepared dishes are appetite stimulating!
My husband and I found this book useful during, and after, my treatment, and I've also used these recipes to make dishes to send to friends who are in treatment. Men, take note: my husband can make anything in this book, and make it look good, too!
This book would be a great gift to any patient who is recovering from surgery or going through treatment.
Organized into chapters by meals, snacks, and desserts, the recipes are subdivided by side effect and color-keyed, to give you a quick way to sort through the information. Each recipe is clearly formatted and instructions are written in a step-by-step order, which is easy to follow. Among the recipes are many pages of advice on living and eating: mini-meals, flavor boosters, comfort foods, and positive attitude builders.
The authors have included sample menus, glossary terms for nutrition and medical terms, and a metric conversion guide. Full-color photos of the prepared dishes are appetite stimulating!
My husband and I found this book useful during, and after, my treatment, and I've also used these recipes to make dishes to send to friends who are in treatment. Men, take note: my husband can make anything in this book, and make it look good, too!
This book would be a great gift to any patient who is recovering from surgery or going through treatment.
